LEX ASTRA ACADEMY IO 240 / Mining and refinery logistics Lex Astra · School of Applied Industry Teaching edition 2956.3 / Live practical ———————————————————————————————————————————————— LEARNER WORKSHEET For mining operators and collection coordinators. This is a private working copy. Downloading submits nothing and records no completion. Use exercise identifiers, not private player information. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— SESSION DETAILS Learner identifier: ____________________________________________________________ Instructor / assessor: ____________________________________________________________ Session date / agreed role or variant: ____________________________________________________________ Vessel, configuration and equipment: ____________________________________________________________ LIVE build / capability test date / tested by (if practical): ____________________________________________________________ Stop signal / recovery contact / communication arrangement: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— PURPOSE Choose a suitable mining task and leave a clear sale or collection record for its output. COURSE CONTEXT Applied Industry separates extracted material, processing and delivery. The next watch must be able to collect a processing job without reconstructing it from someone else’s memory. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— ENTRY Complete: IO 102 Equipment: Suitable tested mining equipment and a checked receiving or processing option. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— CASE: A refinery job outlasts the watch 1. The instructor supplies deposit observations and the equipment’s tested limits for the session. 2. The candidate must make a work or no-work decision before extraction. 3. The case output enters a processing job that remains pending at session end. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND GAME SKILLS Mining: read the rock, control energy, recover the yield Practical instruction revision 1 / 9 October 2026 Match equipment to the deposit Use scanning to locate a deposit, then read mass, composition, resistance and instability. Mass affects the work required; resistance impedes energy transfer; instability makes the charge less predictable. Choose a deposit within the demonstrated tool or laser capability, not merely the most valuable composition. Hand-mining nodes, ROC deposits and ship-scale rocks require different equipment. A ship laser is not a substitute for careful hand-tool work on a small node. Control rock energy, not just laser percentage Establish a stable position in the working range, start with low input and watch the rate at which rock energy rises. Reduce input before it reaches the upper edge of the optimal window; waiting until overcharge appears may be too late for a rising trend. Hold energy in the optimal region to build fracture progress. If control is lost, reduce or stop input and follow the briefed separation action. With multiple beams, assign a caller and stagger changes so everyone does not increase power together. Modules and gadgets change the response; recheck after fitting them. Rescan fragments and choose the processing route After fracture, inspect the resulting pieces. Some require further fracture; extract only pieces the display identifies as extractable. Prioritise useful composition instead of filling the hold with inert material. Compare raw sale with a refinery job’s displayed cost, duration and yield, then arrange a compatible cargo ship for completed output. Record any volatile-material warning and its actual timer; do not copy an old guide’s universal deadline or postpone a necessary return to fill the hold. PRACTICAL DRILL Demonstrate a low-risk fracture, including reducing input before an instructor-nominated upper limit, then selectively extract and create a raw-sale or refinery account. Repeat with a different instability or tool setup and explain the changed control response. OBSERVED-SKILL CHECKS The learner rejects a deposit beyond equipment capability with reasons from the scan. My action / observed result / assistance / evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ Live, simulated or unobserved: ____________________________________________________________ Rock energy is controlled through trend-aware adjustments, including a timely stop. My action / observed result / assistance / evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ Live, simulated or unobserved: ____________________________________________________________ Extracted, refining and collected quantities are supported by the relevant displays. My action / observed result / assistance / evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ Live, simulated or unobserved: ____________________________________________________________ Apply the technical checks in the agreed role. Discussion and simulation do not certify live handling; Crew Support evidence does not confer Pilot qualification. GAME REFERENCES The linked pages were read for this revision. Community references mix release eras; each source note identifies what is used and what is excluded. Technical explanations below are an Academy synthesis, and drills and performance checks are Academy-designed. Before practice, compare the named actions with the installed LIVE build and actual equipment. Bind actions by name rather than copying old default keys. Research is not an in-game validation. Star Citizen Wiki — Mining https://starcitizen.tools/Mining Mass, resistance, instability, fracture, extraction and refinery workflow. Historical prices and proposed Orion specialist systems are excluded from the practical. Star Citizen Wiki — Cargo https://starcitizen.tools/Cargo SCU, container geometry, grids and ownership. The page also contains obsolete automatic-loading descriptions and future design intentions; these are not instructions for the present cargo interface. Official LIVE release check: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/patch-notes ———————————————————————————————————————————————— METHOD 1: Match the deposit to the equipment Read the deposit information available in the session and compare it with the equipment demonstrated by the instructor. State which observations support working it. If suitability cannot be established, choose another deposit rather than treating uncertainty as clearance. Read the information the chosen mining system actually provides and explain how it bears on the decision. Compare the deposit with the demonstrated equipment and the operator’s ability to control the process. Do not carry a threshold from another tool or deposit into this assessment without verifying that it applies. Practise: Explain a work or no-work decision. Ready when: Your decision cites observed deposit information and the checked equipment limits. My action and