Mining God Corpses
Sure, the corpses of dead gods are an unexplained horror of the cosmos, a sign that even the divine is impermanent. They're also one of the best sources of spaceship-grade metals in this sector. You stop getting so existential after a while.
Even in the mining mechs, we need protective suits to protect us from the divinity. It's not radiation exactly, although it sets the geiger counters off like crazy. Lab techs are still trying to figure out that one. Even with the suits we get some mutations. The lucky ones don't get anything physical, just speaking in tongues. The worst ones are anything that changes your bodyplan, because unless it matches any of the Known Species, you won't be able to fit into a suit, which basically puts an end to any career as a spacer.
We asked for better suits, but the company said we can't afford them. Can't organize for them because of the turnover. See, Godmining's a seasonal thing because you need a different crew for each job. See, when someone's too good a person and they set foot on the site, they get ascended or raptured or some such. Don't actually know what happens on the other side. Only problem is, what constitutes a sin is different for each god. There are some things that are almost universal, but the straw boss says that staffing a crew full of murderers isn't exactly great for group cohesion, so you gotta test by trial and error.
