New from Tunguska Heavy Mining Concern, the Tunguska Radiant Nanite Module. Each volley fired from the module releases millions of nanites that attach themselves an asteroid and radiate the asteroid's heat into space. The nanites then detach themselves when they are spent. Effectiveness depends on the size and density of the asteroid.

Ammo: 30
Velocity: 200m/s
Grid: 10
Level: -/-/-/-/12
Faction: 960 Tunguska
Mass: 5000 kg

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edit: I heard a rumbling in force... as if a million miners cried out about the mass and grabbed their pitchforks. In my thinking, anything that radiates thermal energy AND is disposable(ie cheap) will probably be a cheap and heavy material. So the mass reflects the mass of the nanties. I'm sure a mk II version could be have a much lower mass. With the trade off being a higher reload cost. This includes reloading on capital ship. The Mk II's would cost credits to reload on those as well.

+1

Could make it manu (at Tunguska only, potentially) and have it use the hive nanite replicator, since it's a nanite-consuming device. Would you see it as a "charging" unit, like the repair module? Large port, I assume?

+1 to both the item as well as a possible Manufacturing of the item.

I realize you said that heat dispersion based on the mass of the rock, but at roughly what rate?
Say the rock in Latos N-2 ID: 21 (Screen shot below) is roughly 'above-average' size.
Would 1 ammo of nanites drive off 5kelvin or so off the rock? (Just giving a rough estimate per ammo/effectiveness)



Another factor i think would be interesting, is similar with the "Ore extraction" rate based on heat, the 'cooling effectiveness' drops as the rock is heated.

A rock that's 100k isn't going to take as many nanites to cool as a rock at 1,000k for example.