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title: 'TaleStation Job Expansion: Ordnance'

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# TaleStation Job Expansion: Ordnance
Currently, Ordnance is a weird job to have defined. Their purpose is to make bombs. Thats it. However, we can make plasma researchable and give it characteristics, and later, implement rocket propulsion technologies. 

The purposes of this technology is to bridge science and engineering relations, ensureing the stations shuttles are capable of getting from point A to B. Later, this'll help with the exploration based mining ideas.

## PHASE 1: The Foundation
The current baseline to establish is to allow Ordnance techs to use microscopes and "study" solid plasma (and possibly liquid plasma too).
The idea is to get some aspect of research wedged into Ordnance. Maybe "investigating" some plasma discounts a node or two that involves plasma-related tech, or even bluespace.

Studying solid "research" plasma will give even more discounts to research. These discounts may be more "industrial" and "mining" based, giving an edge to engineers and miners (and to a lesser degree, scientsts).

Studying plain mineral plasma effects TBD.

### Code
- Make a console to "summon" research plasma
- Maybe fine/reward scientists for losing/returning plasma (this plasma can still be burned, but is unusable as a material)
- Enable microscopes to be able to "look" at research plasma
- Figure out how to interlink this research into RnD

## PHASE 2: Plasma is MORE Researchable
Improve the research aspect idea, maybe change some things around. All ideas here forward are working concepts.