observed result: ____________________________________________________________ Evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— METHOD 2: Extract under agreed limits Identify the controls, stopping instruction and recovery arrangement before use. Work only through the actions checked in the session. Report changing conditions early; a larger output does not excuse ignoring a stop instruction. The instructor first demonstrates the relevant feedback and the action used to reduce or stop input. The learner then practises a controlled response before attempting the assessed extraction. A changing indicator is a reason to interpret and adjust, not to chase output while ignoring the limits agreed in the brief. Practise: Complete a small supervised extraction. Ready when: The observer sees your control use and response to the agreed operating limits. My action and observed result: ____________________________________________________________ Evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— METHOD 3: Give the output a next destination Record the extracted quantity, sale or processing destination and person collecting it. If processing is still pending, retain the job reference and next check. Do not claim completed delivery because a job was submitted. Distinguish raw material, material committed to processing, completed output and proceeds. A submitted refinery job may tie up value without making cargo immediately available. Compare processing costs, collection access and transport capacity with the intended sale; preserve the job reference so the next operator can continue without guessing. Practise: Prepare a sale receipt or processing handover. Ready when: The record states the quantity, destination, collection owner and actual processing status. My action and observed result: ____________________________________________________________ Evidence reference: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— WORKED DECISION A refinery job is pending when the session ends. The candidate records the job reference and collection owner, then hands over rather than claiming a sale. 1. Compare the supplied observations with equipment limits. Explain the decision before touching the controls. 2. Carry out the checked extraction and record the actual quantity and destination. Do not convert an estimate into a measured output. 3. Retain the processing reference, current status, location and named collection owner. Record pending processing rather than received or sold. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— YOUR EXERCISE Make the deposit decision, perform the agreed extraction and hand the pending job to the collection role. WHAT CHANGES The planned receiving or processing route becomes unavailable. My decision and reason: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— YOUR WORKING RECORD Deposit observations / equipment limits / work decision ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Extracted quantity / measured or estimated / destination ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Job reference / current status / collection owner and next check ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— CHECK YOUR REASONING Processing finishes after the session. What must the next crew know? My answer before consulting the explanation: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— EVIDENCE TO KEEP A deposit decision, extraction observation and sale or collection record. Criterion 1: Your decision cites observed deposit information and the checked equipment limits. Individual evidence / finding / assessor's reason: ____________________________________________________________ Criterion 2: The observer sees your control use and response to the agreed operating limits. Individual evidence / finding / assessor's reason: ____________________________________________________________ Criterion 3: The record states the quantity, destination, collection owner and actual processing status. Individual evidence / finding / assessor's reason: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— FINDINGS AND NEXT ATTEMPT Demonstrated: observed work meets the criterion. Further practice required: an observed gap needs a specific practice task. Interrupted: conditions prevented valid assessment; not a failure. Not assessed: enough evidence has not yet been collected. All three criteria need individual evidence. A team result or quiz cannot replace an unobserved practical. Practice variant for a fresh attempt: Make the processing option unavailable and supply an alternative receiving offer. Require an explained change of route. My next practice task: ____________________________________________________________ Review contact: ____________________________________________________________ ———————————————————————————————————————————————— COMPARE AFTER ANSWERING The job reference, recorded quantity, current status, collection location and responsible person. A clear collection plan matters; staying online for an entire timer does not demonstrate additional skill. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— SOURCE AND EDITION Case IO–4: the incomplete delivery /academy/archives/cargo-case Applied Industry case issued by CDR Tobias Wren in 2956, drawing on the 1968 Neuhaus freight record. The older waybill belongs to the family freight business, not to Lex Astra; the course quantities are new teaching examples. The lessons are current Academy teaching, not newly discovered historical records. Lex Astra opened in 2891. Historical sources keep their original issuer and date; all case callsigns, quantities, times and conditions are supplied for practice. Course text revised 8 October 2026; fictional teaching edition 2956.3. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Instruction revised 9 October 2026. Lex Astra cases supply the teaching situations. Professional references inform communication, decision-making and instructional design; they do not confer external qualifications. LIVE capabilities remain subject to the recorded session check. Cedefop · observable learning outcomes https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/publications/4209 FAA · crew resource management (2004 reference) https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_120-51E.pdf RSI · verify release notes before live delivery https://robertsspaceindustries.com/patch-notes ———————————————————————————————————————————————— INSTRUCTOR CHECK Try the exercise with the ship and equipment you will use. Brief station assignments, callsigns, channel and recovery point. Explain the command “Stop exercise” before starting. If a bug prevents completion, repeat the affected task when it works. Ask before recording the session; use player handles in your notes. Review rules: /academy/archives/academy-ordinance Teaching basis: /academy/framework#research