Geolock

A Geolock is a device that secures an area of land from other exploiters. It prevents mining by petrifying the land and is often used to claim valuable mineral deposits. When activating it has a variable range and time delay. It works by chemically petrifying everything within range, a process that is fatal to most higher lifeforms, but the reversal process is safe. Because geolocks are used for security purposes it features heavy encryption and anti-tamper defense mechanisms.