Publication and delivery
This course is published for study. Publication does not confirm an available class, appointed instructor or completed practical validation. Before booking, obtain a session brief naming the organiser, instructor and assessor, equipment access and any independent review arrangements.
Before live assessment, the organiser must record the current LIVE build, validation date, ship and equipment used, tasks checked and any known limitations. If a required mechanic is unavailable, defer the affected assessment rather than certify an unobserved outcome. A material game update calls for a check of affected tasks, not cancellation of earlier academic achievements.
Your brief
For mining or Salvage candidates completing their chosen industrial route.
The industrial capstone requires the extraction or recovery crew, carrier and receiver to agree on the same material record. It does not collapse the two elective skills into one award.
A delivery whose receiver changes halfway
Practice case · IO 299 · 2956 teaching edition
- Select Mining with IO 240 evidence or Salvage with IO 208 evidence.
- The original receiver accepts four case units; after work begins, an alternate offers space for three.
- The fourth unit needs a checked storage or deferred-work decision. No extra capacity is assumed.
Before you begin: entry and equipment
Complete these courses
Complete one of these courses
Choose your assessed role
- Salvage — IO 208
- Mining — IO 240
Bring or arrange
Equipment for the completed elective, a receiver and an observer.
The organizer must confirm equipment access before booking. No ship purchase, pledge tier or donation is required.
Technical knowledge and game skills
Practical instruction revision 1 · 9 October 2026
An end-to-end mining or salvage operation
Demonstrate production personally
Choose the Mining or Salvage emphasis already studied. The mining learner reads a deposit, controls a fracture and selects fragments; the salvage learner inspects a target, controls scraping and manages processing storage. A successful sale by the group cannot substitute for the candidate’s own tool handling. Use a small enough initial target that the complete chain can be observed.
Solve the downstream bottleneck
When the receiver or cargo capacity changes, stop production before buffers overflow or inaccessible cargo accumulates. Count material still in the tool buffer, packaged aboard, committed to refining and ready for collection separately. Choose between offloading, a smaller next batch and suspending production using the real handling and transport capacity.
Close with the actual transaction
Carry the selected output to a suitable receiver and verify the accepted amount or sale. Keep unsold or uncollected material in the asset record instead of assigning it the expected cash value. Include fuel, processing and handling costs and explain the difference between expected yield and observed delivery.
Practical drill
Complete one small production-to-receipt cycle in the selected emphasis. Reduce the planned receiving quantity midway and require a feasible adjustment, individual equipment observation and a reconciled financial account.
Observed-skill checks
- Individual mining or salvage control is observed in the selected emphasis.
- A capacity change is resolved before further production creates an unmanageable load.
- Recovered material and cash proceeds reconcile without treating inventory as sold.
Use these checks to document the technical evidence supporting the course outcomes in your agreed role. Record what you personally performed, what assistance you needed and what remains unobserved. A discussion or simulated action does not certify live equipment handling; Crew Support evidence does not confer Pilot qualification.
Game references and build-sensitive details
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
Mass, resistance, instability, fracture, extraction and refinery workflow. Historical prices and proposed Orion specialist systems are excluded from the practical.
- Star Citizen Wiki — Salvage
Component recovery, hull scraping, fracture, disintegration and material processing. Validate the selected vessel’s processing chain and capacity before use.
- Star Citizen Wiki — 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.
Check the official LIVE release notes and record the session build, equipment and observed limitations before practical sign-off.
Learn the method
1. Choose the route you have demonstrated
Select Mining or Salvage using your completed elective. Confirm the equipment and receiver for that route. This assessment connects the stages of a delivery; it does not award the other industrial skill without observing it.
Start the industrial account at the decision to commit resources, not at the sale screen. Explain why the selected Mining or Salvage route fits the equipment, crew and receiver. State which quantities are estimates at departure so later differences can be interpreted as changed information rather than automatically as operator error.
- Practise
- Brief the route and show the matching elective evidence.
- Ready when
- The selected route matches your preparation and the checked equipment.
2. Keep custody through a changed plan
Link recovery or extraction, storage, movement and receiving in one log. When the destination changes, check capacity and access before sending the load elsewhere. Tell the current custodian and new receiver what is moving and what is not.
At a receiving change, recheck the whole remaining chain: custody, route, access, acceptance and any revised price or processing assumption. A nearer destination is not necessarily a substitute market. Preserve the original plan alongside the revision so the assessor can trace why the new movement was feasible when it was authorised.
- Practise
- Complete the delivery with a changed receiver.
- Ready when
- Your observed actions keep custody clear and use a workable, acknowledged receiving plan.
3. Explain the final account
Compare the initial estimate with actual recovered and received quantities. State remaining material, known costs and assumptions. Support each difference with the log, including work deferred rather than completed.
