<b>Mining Destroyer bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>
20% bonus to Mining range<br>
10% bonus to Mining yield<br>
5% reduction in Gas Cloud Scoop duration<br>
'''Role Bonus:'''<br>
50% bonus to Mining yield<br>
25% reduction in Gas Cloud Scoop duration
500 GJ
250 m³
Destroyer
320
40 m³
8,000 m³
Mining
Outer Ring Excavations
Standard Destroyers
4
Pioneer Class
3.0
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.
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
