Prospector

The Prospector is a small sized mining ship developed by Musashi Industrial and Starflight Concern. Designed as a single person operated vessel, it features a telescopic mining arm with interchangeable lasers, with 4 detachable collapsible ore storage containers and comfortable living quarters.^[1] ^[2]

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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 4 containers of 12 scu.^[1]

Cargo

The vehicle has the ability to hold up to 48 SCU's of raw ore in 4 external containers as well as holding 650K μSCU of internal stowage.^[1]

Weapons

The Prospector possesses a degree of defense due to its two Size 1 gun hard-points.^[1]

Ports

2×S1VariPuck S1 Gimbal Mount

S1CF-117 Bulldog Repeater

S1Mining Arm

S1Arbor MH1 Mining Laser

3×S1Bulwark

S1ARMR_MISC_Prospector

S2Snowfall

S2Trommel

S1Flight Blade

S1Goliath

S1Explorer

S1MISC Prospector - Decoy Launcher

S1MISC Prospector - Noise Launcher

S1Surveyor-Lite

S1ComfortAir

S1hardpoint_paint

Crew Stations

S1TRGT. STATUS

S1Access

Other

S1hardpoint_cockpit_radar

S1Starmap_helper

S1hardpoint_ship_computer

4×S1MISC Ore Pod

S1Bed

2×S1animated_interior

S1hardpoint_cockpit_flair_hang

S1Controller_Mining

S1hardpoint_cargogrid_main

S1hardpoint_ping

4×S1MISC Ore Pod

Thrusters

2×S1MISC_Prospector_Thruster_Mav_FIxed_02

2×S1MISC_Prospector_Thruster_Mav_Fixed_01

2×S1MISC_Prospector_Thruster_Mav_Fixed_01_Top

S1MISC_Prospector_Thruster_Retro_02

2×S1MISC_Prospector_Thruster_Mav_Fixed_03_Top

2×S1MISC_Prospector_Thruster_Mav_Fixed_03

2×S1MISC_Prospector_Thruster_Mav_Fixed_04

S3MISC_Prospector_Thruster_Main

2×S3MISC_Prospector_Thruster_Aux

2×S1MISC_Prospector_Thruster_Retro_01

Systems

S1Self Destruct Unit

2×S1hardpoint_weapon_regen_pool

Controllers

S1POWER

S1HEAT

S1SHIELDS

S1WEAPONS

S1SECURITY

S1COMMS

S1Controller_CapacitorAssignment

S1LIGHTS

S1hardpoint_controller_scanner

S1Controller_Fuel

S1hardpoint_air_traffic_controller

Fuel

S1Internal Tank

S1INTK_MISC_Prospector

Doors & Hatches

S1Door Control

Landing Systems

S1Default_LandingSystem

Docking

S1DockingTube_Fuel_Ports_MISC_Prospector

Relays

S1Relay

Model

Ship profile

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear	Below

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear

Special editions

"Wikelo Special"	"Teach's Special"

Series variants

Prospector

Prospector

Prospecting / Mining

Paints

"Aphorite"	"Deck The Hull"	"Dolivine"	"Foundation Festival"	"Hadanite"	"IceBreak"	"Keystone"	"Nebula"	"Outcast"	"Polar"	"StormBringer"

Acquisition

Buy: Yes
Rent: Yes
Pledge: Yes

System	Location	Buy	Updated	Version
Pyro	Buy and Fly - Ruin Station	2,929,500	2026-06-24	4.8.2
Pyro	Buy and Fly - Checkmate	2,929,500	2026-06-22	4.8.2
Stanton	New Deal - Teasa Spaceport - Lorville	2,783,020	2026-06-13	4.8.2
Pyro	Buy and Fly - Orbituary	2,929,500	2026-06-05	4.8.2

System	Location	Rent	Updated	Version
Stanton	Vantage Rentals - ARC-L4	73,237	2026-06-29	4.8.2
Stanton	Traveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Terra Gateway (Stanton)	73,237	2026-06-23	4.8.2
Stanton	Vantage Rentals - ARC-L2	73,237	2026-06-19	4.8.2
Stanton	Traveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Port Tressler	73,237	2026-06-19	4.8.2
Stanton	Traveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Baijini Point	73,238	2026-06-15	4.8.2
Stanton	Vantage Rentals - ARC-L1	73,237	2026-06-14	4.8.2
Stanton	Traveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Seraphim	73,237	2026-06-12	4.8.2
Nyx	Traveler Rentals - Stanton Gateway (Nyx)	73,237	2026-06-12	4.8.2
Nyx	Vantage Rentals - Stanton Gateway (Nyx)	73,237	2026-06-12	4.8.2
Stanton	Traveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Nyx Gateway (Stanton)	73,238	2026-06-09	4.8.2
Stanton	Vantage Rentals - Nyx Gateway (Stanton)	73,238	2026-06-09	4.8.2
Stanton	Traveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Pyro Gateway (Stanton)	69,575	2026-06-02	4.8.2
Stanton	Vantage Rentals - Terra Gateway (Stanton)	73,237	2026-05-31	4.8.2
Stanton	Vantage Rentals - Lorville	69,576	2026-05-31	4.8.2
Stanton	Vantage Rentals - Pyro Gateway (Stanton)	69,575	2026-05-31	4.8.2
Stanton	Vantage Rentals - CRU-L1	73,237	2026-05-28	4.8.2
Stanton	Traveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Everus Harbor	69,576	2026-05-24	4.8.2
Nyx	Traveler Rentals - Pyro Gateway (Nyx)	73,238	2026-05-23	4.8.2
Nyx	Vantage Rentals - Pyro Gateway (Nyx)	73,238	2026-05-23	4.8.2
Stanton	Vantage Rentals - HUR-L1	73,237	2026-05-21	4.8.2
Stanton	Vantage Rentals - MIC-L2	73,237	2026-05-21	4.8.2
Stanton	Vantage Rentals - MIC-L1	73,237	2026-05-21	4.8.2
Stanton	Vantage Rentals - HUR-L2	73,237	2026-05-21	4.8.2
Stanton	Vantage Rentals - MIC-L5	73,237	2026-05-19	4.8.2
Pyro	Vantage Rentals - Stanton Gateway (Pyro)	73,238	2026-05-16	4.8.2
Pyro	Traveler Rentals - Cargo Center - Stanton Gateway (Pyro)	73,238	2026-05-16	4.8.2
Pyro	Traveler Rentals - Nyx Gateway (Pyro)	73,238	2026-05-15	4.8.2
Pyro	Vantage Rentals - Nyx Gateway (Pyro)	73,238	2026-05-15	4.8.2

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.^[3]

The Prospector would go on to be the third ship project of the Cold Boot team, and in early phases was dubbed "The Miner." 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. "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.^[3]

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. Shortly after the ships launch in 2925 MISC would see its stock prices hit rock bottom and stay there for the next two years. 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.^[3]

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.^[3]