Miner

Miner
Version Introduced	Alpha 1
Primary Zone	Space
Roles	Mining Asteroids, Smelting Matter
Trade Objects	Asteroid, Matter Refinery
Early Game Priority	High
Late Game Priority	Low

The miner is the second more important role early in the game, as this role mines and refines asteroids into matter using the refinery. They will consequently travel a lot between the refinery and the asteroids.