05-20-2017, 08:59 AM
The thread's moved on a bit, but I have to say I don't like the 'mash mining and QM together' solution because it's just sticking two incomplete jobs to get 1.5 of a decent job, rather than fleshing them both out so you get 2 complete jobs. If QM becomes a miner's duty, then actual quartermastering will go from occasional to nonexistent. A dedicated QM might as well do their job to the best of their ability, because they've got pretty much nothing else to do, whereas a miner/QM will just stick to mining because mining's straight-up more fun, and will thoroughly resent having to be dragged back to the station on the off chance someone actually wants a bee crate or somesuch.