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40 NPV: 123 Classification: Small Resource Collector (MVRS) Crew: 16; 4 Officers, 12 Ratings Crew Factor: 1 Hull Integrity: 6 (2/2/1/1) Armor: 2 Main Drive Thrust: 2 (1.5 TW) Drive Auto-Detection Range: 1.634 AU ∆V (Combat): 17.801 km/sec ∆V (Cruise): 356.015 km/sec Thrust Points: 36 (448 tons propellant) Propellant Tanks: 2 Thrust Points per Tank: 18 FTL: Yes (Short Jump 3.3 Parsecs) Auxiliary Systems: 4-MASS Hangar Bay; 7-MASS Cargo Bay; 2-MASS Mineral Refinery; 1-MASS Laboratory Section; 1x Enhanced Sensors Combat Systems: 1x Fire Control Weapons: 1x Class-2 Battery (FP/F/FS) |
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Prospector is a small, relatively inexpensive
to own and
operate resource collector that specializes in harvesting minerals from
asteroidal bodies rather than planetoids or planets. Using its
Class-2 rated beamlaser mount to carve up smaller rocks into manageable
chunks, the Prospector and
its two small resourcers can process up to 2000 tons of raw material
per hour and smelt the ore into finished refined ingots of metal.
A
small but serviceable laboratory can perform sample assays to determine
the viability of mining a particular body. Some Prospectors have their cargo holds
fitted out with cryogenic storage tanks and go hunting after comets and
icy Kuiper Belt objects for their volatiles such as water, ammonia, and
methane for resale to the SDC’s replenishment Waystations. Given
its proximity to asteroidal bodies and the need to break them up, the Prospector has a small amount of
kinetic armor protection for its otherwise fragile hull. The nihilist group End of History attempted to destroy the mining outpost of The Alamo (HM+35 0552) in August 2359, but were defeated by the quick action of the nearby Prospector class ship Clementine (AMC-116) and its powerful mining laser. If the Clementine had not been close at hand and willing to defend the outpost, the asteroid later dubbed The Alamo would likely have been destroyed. Ships of the class
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