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The term '''ore''' is used generically to represent any mineral extracted from a given physical environment. In most cases, such products are rocks or metals (either precious or base), but can be more exotic. Telleena | The term '''ore''' is used generically to represent any mineral extracted from a given physical environment. In most cases, such products are rocks or metals (either precious or base), but can be more exotic. [[Telleena Gas]], as found in the atmosphere of [[Miralon III]] and other gas giants, is one such exotic "ore." | ||
Most ores are mined and sold on the same world, because of the cost of lifting bulk cargoes out of a gravity well are prohibitively expensive. Unless there are no feasible substitutes available in a region, useful but common ores such as copper, iron, and titanium are seldom exported from a planet, and only in very rare cases out of a system. Silicon raw materials (like sand and gravel) are never transported offplanet, since their unit value barely covers the cost of getting them to the spaceport, let alone into orbit and out to other systems (they can be found virtually anywhere anyway). | Most ores are mined and sold on the same world, because of the cost of lifting bulk cargoes out of a gravity well are prohibitively expensive. Unless there are no feasible substitutes available in a region, useful but common ores such as copper, iron, and titanium are seldom exported from a planet, and only in very rare cases out of a system. Silicon raw materials (like sand and gravel) are never transported offplanet, since their unit value barely covers the cost of getting them to the spaceport, let alone into orbit and out to other systems (they can be found virtually anywhere anyway). | ||
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*'''Tannine:''' Tannine is an alloy used to preserve certain gases and organic matter for transport (telleena gas is shipped in tannine blocks). Because the component ores used to produce tannine are often found near one another in nature, on-site foundries which process tannine into its final form are not uncommon. | *'''Tannine:''' Tannine is an alloy used to preserve certain gases and organic matter for transport (telleena gas is shipped in tannine blocks). Because the component ores used to produce tannine are often found near one another in nature, on-site foundries which process tannine into its final form are not uncommon. | ||
*'''Telleena Gas:''' Used in the construction and powering of beam weapons such as lasers and phasers. | *'''[[Telleena Gas]]:''' Used in the construction and powering of beam weapons such as lasers and phasers. | ||
*'''Triborium:''' An extremely rare metal used in the construction of light and durable battle armor. Because of the strategic value of triborium, the [[Valcarian Imperial Republic|Empire]] nationalizes triborium mining operations as it becomes aware of them. However, there are many small-scale triborium mining facilities the Empire does not know about, which process the precious ore for other clients ���?? local governments, crime syndicates, and financially well-off individuals among them. | *'''Triborium:''' An extremely rare metal used in the construction of light and durable battle armor. Because of the strategic value of triborium, the [[Valcarian Imperial Republic|Empire]] nationalizes triborium mining operations as it becomes aware of them. However, there are many small-scale triborium mining facilities the Empire does not know about, which process the precious ore for other clients ���?? local governments, crime syndicates, and financially well-off individuals among them. | ||