Pioneer

 

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Pioneer

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Build for success, reach for adventure. – ORE marketing division Towards the end of YC127, new frontiers of opportunity opened up for the miners of New Eden. To help them rise to meet these opportunities, ORE's design division began work on a reliable and effective ship that could outperform the Venture without the demands of other, more advanced, vessels. The result was the Pioneer, a ship designed to extend the reach of the nascent miner as they build towards ever greater success. SHIP BONUSES Mining Destroyer bonuses (per skill level): 20% bonus to Mining range 10% bonus to Mining yield 5% reduction in Gas Cloud Scoop duration Role Bonus: 50% bonus to Mining yield 25% reduction in Gas Cloud Scoop duration Required Skills Mining Destroyer I16m Mining IV1d 1h 8m Industry III4h 26m Mining Frigate III8h 53m Spaceship Command I8m Training Time what's this? 1d 14h 53m 30s Estimated training time only for the listed skills based on zero implants and without neural remaps. Grouping ▪ Variations Outrider Outrider Command Destroyers Pioneer Class Can use Command Burst module Can fit a Micro Jump Field Generator 5 (0/3) 5 3 60 MW 370 tf 300 m/sec 300 m³ , Pioneer Consortium Issue Pioneer Consortium Issue Faction Destroyers Pioneer Class 4 (0/3) 4 2 52.5 MW 350 tf 210 m/sec 250 m³ Ship Attributes Fittings Powergrid 50 MW CPU 320 tf Capacitor 500 GJ High 4 Launchers 0 Turrets 3 Medium 3 Low 2 Rig 3   small Calibration 400 Navigation Max Velocity 200 m/sec Inertia Modifier 3.0 Warp Speed 4.5 AU/s Base Time to Warp 6.65 s what's this? Base Time to Warp is essentially the time needed for this ship to align and accelerate until it reaches 75% of its top speed and goes to warp. The time displayed here is the base calculated time with no account for any warp related skills, modules or any other effects. Drones Drone Capacity 40 m³ Drone Bandwidth 20 Mbit/sec Targeting Max Tgt. Range 40 km Max Locked Targets 6 Magnetometric Sensor 8 points Sig. Radius 80 m Scan Res. 600 mm Structure Structure Hitpoints 1,500 HP Mass 1,600,000 kg Volume 55,000 m³ Cargo Capacity 250 m³ Mining Capacity 8,000 m³ Armor Armor Hitpoints 500 HP Armor Resistances EM 60 THR 35 KIN 25 EXP 10 Shields Shield Capacity 1,000 HP Shield Resistances EM 0 THR 20 KIN 40 EXP 50

Summary

The Pioneer is an mining destroyer, serving as a bridge between the smaller Venture mining frigate and the larger Mining Barges. Like those ships, it receives bonuses for both mining and gas cloud harvesting. Like the Venture, the Pioneer is also usable by Alpha clones.

Compared to the Venture, the Pioneer offers a higher harvesting yield, with a third turret and stronger mining yield bonus. It can also carry a spare flight of drones that the Venture cannot. However, the Pioneer lacks the inherent warp core strength bonus of the Venture.

Skills

A Pioneer can be used with starting skills on day one.

To improve mining yield

• Mining: Improves mining laser yield by 5% per skill level.
• Mining Destroyer: Improves mining yield by 10% per skill level (hull bonus).
• Mining Upgrades: Allows use of Mining Laser Upgrade low slot modules, boosting yield.
• Mining Drone Operation: Allows for use of mining drones to further boost yield (requires Omega clone status).
• Mining Precision: Improves mining laser critical success chance by 10% per skill level.
  • Mining Exploitation: Improves mining laser critical success bonus by 5% per skill level (requires Omega clone status).

To improve survivability

• Evasive Maneuvering: Reduces align times.
• Spaceship Command: Reduces align times.
• Shield Management: Grants a 5% bonus to shield hit points per skill level.
• Shield Upgrades: Reduces shield upgrade powergrid needs by 5%, and allows for better shield extenders to be attached.

To improve self-defense against belt rats

• Drones IV: To be able to operate four drones, the amount that the Pioneer has bandwidth for.
• Light Drone Operation I: Allows use of light combat drones.

To harvest gas

• Gas Cloud Harvesting III: Allows for use of three gas cloud harvesters to maximize the harvest potential of the Pioneer.

Tactics

Like other ORE mining ships, the Pioneer is not an ideal ship for combat, and any threat more dangerous than belt rats is best avoided rather than confronted. Paying good attention to D-Scan and/or local chat can bring notice to potential threats before they catch a Pioneer, particularly in riskier areas of space.

Orbiting an asteroid can help mitigate incoming damage from belt rats, but can also increase the time required to escape if a player threat nears.

Notes

A Pioneer is the reward for completing the Fractured Legacy epic arc that was released with the Catalyst expansion. It is estimated to be completable in the length of a normal session.

Patch History

A long, long time ago...
EVE news 11 November 2025 - Catalyst in Focus: New Ships and More EVE news 4 November 2025 - Mining in Focus: New Ore & More EVE news 21 October 2025 - Catalyst Expansion Launches 18 November First mention

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