Expanse

The Expanse is a single-seat refinery ship manufactured by Musashi Industrial and Starflight Concern. It is designed to process front-line raw ore and then either transfer to a dedicated cargo ship or sell the refined ore itself. Ideal in combination with mining vehicles such as the Prospector and/or cargo ships like the Hull A, the Expanse shines as a critical part of an organized mining team.

Features

Reactors

The ship has 6 dedicated Reactors which can process different refining actions at the same time. These may be set to different refining processes and/or different materials.

Cargo pod mounts

Eight slots for expanded cargo pods (64 SCU) with another eight compressed above them. These allows the Expanse to pick up dropped ore pods from other mining ships and refine them immediately.^[1]

Integrated tractor beams

These ensure that receiving raw materials and distributing processed ore are entirely hands-off procedures.

Weapons

Two Size 1 pilot controlled weapons offer protection when refining in the field.

Specifications

Radar

1x

S1

Small Radar

To be determined

Computer

1x

S2

Medium Computer

To be determined

Power plant

2x

S2

Medium Powerplant

To be determined

Cooler

2x

S1

Small Cooler

To be determined

Shield generator

1x

S1

Small Shield Generator

To be determined

Quantum drive

1x

S1

Small Quantum Drive

N/A

Jump drive

1x

S1

Jump Drive

N/A

Fuel intake

2x

S1

Small Fuel Intake

To be determined

Fuel tank

1x

S1

Small Fuel Tank

To be determined

Quantum fuel tank

1x

S1

Quantum Fuel Tank

N/A

Thrusters

2x

S1

Main Thruster

To be determined

2x

S1

Retro Thruster

To be determined

8x

S1

Gimbal Maneuvering Thruster

To be determined

Pilot weapon

1x

S1

S1 Mount

To be determined

2x

S1

S1 Laser Repeaters

N/A

Model

Ship profile

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear	Below

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear

Paints

Image	Paint Name	Description	Price (aUEC)	Price ($)
	"Stardust"	Blue and dark grey colour with orange and grey accents and Microtech logo decals.	[not available]	9.00 ^[2]

Gallery

Development

The Expanse was originally teased in CitizenCon 2951 as a potential option for explorer ship concept.^[3]

Trivia

The eponymous Expanse books initially started as a concept for a pen-and-paper game and an MMO before becoming a book serie.^[4] James S.A. Corey, the alias for the two authors, said "I'm very curious if they will manage to actually deliver on the promise of Star Citizen. The demos they keep putting out look amazing." and "I mean, I already have a crew that will let me fly with them when/if the time comes. I'd love to jump in an engineering bay during a battle."^[5]^[6]