Miner: Difference between revisions

{{Era|Forerunner}}

{{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 a [[rate]] in [[Forerunner]] society, ranking below [[Builder]]s but above [[Lifeworker]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''': ''[[Halo: Cryptum/Glossary|Halo: Cryptum Glossary]]''</ref> Their duties involved [[Astroengineering|planetary and stellar engineering]],<ref name="c221">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 221''</ref> and by extension the acquisition of resources for the [[ecumene]], including the [[Builder]]s' plentiful construction projects. Miners were generally seen as tough and pragmatic,<ref name="c15"/> and their manner of speaking was characteristically direct, lacking the tact most of the other rates were used to. Miners were most comfortable when on a planet or working with planetary material.<ref name="s64">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 64''</ref>

The Miners were responsible for the artificial formation or destruction of planets and the manipulation of stars, usually to harness them for energy collection. Miner stellar engineers were colloquially known as [[plasma jockey]]s. Their 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"/> They would also occasionally destroy entire planets to gain access to the resources within.<ref name="s125">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 125-126''</ref> [[X50]], a satellite of [[Draetheus V]], was an example of a Miner installation used in planetary engineering.<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969311_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post2969311 '''Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'' page 14]</ref> The artificial moon was equipped with an energy beam capable of dismantling its parent planet within hours,<ref>'''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''', ''[[Operation D: Captured Chance]]''</ref> although Miners are suggested to have been capable of even more energetic planetary destruction.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 126'' (''"You blew him up?" "Utterly. And twelve of his crew."'')</ref>