Asteroid Mining Ship

Asteroid Mining Ship
Craft: Kuat Drive Yards Asteroid Prospector AP-300
Affiliation: General / Empire
Era: Rise of the Empire
Source: Pirates & Privateers (page 69), Flashpoint! Brak Sector (page 28)
Type: Asteroid mining starship
Scale: Capital
Length: 350 meters
Skill: Space transports: Prospector AP-300
Crew: 500, gunners: 36, skeleton: 300/+15
Crew Skill: Varies widely
Passengers: 50
Cargo Capacity: 80,000 metric tons
Consumables: 2 years
Cost: 8 million (new), 6 million (used)
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x3
Hyperdrive Backup: x15
Nav Computer: Yes
Maneuverability: 1D
Space: 4
Hull: 5D
Shields: 3D
Sensors:

Passive: 45/1D
Scan: 70/2D
Search: 120/2D+1
Focus: 5/3D

Weapons:

8 Laser Cannons (fire separately)

Fire Arc: 2 front, 2 left, 2 right, 2 back
Crew: 3
Skill: Capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 1-5/10/17
Damage: 3D

4 Tractor Beam Projectors (fire separately)

Fire Arc: 2 front, 1 left, 1 right
Crew: 3
Skill: Capital ship gunnery
Space Range: 1-5/15/30
Damage: 4D

Capsule: The AP-300 Asteroid Prospector was an capital sized asteroid refining starship, produced by Kuat Drive Yards. The Ap-300 was cable of mining asteroids and refining the metals found in them into high grade ores. Due to the dangerous environment they worked and their valuable cargo, such ships were equipped with heavy shields, a durable hull, and armament of eight laser cannons and four tractor beams.