What to know
The ROC-DS is Greycat Industrial's two-seat surface-mining vehicle. With the ROC-DS, vehicle-mounted scanning, extraction, and collection equipment handle surface deposits that are too large for a person and too small for a mining ship.
ROC-DS specifications
From first scan to stored ore
The working day aboard the ROC-DS is shaped by the chain around the second-operator mining arm: find a worthwhile deposit, extract it safely, protect capacity, and move the recovered material toward refining. The ROC-DS carries 3.4 SCU of minerals across two compartments that can be loaded by hand or through the mining rig. The ROC-DS mining turret lets the second operator extract material from inside the protected cabin, then use the integrated tractor beam to move it into storage.
Moving material after extraction
For the ROC-DS, vehicle-mounted scanning, extraction, and collection equipment handle surface deposits that are too large for a person and too small for a mining ship.
Development note: The ROC-DS is flight ready and entered the live game in Alpha 3.13.0. Because Star Citizen remains in active development, specifications, features, and imagery may change over time.
The ROC-DS' mining system
Scanning identifies the deposit. The crew uses the second-operator mining arm for extraction, while the ROC-DS's storage keeps recovered material ready for refining.
The ROC-DS carries 3.4 SCU of minerals across two compartments that can be loaded by hand or through the mining rig.
The ROC-DS mining turret lets the second operator extract material from inside the protected cabin, then use the integrated tractor beam to move it into storage.
The ROC-DS compares composition, fracture risk, and remaining capacity before committing time and energy to a deposit.
Clear feedback lets the operator adjust the second-operator mining arm as the material responds instead of treating every rock the same way.
Inside ROC-DS' second-operator mining arm
A locally controlled mining arm gives the second operator a longer-reaching laser for fracturing and collecting surface deposits beside the vehicle.
Second-operator mining arm
Bring the second-operator mining arm onto a deposit only after the ROC-DS confirms composition, risk, and free storage.
Monitor the second-operator mining arm and the material flow throughout extraction.
Move material created by the second-operator mining arm into storage before the ROC-DS's handling path becomes the bottleneck.
A complete extraction cycle in the ROC-DS
A mining run in the ROC-DS balances material quality, the second-operator mining arm, remaining capacity, and the cost of getting the load to a refinery.
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Choose material worth the ROC-DS' time and capacity
The ROC-DS looks for material whose composition, access, and value justify the time and remaining storage.
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Use the second-operator mining arm with controlled power
On the ROC-DS, the path from the first scan to a load ready for refining passes through the second-operator mining arm.
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Move recovered material into the ROC-DS' storage
Aboard the ROC-DS, capacity and mixed material should be watched before the hold fills with a load that is expensive to process.
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Send the ROC-DS' load to a refinery
The ROC-DS creates value when its collected material reaches a refinery or the next ship in the industrial chain.
The ROC-DS, from scanner to stored material
The ROC-DS uses its second-operator mining arm to extract material, store it, and transfer it for refining.
Life aboard the ROC-DS is supported by crew space kept separate from the main working equipment.
For the ROC-DS, scanning helps the operator decide whether a deposit is worth committing the second-operator mining arm and remaining capacity.
Clear readouts and steady power help the crew control the second-operator mining arm and recover more of the deposit aboard the ROC-DS.
The ROC-DS needs room to collect valuable material without blocking the equipment that keeps the mining cycle moving.
The ROC-DS connects discovery to material ready for refining
The ROC-DS' operator manages the survey, extraction, material flow, and remaining capacity through the same mining cycle.
Use the two-seat mining team to fill the cargo hold
The ROC-DS creates value by choosing the right deposit, using the second-operator mining arm carefully, and keeping the recovered material moving toward refining.
On the ROC-DS, composition, fracture risk, access, and remaining capacity determine whether a deposit deserves the time.
The ROC-DS' operator tracks deposit quality, tool condition, collected material, and free capacity as one extraction cycle.
On the ROC-DS, storage, mixed material, wear, and the refinery route matter before another rock is opened.
See the ROC-DS in action
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