What to know
The Pioneer is a mobile construction yard that can build and place modular structures on remote planets and moons. It carries the materials, fabricators, deployment equipment, and crew facilities needed to create a new outpost far from established ports.
Pioneer specifications
Build your own world
The Pioneer turns construction supplies and design schematics into finished structures. Its onboard factory lets the crew build a remote base without relying on a separate station or a long chain of support ships.
All-in-one construction platform
Materials enter the onboard fabrication plant, become ready-to-place modules, and move directly to the construction site. The Pioneer keeps the full building process inside one ship.
Development note: The Pioneer is currently in active production. Because Star Citizen remains in active development, specifications, features, and imagery may change over time.
Pioneer construction flow
The Pioneer is built around its outpost fabrication plant. Work areas, material handling, storage, and deployment systems allow the crew to turn raw supplies into new structures.
The crew selects the right schematic for each structure planned for the new site.
Internal systems feed construction supplies directly into the fabricators, helping the crew build new structures quickly and easily.
Completed modules move from the factory to the prepared construction site without needing another heavy transport ship.
The Pioneer's crew chooses what to build and where each finished structure will be placed.
Construction supplies stay organized and feed directly into the Pioneer's fabricators.
The Pioneer's outpost fabrication plant
The onboard factory turns construction materials into modules that are ready to place on the surface.
Outpost fabrication plant
Select a design schematic, prepare the site, and load the materials needed for the new structure.
The Pioneer's internal systems feed construction supplies into its fabricators while the crew controls the build from inside the ship.
Deployment equipment moves the completed module out of the Pioneer and into its prepared position on the surface.
From supplies to a finished outpost
The Pioneer carries the factory to the site. Its crew chooses a design, feeds materials into the fabrication plant, and places each finished structure on the surface.
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Prepare the site
Choose the location, clear the building area, and decide which structures the new outpost needs.
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Load the materials
Bring aboard the construction supplies required by the selected design schematics.
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Build the structure
The onboard fabrication plant turns stored materials into a finished module while the crew monitors the process.
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Place it on the surface
The deployment system moves the completed structure to the prepared site and clears the Pioneer for the next build.
From supplies to finished structures
Storage, fabricators, and deployment equipment work together as one construction line. The crew can bring in raw materials and leave behind a working outpost.
Automated fabricators handle the most dangerous parts of construction while the crew controls the build from inside the ship.
The Pioneer brings a complete construction yard to locations that do not yet have permanent industrial support.
For the Pioneer, storage and handling systems keep the supplies for the onboard outpost fabrication plant organized and ready for fabrication.
The crew chooses the structure it wants to build before materials enter the fabrication line.
Build anything, anywhere
The Pioneer gives its crew a complete construction yard that can travel from one remote site to the next.
The Pioneer and its crew
The crew manages design schematics, materials, fabrication, placement, and the ship itself as one straightforward construction job.
The crew matches the site and available materials to the structure it wants to build.
Automated fabrication systems handle the dangerous work while the crew controls the build from protected stations.
Once construction is finished, the Pioneer can move in one piece to a new location and begin the next project.
See the Pioneer in action
Watch official footage of the Pioneer in action and see it from every angle.
Find your Pioneer
Explore in-stock Pioneer ships, upgrades, and game packages available from The Impound.