Byblos Drive Yards E-2 Asteroid Miner
Craft: Byblos Drive Yards E-2 Asteroid Miner
Era: Old Republic
Source: Tales of the Jedi Companion (pages 116-117)
Type: Modified Mining Ship
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 110 m
Skill: Space Transports
Crew: 14, gunners: 4, skeleton: 10/+10
Passengers: 150
Cargo Capacity: 200 metric tons
Consumables: 1 week
Cost: 20,000 (new), 12,000 (used)
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x12
Hyperdrive Backup: none
Navigation Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 4D
Space: 6
Atmosphere: 300; 900 Kph
Hull: 6D
Shields: 2D; ( no energy shielding, particle deflector only against physical hits )
Sensors:
- Passive: 6/0D
- Scan: 15/1D
Weapons:
- 2 Heavy Plasma Drills
- Fire Arc: front
Crew: 1
Skill: Starship Gunnery
Fire control: 1D
Space Range: 1-3/5/8
Atmosphere Range: 20-40/60/80 meters
Damage: 8D
Note: Plasma Drill Laser version can be varies by Mission task.
Long Range version:
- 2 Plasma Drills
- Fire Arc: front
Crew: 1
Skill: Starship Gunnery
Fire control: 1D
Space Range: 0
Atmosphere Range: 25 meters
Damage: 7D
Capsule: The E-2 asteroid mining vehicle was a craft used for mining asteroids in 4,000 BBY.
Vehicles of that class, having an insectoid appearance, were common throughout the galaxy as they were a cheaper alternative to using tractor beams to drag asteroids. Pirates were known to use E-2s.
E-2 vehicles had rugged claws which could cling on to the hard rocky surface of an asteroid and plasma drills for cutting through them. E-2s were also equipped with thruster jets for transporting asteroids to mining locations. A central suction tube would draw the material up into the vehicle's filter system where the valuable ores were stored in cargo bays.