After the runaway success of the Venture mining frigate, ORE spun their growing frontier exploration and exploitation division, Outer Ring Prospecting, into a new subsidiary. The corporation’s first project was the development of a new line of Expedition frigates, designed to meet the needs of the riskiest and most lucrative harvesting operations.
The Prospect combines improved asteroid mining systems with the Venture frame whose speed and agility made its predecessor famous. It is also the first ORE ship to take advantage of Covert Ops Cloaking Devices, allowing the Prospect to warp while cloaked for movement to and from asteroid fields in even the most hostile territories.
SHIP BONUSES
Mining Frigate bonuses (per skill level):
5% bonus to Mining yield
5% reduction in Gas Cloud Harvesting duration
Expedition Frigates bonuses (per skill level):
5% bonus to Mining yield 5% reduction in ship signature radius Role Bonus:
100% bonus to Mining and Gas Cloud Harvesting yield
100% reduction in Cloaking Devices CPU requirement
• Can fit Covert Ops Cloaking Device and Covert Cynosural Field Generator
• Cloak reactivation delay reduced to 5 seconds
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
No drone bay.
Targeting
Max Tgt. Range
20.00 km
Max Locked Targets
6
Magnetometric Sensor
10 points
Sig. Radius
40 m
Scan Res.
750 mm
Structure
Structure Hitpoints
600 HP
Mass
1,400,000 kg
Volume
50,000 m³
Cargo Capacity
150 m³
Mining Capacity
12,500 m³
Armor
Armor Hitpoints
600 HP
Armor Resistances
EM
60
THR
35
KIN
25
EXP
10
Shields
Shield Capacity
800 HP
Shield Resistances
EM
0
THR
20
KIN
40
EXP
50
Summary
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Skills
For the role of Blockade Runner these extra skills are recommended:
Due to the lack of drones or built-in warp core stabilizers of the Venture, and thanks to its enlarged cargo hold, the Prospect is best used with a mobile depot to switch between a mining fit, focused on yield and a travel fit able to move about without issues in hostile areas, as well as deal with any rats that pop up.
Being the cheapest ship which can fit a Covert Cynosural Field Generator, this ship is most commonly used in K-Space for BLOPS drops, cynoing in a fleet of combat-capable cloaky ships such as stealth bombers or T3C's through a black ops battleship's covert jump bridge.
Most would see the Prospect as a Gas Harvester or Ninja Miner but the Prospect can also be used as a Blockade Runner. Its frigate classed hull (agility and speed) in combination with 10000 m3 ore storage (no need for cargoexpanders) makes it a superior choice when it comes to haul compressed ore.