Agian Tech (Mining drones)

Agians are well known for their resource mining technology. The mining drones (Jurails) are one of the most well known.

These large mining drones mine asteroids and moons for various metals, each drone can hold 100 tonnes worth of material at a time, each one can transverse through hyper gates. They are very self sufficient in their operations. Once one is deployed, they scan areas of space and when it finds whatever resource it requires, it will mine till it is at capacity, then delivers the resources to collection stations, which are scattered around Agian space.

The drones have a secondary function. They form a defence grid around Agian space. Each one has advanced scanners and even communication abilities. If a friendly ship is coming into Agian space, a Captains authorization code is sent out to inform the Drones in the area, that their ship has entered into their space. If the Captains authorization code is not transmitted, the drones will go into combat mode; during this time they do offer a chance for the unauthorized ship to leave Agian space. If the unauthorized ship leaves, the drone will go back to its previous duties.

Though if the ship remains in Agian space, the drone will use not only a powerful mining laser, but inbuilt turrets and a small amount of high yield (but small) warheads. Other drones will join the fight as well, and a signal is sent to Agian patrol ships and any allies within a distance.

The drones are intelligent and recognise a ship in distress rather than being hostile, so if a ship is in distress, it will scan the damage and calculate if it can assist (sealing hull breaches etc). In case it cannot help the ship, it will send a request to closest patrol ship to assist.

The S.F. has only started using Agian built drones to help them mine space resources. The Slav has been using them for quite some time now.