Asteroid Mining Mutiny
As Operations Director for Helios Mining Corp, you face a critical crisis aboard the Asteroid Mining Station AX-227. Your 12-person crew, led by veteran foreman Marcus Chen, has barricaded themselves in the extraction bay, threatening to abandon a $1.2B mining operation unless their hazard pay is tripled. With oxygen reserves dropping and corporate demanding results, time is running out.
Challenges
0
Survivors
0
Popularity
0
Difficulty
B1-B2
Scenario Overview
Your Role
Operations Director, Helios Mining Corporation
Conversation Partner
Marcus Chen - Lead Mining Foreman
Setting
Your cramped control room aboard the orbital command module. Emergency lights pulse red. Multiple warning indicators flash across holographic displays showing the locked-down extraction bay.
Location
Orbital Command Module, Asteroid AX-227, Belt Section 9
Learning Objectives
Negotiate a compromise that prevents loss of the mining operation
Maintain corporate profitability while addressing valid safety concerns
Prevent the situation from escalating to violence or public scandal
About This Scenario
As Operations Director for Helios Mining Corp, you face a critical crisis aboard the Asteroid Mining Station AX-227. Your 12-person crew, led by veteran foreman Marcus Chen, has barricaded themselves in the extraction bay, threatening to abandon a $1.2B mining operation unless their hazard pay is tripled. With oxygen reserves dropping and corporate demanding results, time is running out.
How It Starts
“Director, you've got 12 miners ready to blow six months of work out the airlock. Corporate's 'acceptable casualty metrics' stopped being acceptable when Rodriguez lost his arm to that faulty drill rig. Ball's in your court - what's it worth to you?”
This is how Marcus Chen - Lead Mining Foreman's greeting will start.
Practice Details
Scenario ID
#499
Category
General
Location Tag
Orbital Command Module, Asteroid AX-227, Belt Section 9
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