Present the account as a reconciliation of states, not one success total. Explain what was produced, what remains in custody, what was accepted and what value is still conditional. The final defence should identify the largest uncertainty and the next action that would reduce it, using the actual observations from this attempt.
- Practise
- Present the ledger and answer questions about each difference.
- Ready when
- Every quantity is received, still in named custody or unresolved with a next check.
A worked decision
A Mining candidate changes the sale point, records the changed price assumption and reconciles the load. The assessment remains Mining, not a Salvage qualification.
- Confirm the selected skill and agree the quantity record before work. Keep the planned four distinct from actual output.
- On the receiving change, verify three-unit acceptance and decide whether to stop output, hold stock or defer movement of the remainder.
- Reconcile actual output, three-unit receiving capacity and every unit left elsewhere. Explain the decision and label the completed emphasis correctly.
Try it yourself
Run the chosen end-to-end route and defend the final ledger. Include the changed receiving arrangement and any material not delivered.
What changes during the exercise
The receiving point changes after recovery or extraction begins.
Keep this record
- Chosen emphasis / prerequisite evidence / equipment
- Actual output / storage / carrier / original and revised receiver
- Received / still held / unresolved / cost assumptions and decision
Plain-text worksheet with this case, your working fields and the assessment criteria. Fill it in privately; downloading does not submit work or record completion.
Check your reasoning
A clean final total hides a load left behind. Is the account complete?
Compare your reasoning
No. Include the quantity still at origin, its custodian and the next decision. The account must describe the whole task, not just the portion that reached a receiver.
Answer first, then compare. In a later session, explain the decision using a changed case without referring to this answer.
How completion is judged
Individual observations, an end-to-end ledger and a Mining or Salvage debrief.
The assessor checks your own work against all three “Ready when” criteria above. Use the observed-skill checks in the technical chapter to establish the applicable game-handling evidence in your agreed role. A successful team result does not replace an action they did not observe.
Findings, another attempt and review
- Demonstrated
- Your observed work meets the criterion in the agreed role.
- Further practice required
- The assessor identifies the observed gap and the specific practice needed.
- Interrupted
- Equipment, staffing or personal circumstances prevented a valid assessment. This is not a failure.
- Not assessed
- There is not yet enough evidence for this outcome.
A fresh attempt
Use a carrier capacity reduction while keeping the receiver available. Reassess only the affected planning or custody outcome.
Reassess the missing outcome, plus any linked skill that needs new evidence. For prior learning, compare existing work with the same criteria and observe any missing practical action.
Ask for the reasons behind a finding. Reviews must be handled by someone independent of the original decision; defer the review if that person is not available.
Read the Academy Ordinance and review rulesFor instructors
Session setup and coaching
Prepare the session
Equipment for the completed elective, a receiver and an observer.
Assign crew stations and tell each learner what they will practise. The instructor must be able to hear the calls and see the action being assessed. Brief the callsigns, channel, route and expected duration. Replace the example locations with the places you will actually use.
- Ask the learner to explain the relevant earlier procedure without notes; correct any gap before the practical.
- Teach and demonstrate the technical chapter using the actual game indications. Run its drill with feedback before connecting those skills to the three methods and worked decision. Use the observed-skill checks to identify missing handling evidence.
- Let the learner complete the normal procedure first, then introduce the change described in the exercise. Give them time to respond without coaching. Keep unrelated failures out of this attempt.
- Record the learner's action against each criterion. Give one specific next step for any gap and transfer unfinished operational work before closing.
What to watch for in IO 299
Require observations of the candidate’s own work at the assessed stages. A shared ledger alone cannot show who performed the practical.
If another attempt is needed
Use a carrier capacity reduction while keeping the receiver available. Reassess only the affected planning or custody outcome.
Running the exercise
Before the crew assembles, try the exercise in the ship you intend to use. Check station access, equipment and the route. Brief the crew on any faults that affect the task. If a bug prevents someone completing it, repeat that part once it works; do not record a failure for a broken mechanic.
Brief the command “Stop exercise” before starting. On that call, cease the drill and tell the instructor what needs attention. For weapons practice, identify the participating ships and crew; anyone else entering the area is a reason to hold fire.
Session administration: use player handles in your notes. Ask before recording voice or video, and agree when the recording will be deleted. Academy rules and review procedure.
Sources and edition
Lex Astra · School of Applied Industry
Course IO 299 · edition 2956.3 · 2956 teaching edition · revised course text.
Case IO–4: the incomplete delivery
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.
Professional references and instructional revision
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.
Editorial context and teaching basis
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.
Your session brief names the instructor, the crew assignments and the equipment provided. Contact the teaching office above to arrange a place.
Course-text revision: 8 October 2026. Educational references were reviewed for the framework on 8 October 2026; they inform the teaching approach, not external accreditation or current game-capability claims.
Teaching research and its limitsWhere this leads
Industrial Operations requirementsCourse records retain the edition and role assessed. New teaching text does not erase earlier achievements.