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{{Quote|Miners are rated below Builders, but they are sensible, proud and strong. Miners know the raw, inner ways of worlds. Respect them, and they will treat you well, teach you what they know, and return you to your family with all the discipline and skills a Manipular needs to advance.|[[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting|Bornstellar]]'s [[ancilla]]<ref name="c15">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 15''</ref>}} | {{Quote|Miners are rated below Builders, but they are sensible, proud and strong. Miners know the raw, inner ways of worlds. Respect them, and they will treat you well, teach you what they know, and return you to your family with all the discipline and skills a Manipular needs to advance.|[[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting|Bornstellar]]'s [[ancilla]]<ref name="c15">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 15''</ref>}} | ||
'''Miners''' were | '''Miners''' were a [[rate]] in [[Forerunner]] society, ranking below [[Builder]]s but above [[Lifeworker]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''': ''[[Halo: Cryptum/Glossary|Halo: Cryptum Glossary]]''</ref> Their duties involved [[Astroengineering|planetary and stellar engineering]],<ref name="c221">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 221''</ref> and by extension the acquisition of resources for the [[ecumene]], including the [[Builder]]s' plentiful construction projects. Miners were generally seen as tough and pragmatic,<ref name="c15"/> and their manner of speaking was characteristically direct, lacking the tact most of the other rates were used to. Miners were most comfortable when on a planet or working with planetary material.<ref name="s64">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 64''</ref> | ||
The Miners were responsible for the artificial formation or destruction of planets and the manipulation of stars, usually to harness them for energy collection. Miner stellar engineers were colloquially known as [[plasma jockey]]s. Their planetary engineers were capable of creating planets by melting down an asteroid field and shaping the resulting mass into a protoplanet which could be fully cooled in under 10,000 years.<ref name="c221"/> They would also occasionally destroy entire planets to gain access to the resources within.<ref name="s125">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 125-126''</ref> For more local mining operations, Miners used [[Forerunner mining ship|mining ships]] which could rapidly excavate large masses of minerals and ore by using powerful energy fields.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 51''</ref> | |||
During the height of the Forerunner civilization, Miners had activity in the [[Sol system]], specifically [[Mars]], then known as Edom. After disobeying [[Bornstellar's father|his father]], [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]], a [[Manipular]] from a wealthy Builder family, was sent to work with a Miner family inhabiting Edom.<ref name="Cryptum cover">'''Halo: Cryptum''', forward jacket description</ref><ref name="c15"/> | During the height of the Forerunner civilization, Miners had activity in the [[Sol system]], specifically [[Mars]], then known as Edom. After disobeying [[Bornstellar's father|his father]], [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]], a [[Manipular]] from a wealthy Builder family, was sent to work with a Miner family inhabiting Edom.<ref name="Cryptum cover">'''Halo: Cryptum''', forward jacket description</ref><ref name="c15"/> | ||
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- "Miners are rated below Builders, but they are sensible, proud and strong. Miners know the raw, inner ways of worlds. Respect them, and they will treat you well, teach you what they know, and return you to your family with all the discipline and skills a Manipular needs to advance."
- — Bornstellar's ancilla[1]
Miners were a rate in Forerunner society, ranking below Builders but above Lifeworkers.[2] Their duties involved planetary and stellar engineering,[3] and by extension the acquisition of resources for the ecumene, including the Builders' plentiful construction projects. Miners were generally seen as tough and pragmatic,[1] and their manner of speaking was characteristically direct, lacking the tact most of the other rates were used to. Miners were most comfortable when on a planet or working with planetary material.[4]
The Miners were responsible for the artificial formation or destruction of planets and the manipulation of stars, usually to harness them for energy collection. Miner stellar engineers were colloquially known as plasma jockeys. Their planetary engineers were capable of creating planets by melting down an asteroid field and shaping the resulting mass into a protoplanet which could be fully cooled in under 10,000 years.[3] They would also occasionally destroy entire planets to gain access to the resources within.[5] For more local mining operations, Miners used mining ships which could rapidly excavate large masses of minerals and ore by using powerful energy fields.[6]
During the height of the Forerunner civilization, Miners had activity in the Sol system, specifically Mars, then known as Edom. After disobeying his father, Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting, a Manipular from a wealthy Builder family, was sent to work with a Miner family inhabiting Edom.[7][1]
Known Miners
- Clearance-of-Old-Forests - member of the crew of Audacity during the journey to Path Kethona.[4]
- A Miner who assumed the carapace of Catalog after expediting a planet's violent destruction, murdering their crèche-mate, along with twelve other Miners, out of jealousy.[5]
- Bornstellar's stepfamily on Edom.[1]
List of appearances
- Halo: Cryptum (First appearance)
- Halo: Silentium
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