Trilon Mining Barge

Trilon Mining Barge
Craft: Trilon Inc. Mobile Mining Vehicle
Affiliation: General
Era: Rise of the Empire
Source: Galaxy Guide 8 – Scouts (page 43)
Type: Work ship
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 80 meters
Skill: Space transports
Crew: 3
Passengers: 6
Cargo Capacity: 3,000 metric tons; 1,000 cubic meters
Consumables: 4 months
Hyperdrive Multiplier: x4
Hyperdrive Backup: x9
Nav Computer: Yes
Space: 2
Atmosphere: 100; 400 kmh
Hull: 3D
Shields: 1D
Sensors:

Passive: 100/1D
Scan: 200/2D
Search: 400/3D
Focus: 50/4D

Weapons:

Turbolaser

Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 1 (pilot or gunner)
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 3-15/35/75
Atmosphere Range: 300-1.5/3.5/7.5 km
Damage: 2D

Heavy Mining Laser*

Fire Arc: Bottom
Scale: Capital
Crew: 1 (gunner)
Skill: Capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 0D
Space Range: 1/3/7
Atmosphere Range: 30-100/300/700
Damage: 3D

Note: While the Heavy Mining Laser was designed for strip mining on planets, it has occasionally been adapted by daring and unscrupulous scouts and pirates as a deadly ship-destroying weapon. If a pilot can “land” it on top of another vessel – or fly right above it – the laser can cut through the hull of most small ships quite easily.

Capsule: Mobile mining vehicles, or mining barques, were 80-meter long work ships manufactured by Trilon Inc. They carried three crew, six passengers, 3,000 metric tons (1,000 cubic meters) of cargo, and 4 months' consumables. They had a class 4 hyperdrive, a class 9 backup, a nav computer, and the ability to achieve 400 kmh in atmosphere. They were equipped with automated mining equipment, a sensor array designed to detect precious metals, shields, a forward turbolaser, and a heavy mining laser. Though the laser was intended for strip mining, it could easily penetrate a small ship's hull.