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Prospector

Single-seat mining ship manufactured by MISC
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Quick facts:
Prospector
Flight ready
Role
Light Mining
Size
Small (S2/XS)
Capacity
Crew
1
Cargo
32 SCU
Stowage
930 KµSCU
Cost
Standalone
$ 155.00 ($ 140.00)
Warbond
$ 140.00
Availability
Always available
Claim
10m
Expedite
0s
Expedite fee
3,040 aUEC
Specifications
Height
7 m
Mass
0 kg
Length
26 m
Width
16 m
CS
+50%
EM
+50%
IR
+50%
💪
-52%
+5%
〰️
+5%
🔥
0%
☣️
0%
💫
-100%
Health
0 ❤️
Scm speed
156 m/s
0 to scm
0 s
Scm to 0
0 s
Max speed
994 m/s
0 to max
0 s
Max to 0
0 s
Roll rate
75 °/s
Pitch rate
35 °/s
Yaw rate
35 °/s
Hydrogen capacity
0 SCU
Hydrogen intake
0.013 SCU/s
Quantum capacity
0 SCU
Lore
Released
2924
Development
Announced
22 April 2016
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The Prospector is a small sized mining ship developed by Musashi Industrial and Starflight Concern. Designed as a single person operated vessel, it features a telescopic mining arm with interchangeable lasers, with 4 detachable collapsible ore storage containers and comfortable living quarters.[1] [2]

Features

Mining Laser
The Prospector has a retractable and adjustable arm which has a Size 1 mining laser hard-point, giving you the ability to interchange different mining lasers that are specifically designed for certain types of minerals.[1]
Scanner
The ships scanner has been designed to targeting pockets directly, pin-pointing specific resources and helping to extracting just that type of mineral you are specifically looking for.[1]
Living Quarters
Despite it being a industrial vehicle, the Prospector still has a spacious living area which includes a bed, bathroom and a small kitchenette, essential for those longer mining runs.[1]
Detachable Containers
When the vehicles storage containers are full with ore, these can be easily detached and transferred to another ship for the ore to be either sent to be processed or to be sold raw. The Prospector can carry up to 16 of those containers and use up to 4 of them at any time.[1]
Cargo
The vehicle has the ability to hold up to 32 SCU's of raw ore in 4 external containers as well as holding 650K μSCU of internal stowage.[1]
Weapons
The Prospector possesses a degree of defense due to its two Size 1 gun hard-points.[1]

Specifications

No vehicle parts information found.

Model

Ship profile

Isometric Above Port-side Front Rear Below

Isometric Above Port-side Front Rear

Series variants

Fortune
Salvage
Prospector
Light Mining

Paints

Acquisition


Purchase
SystemTerminalPrice
StantonNew Deal - Teasa Spaceport - Lorville2,929,500
PyroBuy and Fly - Ruin Station2,929,500
PyroBuy and Fly - Checkmate2,929,500
PyroBuy and Fly - Orbituary2,929,500
Rental
SystemTerminalPrice
StantonVantage Rentals - ARC - L173,237
StantonVantage Rentals - ARC - L273,238
StantonVantage Rentals - ARC - L473,237
StantonVantage Rentals - MIC - L273,237
StantonVantage Rentals - MIC - L573,237
StantonVantage Rentals - Mining Refinery - Terra Gateway73,238
StantonVantage Rentals - HUR - L173,238
StantonVantage Rentals - HUR - L273,238
StantonVantage Rentals - MIC - L173,237
StantonVantage Rentals - Mining Refinery - Pyro Gateway73,238
StantonVantage Rentals - CRU - L173,237
StantonVantage Rentals - Mining Refinery - Magnus Gateway73,238
PyroTraveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Stanton Gateway73,238
StantonTraveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Baijini Point73,238
StantonTraveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Seraphim73,237
StantonTraveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Pyro Gateway73,237
StantonTraveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Port Tressler73,237
StantonTraveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Terra Gateway73,237
StantonVantage Rentals - Lorville73,237
PyroVantage Rentals - Cargo Center - Stanton Gateway73,238
StantonTraveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Everus Harbor73,238
StantonTraveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Magnus Gateway73,238

Lore

MISC began developing the Prospector in 2910 as an extension of the Freelancer project. With their success in survey and fire suppression, MISC was looking to expand the use of its chassis. With that aim in mind, MISC wrote off nine Freelancers which were utilized by the Cold Boot team to develop as they saw fit.[3]

The Prospector would go on to be the third ship project of the Cold Boot team, and in early phases was dubbed "The Miner." However, with little anticipated need for small scale mining ships, "The Miner" was an unlikely candidate to be adopted by MISC. By 2914 two conversion attempts had failed. The first prototype as an unsightly and ungainly beast, and pushed the boundaries of the teams budget. Twenty-six test flights later, the team had a large enough success that their program was allowed to continue. "The Miner" would have four prototype designs, the A-1, A-2, A-3, and finally the B-1. Over the course of the next eight years, MISC-HI teams would work on developing a hull for the ship, while a second team would develop a miniaturized mining array that could be stored within the ship's fuselage.[3]

In 2923 the ship would finally be named "The Prospector" and would see extending time in jump tunnel situations and live testing. The ship would be unveiled the next year at the 2924 Intergalactic Aerospace Expo. Shortly after the ships launch in 2925 MISC would see its stock prices hit rock bottom and stay there for the next two years. This however, would not be the end of MISC. With new reports coming out of a massive discovery of previously ignored raw materials on Ferron II.[3]

Chloe Raznick was an owner and operator of one of the first 2925 MISC Prospectors off the assembly line. She had made the legal purchase of several hundred parcels of former military ground testing area on Ferron II in the hopes of salvaging expended shells and claiming the small bounties on radioactive debris collection. While in the process of surveying her lot, she discovered a deep chasm into which she navigated her Prospector. There she came across what is now known as the 'Chessex Lode'. A massive discovery of previously ignored raw materials which made a her fortune. Within days of the discovery, Prospector sales shot through the roof as people rushed to try their hands at this new career.[3]

Development

Trivia

See also

  • Design Notes: Mining

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Prospector Store. Pledge Store
  2. Q&A: MISC Prospector - Part I. Engineering - Comm-Link
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Whitley's Guide - Prospector. Spectrum Dispatch - Comm-Link. Retrieved 2023-05-09
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