huh, I just realized another bit of the relationship between Rockhounds and Hephaestus - we're not a competitor so much as we are a contractor.
Hephaestus is a _foundry_, we turn the high-grade asteroid ore that we buy off of Rockhounds into pseudo-finished goods (blocks, beams, ingots, girders), as well as the odd finished product or tool..
Rockhounds: Produces raw ore, asteroid guts, habitable dwellings.
Hephaestus: Produces metal(s) stocks, industrial equipment, one-off custom work, tooling.Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979
Hephaestus is a _foundry_, we turn the high-grade asteroid ore that we buy off of Rockhounds into pseudo-finished goods (blocks, beams, ingots, girders), as well as the odd finished product or tool..
Rockhounds: Produces raw ore, asteroid guts, habitable dwellings.
Hephaestus: Produces metal(s) stocks, industrial equipment, one-off custom work, tooling.Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979