Abrasion Blaster

Breaks off surface deposits from asteroids (requires refinery).

— In-Game Description

The Abrasion Blaster is a hardpoint module used in mining. It is designed to break Surface Deposits off of asteroids, allowing them to be collected using the Cargo Scoop or Collector Limpets.^[1] A Refinery is required for material excavated using an Abrasion Blaster.

Specifications

Unlike the mining laser, the abrasion blaster only functions on surface deposits that appear on asteroids. The blaster breaks apart these chunks using a carefully tuned pulse of energy, rather than the focused thermic power of the standard mining laser. A refinery module is required to process asteroid chunks into saleable commodities. Only functions in analysis mode.

— Additional In-Game Description

Class	Rating	Mass (T)	Integrity	Power Draw (MW)	Weapon Mode	Damage Type	DPS	Armour Piercing	Rate of Fire (S)	Ammo Clip Size	Value (CR)
1	D	2.00	40	0.34	Fixed	Thermal	20	18	5.0	1	9,700
1	D	2.00	40	0.47	Turreted	Thermal	20	18	5.0	1	27,480

Purchase Locations

Class	Rating	System	Station
1	D	Shinrarta Dezhra	Jameson Memorial
1	D	Tau Ceti	Graham Terminal
1	D	Altair	Solo Orbiter
1	D	LTT 874	Ashbrook Port
1	D	Ross 112	Egan Orbital
1	D	Delkar	De Kamp Orbital
1	D	Ross 667	Alexander Terminal
1	D	Kremainn	Wohler Terminal
1	D	EZ Aquarii	Magnus Gateway
1	D	Djagh	Lee Camp
1	D	HR 8526	Lockhart's Inheritance

Videos

References

1. ↑ Frontier Forums: Content Recap: Beyond - Chapter Four Livestream - Mining and Squadrons

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