Ves faced an important impediment to fulfilling the System's mission. Walter's Whalers would never be able to breach to the core with their low-tech mining equipment.
They simply didn't possess the infrastructure to dig more than a couple of kilometers underground, and neither did they held the inclination to do so.
Why bother digging so deep when they harvested enough riches at their current depths?
He'd have to resort to other outfits to bring him to the core. Ves doubted the Blood Claws possessed much more ambition than the Whalers. Even if they brought more sophisticated gear, they'd only focus on the immediate fruits instead of the richer treasures buried deep.
"It's got to be the Mech Corps. Only they have the ambition to exploit this planet completely."
The Mech Corps already revealed their ambitions by claiming one of the red zones of the planet. Despite its many dangers, the red zone also offered some of the richest deposits of exotics.
