What to know
The RSI Orion is a capital mining platform designed to find, extract, process, and store ore at industrial scale. Its large crew, specialist mining equipment, onboard processing, and extensive capacity turn a remote deposit into a sustained production site.
Orion specifications
Capital mining means running the whole material chain
The Orion is not a larger Prospector with more storage. Scanning teams identify worthwhile deposits, mining stations break and recover material, processing systems improve the load, and cargo crews keep output moving so one bottleneck does not stop the entire ship.
A mobile industrial site built around throughput
The ship earns by keeping every stage active and balanced. Extraction that outruns processing creates congestion, while empty mining stations waste the crew and capacity carried across the route.
Development note: The Orion is currently in concept. Because Star Citizen remains in active development, specifications, features, and imagery may change over time.
The Orion's mining system
The Orion combines the capital mining platform with collection and storage so a promising deposit becomes a load the operator can deliver.
Heavy mining systems are intended for deposits and production volumes beyond the practical reach of a small mining ship.
Material can move into processing aboard the Orion instead of sending every raw load directly back to a station.
Large reserves let the ship remain on a productive site while the crew manages extraction and output over time.
The Orion compares composition, fracture risk, and remaining capacity before committing time and energy to a deposit.
Clear feedback lets the operator adjust the capital mining platform as the material responds instead of treating every rock the same way.
The Orion capital mining process
Multiple specialist stations let a large crew survey, extract, process, and store material during the same remote operation.
Capital mining platform
Bring the capital mining platform onto a deposit only after the Orion confirms composition, risk, and free storage.
Monitor the capital mining platform and the material flow throughout extraction.
Move material created by the capital mining platform into storage before the Orion's handling path becomes the bottleneck.
Mine and process ore on a massive scale
A mining run in the Orion balances material quality, the capital mining platform, remaining capacity, and the cost of getting the load to a refinery.
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Choose material worth the Orion's time and capacity
For the Orion, composition, instability, access, and the route to refining decide whether a deposit is worth extracting.
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Use the capital mining platform with controlled power
The Orion's mining crew uses the extraction systems after checking the deposit's composition, stability, and value.
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Move recovered material into the Orion's storage
Watch capacity and material mix before the hold becomes expensive to process.
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Send the Orion's load to a refinery
The operator sends the Orion's material onward before mixed cargo or full storage blocks the next extraction cycle.
Orion's mining equipment in detail
The Orion uses its capital mining platform to extract material, store it, and transfer it for refining.
Mining, scanning, processing, cargo, engineering, and command become separate responsibilities across the capital platform.
Crew support and service systems keep the Orion working far from the fixed infrastructure its output will eventually supply.
Aboard the Orion, scanning helps the operator decide whether a deposit is worth committing the capital mining platform and remaining capacity.
Clear readouts and steady power help the crew control the capital mining platform and recover more of the deposit aboard the Orion.
The Orion connects discovery to material ready for refining
The Orion's crew manages the survey, extraction, material flow, and remaining capacity through the same mining cycle.
Protect the material already collected
The Orion creates value by choosing the right deposit, using the capital mining platform carefully, and keeping the recovered material moving toward refining.
For the Orion, composition, fracture risk, access, and remaining capacity determine whether a deposit deserves the time.
Aboard the Orion, controlled use of the capital mining platform protects the material already collected and keeps the extraction cycle moving.
On the Orion, storage, mixed material, wear, and the refinery route matter before another rock is opened.
Find your Orion
Explore in-stock Orion ships, upgrades, and game packages available from The Impound.