There's something strange about Ice mining, especially when you're there with a member of the big bad local pirate corp and you're both ignoring each other. Sure, we could fight but the lure of the Ice is stronger. Or at least the harsh mistress that are POSs are more important. How did I end up looking after POSs anyway?
POSs are very much like babies. You put food in one end, new stuff comes out the other and they need constant looking after or they poke their fingers into power sockets, break the valuable things and fall down the stairs.