Rock Hoppers

Rock Hoppers are individuals, or sometimes small groups, of inderpendant prospectors who look for valuable minerals and exotic matter in the asteroid belt, then sell this information to mining corporations.

It is technically possible to strike lucky and become rich rock hopping, although the odds are small and most struggle to get by.

They are reliant on whichever corporation has sovereignty over the area of space they are in for food, fuel and air and rates are typically high.