Prospector

The Prospector is a small sized mining ship manufactured by MISC. Designed as a single person operated vessel, it features a telescopic mining arm with interchangeable lasers, with 4 detachable collapsible ore storage containers^[1] and comfortable living quarters.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Weapons: With its two gun hard-points that can hold Size 1 guns each.

Specifications

Radar

1x

S1

Surveyor-Lite

Chimera Communications

Scanner

1x

S1

Scanner

N/A

Cooler

1x

S2

Snowfall

Juno Starwerk

Power plant

1x

S2

Trommel

Juno Starwerk

Shield generator

1x

S1

Bulwark

Basilisk

Fuel intake

1x

S1

Fuel intake

N/A

Fuel port

1x

S1

Fuel port

N/A

Fuel tank

1x

S1

Internal Tank

N/A

Quantum drive

1x

S1

Goliath

Juno Starwerk

Quantum fuel tank

1x

S1

Internal Tank

N/A

Main thruster

3x

S3

Main thruster

0.549 MN549.457 kN 123,522.946 lbf

Maneuvering thruster

3x

S1

Maneuvering thruster

1.357 MN1,356.51 kN 304,955.657 lbf

12x

S1

Maneuvering thruster

0.786 MN786.487 kN 176,809.244 lbf

Weapons

1x

S1

VariPuck S1 Gimbal Mount

Right

1x

S1

CF-117 Bulldog Repeater

Klaus & Werner

1x

S1

Capacitor

360/∞ Ammunition

1x

S1

VariPuck S1 Gimbal Mount

Left

1x

S1

CF-117 Bulldog Repeater

Klaus & Werner

1x

S1

Capacitor

360/∞ Ammunition

Defensive devices

1x

S1

MISC Prospector - Noise Launcher

Right

1x

S1

Magazine

5/5 Ammunition

1x

S1

MISC Prospector - Decoy Launcher

Left

1x

S1

Magazine

48/48 Ammunition

Utility devices

1x

S1

Mining Arm

N/A

1x

S1

Utility devices

N/A

1x

S1

Arbor MH1 Mining Laser

N/A

Cargo grid

1x

S0

Cargo grid

N/A

Cargo pod

1x

S1

MISC Ore Pod

N/A

Armor

1x

S1

Armor

N/A

Paint

1x

S0

Paint

N/A

Vehicle part

1x

S1

Nose

8000

1x

S1

Hardpoint landinggear (front)

200

1x

S1

Rear

8000

1x

S1

Hardpoint landinggear (right)

200

1x

S1

Hardpoint landinggear (left)

200

1x

S1

Pipes (rear)

400i

1x

S1

Nose pipes

400i

1x

S1

Basket r

350

1x

S1

Basket l

350

Model

Ship profile

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear	Below

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear

Paints


Paint Name	Description	Price (aUEC)	Price ($)
"Aphorite"	Medium dark blue-magenta colouring with dark cyan-blue accents. Available only on the Subscribers store.	[not available]	9.00 ^[2]
"Dolivine"	Medium light gray colouring with medium dark shade of green accents. Available only on the Subscribers store.	[not available]	9.00 ^[3]
"Foundation Festival"	Metallic silver in colour with teal & white accents and a Foundation Festival logo. Limited edition. Only available as a reward to backers who took part in the annual Foundation Festival event. ^[4]	[not available]	(Reward)
"Hadanite"	Pale shade of red colouring with dark gray accents. Available only on the Subscribers store.	[not available]	9.00 ^[5]
"Nebula"	Dark grey in colour with white accents.	[not available]	6.00 ^[6]
"Polar"	Off white colour with blueish grey and dark grey accents.	[not available]	9.00 ^[7]
"StormBringer"	Dark grey colour with electric blue and white accents.	[not available]	6.00 ^[8]

Universe availability

Shop	Location	Price	Game build
New Deal	Lorville	2,061,000 aUEC	3.19.0-LIVE.8478820

Shop	Location	1 day rental price	3 days rental price	7 days rental price	30 days rental price	Game build
Vantage Rentals	ARC-L1 Wide Forest Station	41,220 aUEC	108,203 aUEC	216,405 aUEC	772,875 aUEC	3.19.0-LIVE.8478820
Vantage Rentals	CRU-L1 Ambitious Dream Station	41,220 aUEC	108,203 aUEC	216,405 aUEC	772,875 aUEC	3.19.0-LIVE.8478820
Vantage Rentals	HUR-L1 Green Glade Station	41,220 aUEC	108,203 aUEC	216,405 aUEC	772,875 aUEC	3.19.0-LIVE.8478820
Vantage Rentals	HUR-L2 Faithful Dream Station	41,220 aUEC	108,203 aUEC	216,405 aUEC	772,875 aUEC	3.19.0-LIVE.8478820
Vantage Rentals	MIC-L2 Long Forest Station	41,220 aUEC	108,203 aUEC	216,405 aUEC	772,875 aUEC	3.19.0-LIVE.8478820

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.^[9]

The Prospector would go on to be the third ship project of the Cold Boot team, and in early phases was dubbed "The Miner."^[9]

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.^[9]

"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.^[9]

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.^[9]

Shortly after the ships launch in 2925 MISC would see its stock prices hit rock bottom and stay there for the next two years.^[9]

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.^[9]

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.^[9]