Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170705014801

"To explore the universe, to meet new peoples, and to find worlds with the prospect of being colonized by the Dominion. That is the role of a Prospector."

- Unknown dominion official

Prospectors are the explorers of the Dominion seeking far and wide for new worlds and aliens to greet and to expand into or to assimilate. For this purpose the Dominion does one of two things gets a criminal to do this work or to recruit from the 'outlaw' or 'dregs' of society, the rough and tough space folk. For although the Dominion would love a flashy greeting ceremony they know and understand the universe is a harsh place and a show of force goes much farther then a proper diplomatic meeting and a shake of the hand.

Prospectors explore the wildest regions of space normally by themselves and at times with small groups of other Prospectors. They are armed and armored to the teeth taking the appearance more of space marines then explorers and they would be right to do so. The Universe is full of things that want to eat, shoot, and kill you so why not shoot them back?

Each Prospector is given his own ship, arsenal, and robotic servants of sorts to help them on their missions they are also given financial aid (aid which the state can cut off at any time). They tend to be recruited from people fine with being alone. Seeing as they will be, for the most part, alone in an endless universe.

Now if a Prospector is to find a new world they are expected to put a beacon upon this world and let it be the beacon shows that the world is claimed and has a nice threat of war for anyone wishing to settle upon the world. Now if the Prospector runs into a alien of sort they are expected to be courteous and to 'represent' now if the aliens start firing well mow them down and get the hell out of their.

If a Prospector is to die, well meh, the Dominion can always find a replacement. They will at most receive a nice state funeral and if they died upon a world later colonized, a nice foot note in history. 