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{{Quote|Miners are rated below Builders, but they are sensible, proud and strong. Miners know the raw, inner ways of worlds. Respect them, and they will treat you well, teach you what they know, and return you to your family with all the discipline and skills a Manipular needs to advance.|[[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting|Bornstellar]]'s [[ancilla]]<ref name="c15">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 15''</ref>}} | {{Quote|Miners are rated below Builders, but they are sensible, proud and strong. Miners know the raw, inner ways of worlds. Respect them, and they will treat you well, teach you what they know, and return you to your family with all the discipline and skills a Manipular needs to advance.|[[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting|Bornstellar]]'s [[ancilla]]<ref name="c15">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 15''</ref>}} | ||
'''Miners''' were the second-highest [[rate]] in [[Forerunner]] society, ranking below [[Builder]]s but above [[Lifeworker]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''': ''[[Halo: Cryptum/Glossary|Halo: Cryptum Glossary]]''</ref> They were responsible for obtaining resources for the [[ecumene]], including the [[Builder]]' | '''Miners''' were the second-highest [[rate]] in [[Forerunner]] society, ranking below [[Builder]]s but above [[Lifeworker]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''': ''[[Halo: Cryptum/Glossary|Halo: Cryptum Glossary]]''</ref> They were responsible for obtaining resources for the [[ecumene]], including the [[Builder]]s' plentiful construction projects. Miners were also responsible for [[Astroengineering|stellar and planetary engineering]], including the formation of planets or manipulating stars for energy collection. Miner stellar engineers were colloquially known as [[plasma jockey]]s. Miner planetary engineers were capable of creating planets by melting down an asteroid field and shaping the resulting mass into a protoplanet which could be fully cooled in under 10,000 years.<ref name="c221">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 221''</ref> They would also occasionally destroy entire planets to gain access to the resources within.<ref name="s125">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 125-126''</ref> Miners used [[Forerunner mining ship|mining ships]] which could rapidly excavate large masses of minerals and ore by using powerful energy fields.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 51''</ref> Miners were generally seen as tough and pragmatic.<ref name="c15"/> Their manner of speaking was characteristically direct, lacking the tact most of the other rates were used to.<ref name="s64">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 64''</ref> | ||
After disobeying [[Bornstellar's father|his father]], [[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]], a [[Manipular]] from a Builder family, was sent to work with | During the height of the Forerunner civilization, Miners had activity in the [[Sol system]], specifically [[Mars]], then known as Edom. After disobeying [[Bornstellar's father|his father]], [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]], a [[Manipular]] from a wealthy Builder family, was sent to work with a Miner family inhabiting Edom.<ref name="Cryptum cover">'''Halo: Cryptum''', forward jacket description</ref><ref name="c15"/> | ||
==Known Miners== | ==Known Miners== | ||
*[[Clearance-of-Old-Forests]] | *[[Clearance-of-Old-Forests]] - member of the crew of ''[[Audacity]]'' during the journey to [[Path Kethona]].<ref name="s64"/> | ||
*A Miner who assumed the carapace of [[Catalog]] after expediting a planet's violent destruction, murdering their crèche-mate, along with twelve other Miners, out of jealousy.<ref name="s125"/> | |||
*[[IsoDidact|Bornstellar]]'s stepfamily on Edom.<ref name="c15"/> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
Revision as of 02:14, November 13, 2013
- "Miners are rated below Builders, but they are sensible, proud and strong. Miners know the raw, inner ways of worlds. Respect them, and they will treat you well, teach you what they know, and return you to your family with all the discipline and skills a Manipular needs to advance."
- — Bornstellar's ancilla[1]
Miners were the second-highest rate in Forerunner society, ranking below Builders but above Lifeworkers.[2] They were responsible for obtaining resources for the ecumene, including the Builders' plentiful construction projects. Miners were also responsible for stellar and planetary engineering, including the formation of planets or manipulating stars for energy collection. Miner stellar engineers were colloquially known as plasma jockeys. Miner planetary engineers were capable of creating planets by melting down an asteroid field and shaping the resulting mass into a protoplanet which could be fully cooled in under 10,000 years.[3] They would also occasionally destroy entire planets to gain access to the resources within.[4] Miners used mining ships which could rapidly excavate large masses of minerals and ore by using powerful energy fields.[5] Miners were generally seen as tough and pragmatic.[1] Their manner of speaking was characteristically direct, lacking the tact most of the other rates were used to.[6]
During the height of the Forerunner civilization, Miners had activity in the Sol system, specifically Mars, then known as Edom. After disobeying his father, Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting, a Manipular from a wealthy Builder family, was sent to work with a Miner family inhabiting Edom.[7][1]
Known Miners
- Clearance-of-Old-Forests - member of the crew of Audacity during the journey to Path Kethona.[6]
- A Miner who assumed the carapace of Catalog after expediting a planet's violent destruction, murdering their crèche-mate, along with twelve other Miners, out of jealousy.[4]
- Bornstellar's stepfamily on Edom.[1]
List of appearances
- Halo: Cryptum (First appearance)
- Halo: Silentium
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