---
esi_data:
  fitting_stats:
    cpu_output: 290
    high_slots: 3
    low_slots: 4
    med_slots: 3
    powergrid_output: 45
    rig_slots: 2
  group: Expedition Frigate
  hull_stats:
    hp_armor: 600
    hp_shield: 800
    hp_structure: 600
  name: Prospect
  race: Unknown
  skill_requirements:
  - level: 5
    skill_id: 32918
  - level: 1
    skill_id: 33856
  type_id: 33697
  velocity: 380
faction: Outer Ring Excavations
faction_group: Independent
image: /33697.png
last_updated: '2026-04-20T03:39:41.503979'
ship_class: Expedition Frigate
source: eve-university
source_stats:
  armorem: 60
  armorexp: 10
  armorhp: 600
  armorkin: 25
  armortherm: 35
  bandwidth: ''
  bonuses: "<b>Mining Frigate bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>\n5% bonus to Mining\
    \ yield<br>\n5% reduction in Gas Cloud Scoop duration<br><b>\nExpedition Frigates\
    \ bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>\n5% bonus to Mining yield<br>\n5% reduction\
    \ in ship signature radius<br>\n'''Role Bonus:'''<br>\n100% bonus to Mining and\
    \ Gas Cloud Scoop yield<br>\n100% reduction in Cloaking Devices CPU requirement<br>\n\
    \u2022&nbsp;Can fit Covert Ops Cloaking Device and Covert Cynosural Field Generator<br>\n\
    \u2022&nbsp;Cloak reactivation delay reduced to 5 seconds"
  capacitor: 300 GJ
  cargohold: "150 m\xB3"
  class: Expedition Frigate
  cpu: 290
  dronebay: ''
  externallinks: ''
  extrahold: "12,500 m\xB3"
  extraholdtype: Mining
  faction: Outer Ring Excavations
  forumlinks: ''
  grouping: Expedition Frigates
  highlights1: Can Use Covert Ops Cloak
  highlights2: Bonus to Mining and Gas Harvesting
  highlights3: Has Large Mining Hold
  highlights4: ''
  highs: 3
  hulltype: Venture Class
  inertia: 3
  info: "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\u2019s 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.\n\nThe 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."
  launchers: 0
  lows: 4
  mass: 1400000
  maxlockedtargets: 6
  maxvelocity: 380
  mediums: 3
  powergrid: 45
  quote: There's frentix in them there nebulae!
  quote_attribution: Unknown gas harvester (described as "grizzled")
  reqskills: '* {{RequiredSkill|Expedition Frigates|I}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Electronics Upgrades|V}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|CPU Management|II}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Power Grid Management|II}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Industry|V}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|III}}

    * {{RequiredSkill|Mining Frigate|V}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|I}}'
  scanres: 750 mm
  sensortype: Magnetometric
  sensorvalue: 10 points
  shieldem: 0
  shieldexp: 50
  shieldhp: 800
  shieldkin: 40
  shieldtherm: 20
  shipid: 33697
  shipimg: Prospect.jpg
  shipname: Prospect
  sigradius: 40 m
  structurehp: 600
  targetrange: 20 km
  tech: 2
  totaltraintime: 29d 21h 41m 0s
  turrets: 2
  variations: '{{Ship|Venture}}, {{Ship|Endurance}}'
  volume: 50000
  warpspeed: 5.5 AU/s
  warptime: 5.82 s
  wikireferences: ''
source_url: https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Prospect
tech_level: Tech 2
title: Prospect
type_id: 33697
validation_score: 1.0
---

<img src="/33697.png" alt="Prospect" width="300" style="float: left; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 300px;" />

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## Summary

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The Prospect is considered by many as the premier ship for gas harvesting. It mines faster than a Venture, has a large mining hold, and can fit a Covert Ops cloak. These benefits make it a good consideration for mining anywhere in New Eden and especially shines in places like Null-sec and J-space.
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## Skills

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For the role of Blockade Runner these extra skills are recommended:
 Expedition Frigates IV
 Cloaking IV
 Hull Upgrades IV
 Shield Upgrades IV
 Evasive Maneuvering IV
 Navigation IV
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## Tactics

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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 that 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 12,500  mining hold makes it a superior choice when it comes to hauling compressed ore.
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## Notes

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