Dysnomia Moon

You are mining in a distant moon, and you think you've struck gold! Plenty of that precious metal and other resources to start building a new base.

But not all is what it seems....

INSTRUCTIONS, PLEASE READ!!!

ALL THAT GLISTENS IS NOT GOLD

You are in charge of security at intergalactic mining operations on this moon at the far stretches of the galaxy. Rich and enticing mineral ores are abundant on this moon and you have set up mining operations. 

Seems like you've struck gold, no?

Hmmm.... Turns out this moon is littered with an alien life form, a kind of parasite that is present nearly everywhere here, and every now and then, it comes to life...

RESOURCES:

FUEL ORE (BLACK)

You mine for a precious ore that can be used as a very effective fuel source. You burn it for your Power Plants, which in turn power the facilities they are connected to (HINT: follow the power lines!). Your RocketShip that hauls gold back to earth also requires it.

EXPLOSIVE ORE (PURPLE)

A precious substance, this mineral allows you to manufacture extremely effective explosive weapons, including the missiles that guard your mining base from falling meteors and other threats!

GOLD

You've struck gold! Or so you think...

Ship what you can back home but be careful: it gets infected like the rest of the minerals. Send too much of the parasite back to earth and it's game over... (No more than 300,000 units)

RocketShip

Your rocketship launches automatically every so often provided it has a steady supply of fuel. It may also launch if it has reached its max capacity of gold. However, you can also perform an EMERGENCY LAUNCH if you find it advantageous to do so! (for example, if you're facing certain doom and you want to maximize your score)

INFECTIONS (YELLOW SPHERES)

Your facilities use the precious mined minerals but if they get infected resources, then they themselves become infected and start misbehaving... for example your Air-Missile Defense System may not do so much of a good job protecting your base from meteors, and it may even attack your spacecraft!!!

When buildings operate as normal, the lights on them blink in GREEN color. When infected they blink RED. (They are small and can easily be missed if you're onboard your spacecraft and you are flying too high!)

Parasites are represented by YELLOW giant blobs. Kill off the infection at the mine site to clear the infection both along the connected pipelines and the offtaker facilities. You can also turn off the pipeline, which 'flushes' it clean. But if you turn it back on while there is still an infection, you'll still infect the buildings eventually, though you may buy yourslef some time, because the infrected lumps of ore you see traversing through the pipelines need to reach the buildings first! Turning off pipelines may also prevent your defense systems from misbehaving while you're dealing with the parasite...

METEORS

Oh, on top of that, it's raining meteors! Your SAM defense installations should do a good job as long as they are powered by their connected power plant and receive a healthy (literally!) supply of explosive ore. Your trusted spacecraft can also destroy meteors, just... don't get too close! 10 meteor strikes and it's game over!