Type-11 ProspectorMultipurpose

The Type-11 Prospector is a mining ship pressed into generalist duty, and it makes a surprisingly broad one. Its internal bay is enormous for a medium — three size-6 slots, four size-5 (one a dedicated limpet bay, one a fighter bay), then a 4·3·2·1·1 tail — and the class-7 power distributor is oversized for anything but mining. That combination hauls a big load, runs a full limpet fleet, still mines properly, and carries a ship-launched fighter for backup — all on a medium pad that docks almost everywhere.

What it can't do is fight or explore like the medium benchmarks. Only one medium and three small hardpoints accept weapons; the other four mounts take mining tools only, so there is no large gun and no genuine warship battery. The size-5 FSD dragging a heavy hull keeps engineered range around the high-30s, well short of a Krait Phantom or Asp Explorer. It is a do-most-things flex hauler, not a do-everything all-rounder — and that is exactly why it lands at 64.

What carries the versatility — and what caps it:

• Deep internals for a medium. Three size-6 and four size-5 slots, plus dedicated limpet and fighter bays, let one hull carry cargo, a mining suite, a fighter and defensive kit at once — the source of its breadth.
• Class-7 power distributor. Oversized for any non-mining job, it runs guns, boost and a mining tool without throttling — unusual headroom on a medium.
• Mining-locked hardpoints. Four of eight mounts (the Large, two Mediums and one Small) accept mining tools only. Real weapons fit just one Medium and three Smalls — the reason its firepower is self-defence, not dominance.
• Heavy hull, small FSD. A size-5 drive under 320 t of hull holds engineered jump range in the high-30s — usable for travel, short of the medium range leaders.

A deep-internals flex hauler with a limpet bay, fighter bay and genuine mining on a medium pad — but held to 64 by mining-locked hardpoints that cap firepower to self-defence and a size-5 FSD that caps jump range; it flexes wide but shallow, out-fought and out-jumped by every medium all-rounder.

The 64/100 headline is a verdict against the multipurpose role's priority-ordered factors. Each factor carries a weight (its share of 100); this hull earns part of each based on how it performs against the whole field. The points sum to the rating.

Every table rates ships for multipurpose specifically, split by landing-pad class. The Max cargo column is maximum cargo tonnage — a proxy for internal room; the rating is the same 1–100 suitability verdict used across the site.

Same class — medium multipurpose ships

8 medium-pad multipurpose hulls carry a rating, led by Python (86). Every same-pad rival lands where this one does — the direct field to shop.

Other classes — the capital all-rounders

The large-pad multipurpose field (10 rated), led by Anaconda (88) — bigger pads and bankrolls. They out-muscle this hull on the numbers, but sit a pad class away.

Other classes — the small all-rounders

The small-pad multipurpose field (4 rated), led by Cobra Mk V (80) — cheaper hulls and tighter pads. They undercut this hull on the numbers, but sit a pad class away.

At ~66M Cr the Type-11 is a premium medium with no rank or permit gate — just credits. As a multipurpose hull that price is harder to justify than as a miner: a Krait Mk II (~45M) or Python (~55M) hull fights and hauls better for less, and an Asp Explorer does the flexible-explorer job for a fraction of the cost.

Where the money makes sense is the specific combination it buys: a big hold, a dedicated limpet bay, a fighter bay and genuine mining, all re-tunable at a station. If you already own it for mining, the multipurpose fit is just a module-swap away — and that is the cheapest path to this ship's flexibility.

A flexible-hauler multirole fit that leans on the Type-11's real strengths — deep internals, a class-7 distributor and a limpet bay — while accepting its capped firepower. Initial is a buy-only starter; A-Rated is the do-everything baseline; Engineered tightens the shield, cores and self-defence guns. Four of the eight hardpoints are mining-only, so the combat half stays self-defence, not dominance.

Buy the hull and fit for a working flex-hauler from session one: keep the signature large mining tool on the Large mount, drop a gimballed multi-cannon on the one unrestricted Medium mount, and add a size-0 shield booster to a utility.

Round out the buy-only kit: two 6E Cargo Racks in the big slots, a stock size-6 shield generator, a 3E Collector Limpet Controller in the limpet bay, and a Detailed Surface Scanner for exploration data. The hull ships with stock Lightweight Alloy bulkheads — no armour purchase needed yet.

The three small unrestricted mounts, the fuel scoop, the fighter bay, the extra cargo, the hull reinforcement and the second utilities all stay empty until the A-rating pass — the buy-only fit hauls, mines a little and defends itself, nothing more.

A-rating priority for a flex hauler — move, power the load, then survive:

• 1Power Plant → 6A — Runs guns, shield, cells, fighter bay and the mining tool together. ~8M Cr
• 2Thrusters → 5A — Claw back agility on a heavy hull. ~7M Cr
• 3FSD → 5A — Stretch a small drive as far as it will go for transit. ~9M Cr
• 4Power Distributor → 7A — The class-7 heart; A-rate it so guns, boost and tool never throttle. ~10M Cr
• 5Shield Generator → 6C bi-weave — Strong, fast-regenerating shields for open-play hauling. ~7M Cr

With the core A-rated, finish the fit: two small multi-cannons and a small beam laser on the unrestricted Smalls, a size-5 fuel scoop and a size-5 fighter bay in the general and fighter slots, a 5A Collector Limpet Controller in the limpet bay, plus a hull reinforcement, a shield cell bank and a second shield booster. Keep the signature large mining tool for the days you want to mine.

Multipurpose engineering on the Type-11 is about transit, power and survivability. The mining tool isn't engineered; the cores, shield and self-defence guns are. Pin blueprints for remote G1→G5 application.

Approximate progression across the three states (figures are representative, not exact rolls):

Engineering lifts boost past 400 m/s, roughly doubles shields and stretches laden range toward the high-30s — while the class-7 distributor keeps guns, boost and the mining tool running without throttling. Weapon count stays capped at four (one Medium, three Smalls); that ceiling is structural, not a matter of credits, and it is the main reason the multipurpose fit never becomes a warship. Strip the fighter and fuel scoop for cargo and the hold climbs toward ~288 t.

• Only one Medium and three Small hardpoints take weapons — the Large and the rest are mining-only. Don't expect a warship; fit guns for defence.
• The class-7 distributor is overkill for combat; it means your guns, boost and tool never throttle, but it can't add mounts the hull doesn't have.
• The fighter bay is the combat depth the hardpoints lack — deploy the SLF to draw fire and add a second gun.
• Jump range is the weak axis; engineer the FSD for range and accept it will still trail the Krait Phantom and Asp Explorer.
• Its real edge over a Python or Krait Mk II is the limpet bay plus genuine mining — use it, or buy a cheaper medium.