Aluminum Rush on Mustafar

Date: 260909
Planet: Mustafar
Region: Berken's Flow

Story: (Written by the Galactic News Agency, Ramona doesn't write IC).

Mustafar, a planet that's geologically still very much active - which means, lots of volcanos and rivers of lava turn the landscape into the galaxies biggest barbecue for unwary travelers - is known for its valuable ores. Specialized miners have been operating on Mustafar in the Mensix Mining Facility for decades, despite the hellisch enviroment.

However, the recent discovery of a vein of aluminum of unprecedent quality has dwarved the past activities. Despite Mustafar being unsuited for the usual automated mining, the quality of this ore is so great that miners, prospectors and even traders that haven't left their office since the clone wars rushed to Mustafar to mine it by hand.

Braving attacks by rabid Tulrus packs and other dangerous animals, those brave miners gathered near Berken's Flow, almost standing on top of each other to mine the ore, their only protection a few droids and some hired guards, though both may succumb to the heat at any moment, leaving the miners defenseless against the animals.

But the lure of profit is stronger, and camps are made and broken hourly, in the middle of dozens of sentinetspeople mining like crazy. No one knows when the vein will be depleted, and no one wants to miss even a handful of this ore.