Prospector Guide, Specs & Features
What to know
The MISC Prospector gives one pilot the scanner, mining arm, collection system, and detachable ore bags needed to work an independent claim. A bed, bathroom, and kitchenette make it practical to stay out long enough to find a deposit worth bringing home.
Prospector specifications
Everything one pilot needs to mine
The Prospector keeps the full small-scale mining loop in one ship. Its scanner identifies promising material, the mining arm controls extraction, and the collection system feeds ore into detachable storage bags that can be transferred for processing or sale.
Built for independent mining runs
Independent mining often means spending more time searching than extracting. The Prospector supports that reality with a compact living area and a material system designed around repeated runs from survey to refinery.
Development note: The Prospector is flight ready and entered the live game in Alpha 3.0.0. Because Star Citizen remains in active development, specifications, features, and imagery may change over time.
Scanning, extraction, and storage
One pilot uses the scanner to find a deposit, the mining arm to fracture it, and the collection system to fill the detachable ore bags.
Scan a rock to check its composition, stability, and value before starting work.
Ore moves directly from the mining laser into onboard storage without requiring a second industrial ship at the site.
Recovered ore moves directly into storage without requiring a second ship at the site.
Filled ore bags can be removed and transferred for refining or sale.
A bed, bathroom, and kitchenette support longer searches away from the nearest station.
Two Size 1 gun mounts give the pilot basic protection while travelling between mining sites.
The Prospector mining arm, scanner, and ore-bag system
The forward mining arm gives the pilot direct control over fracture and extraction at the deposit.
Dedicated mining arm
Check the rock's composition, stability, and value before spending time and storage capacity on it.
Adjust the mining laser as the deposit responds and keep the valuable material ready for collection.
Move recovered material into the external ore bags and check the remaining space before starting on another rock.
Scan, mine, collect, and return
The Prospector gives one pilot everything needed for a small mining claim: scanners to find a deposit, a telescopic mining arm to work it, a collection system, and detachable ore bags for the trip to a refinery.
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Find a deposit worth the trip
Check composition, stability, access, and value before spending time and storage capacity on the rock.
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Control the mining arm from the cockpit
Adjust the mining laser as the deposit responds, keeping the fracture controlled and the valuable material recoverable.
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Move the ore into detachable bags
The collection system feeds recovered material into external ore bags while the pilot watches capacity and contamination.
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Take the load to a refinery
Return to a refinery before full ore bags or ship wear create unnecessary risk.
The Prospector, from scanner to stored material
The Prospector uses its mining laser, collection system, and detachable ore bags to extract material, store it, and transfer it for refining.
One person controls the survey, extraction, collection, and return from the same cockpit.
A bed, bathroom, and small kitchenette support longer searches away from the nearest station.
Two Size 1 gun hardpoints give the Prospector a basic defensive option while travelling between claims.
Scans help the pilot decide whether a rock is worth the time and available storage space.
One pilot runs the entire mining cycle
One pilot handles scanning, extraction, collection, storage, flight, and the condition of the ship.
Everything a solo miner needs aboard one ship
The Prospector keeps scanning, extraction, collection, storage, flight, and basic living facilities within one pilot's reach.
Good scans protect time and storage capacity from low-value or unstable deposits.
The pilot balances tool power, fracture progress, collection flow, and the condition of the ship.
Check fuel, wear, and available storage before starting on another rock.
See the Prospector in action
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