The infamous main character in my story is traveling among others on a mining spaceship that is carrying tons of valuable materials from Mars to Earth under the protection of the US government, our infamous hero wants to convince his fellow miners to seize control of the spaceship and travel to a Chinese space colony near Saturn (he arranged a deal with someone in charge of that colony) where the US has no authority and then become rich thanks to the spoils of Mars, but his diabolic plan is faced with many challenges :
Obstacles :
1 - The ship is heavily guarded : about 100 soldiers equipped with laser rifles.
2 - The ship is under the command of one ruthless ex-military feared by everyone.
3 - The miners are many (about 600) but have no criminal background.
4 - He has only two months before reaching earth.
Spaceship :
The spaceship is very huge, it's a mobile industrial refinery used to refine materials extracted from Mars before shipping to earth, but it's also very fast (not speed of light fast).
Miners :
The miners are a variety of space engineers in many fields such as :
- Material engineering.
- Mechanical engineering.
- Chemical engineering.
- Electrical engineering.
- Civil engineering.
They are using advanced high-tech tools in order to get their job done, however under the new regime of the US government, scientists and engineers are being treated like slaves and forced to work for a cheap payement since it's their duty towards their ruling government.
Advantages :
The main good thing that could work in benefit of his conspiracy that the miners are poor and underpaid by the government so they are angry with their condition, also they are not traveling in cryostat (they are not sleeping) because they have to refine those materials before delivering to earth.
Important :
He needs to get rid of all the soldiers (kill them and burn them or send them to the nearest rock in escape pods) before reaching Saturn and also get rid of the ship after taking all of the cargo, because the person in charge of the Chinese space colony can't protect our infamous hero from the Chinese government in case he brings back anything representing the US government (a proof of the mutiny).
Question :
According to Wikipedia :
Mutiny is a criminal conspiracy among a group of people (typically members of the military; or the crew of any ship, even if they are civilians) to openly oppose, change, or overthrow a lawful authority to which they are subject.
How would the main character trigger a mutiny and make his plan work ?