Mining Explorer

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"That Mining Explorer...! I recognize it! It's the same House of Tagge ship that was ferrying TIE fighters to Yavin to attack the Rebel base there!"
―Luke Skywalker[1]

A Mining Explorer was a large utility craft used for research and exploration.[2]

Characteristics

The ships were clad with a green-colored hull and had an array of three engines at the stern.[2] Hangars were located towards the mid-section of the vessel.[1] A Mining Explorer was about 500 meters long, if we consider the shadow the vessel projects over a Tagge Battle Cruiser. The ships were capable of operating in most of the planetary atmospheres.

History

"It's a House of Tagge Mining Explorer! At one time or another that entire family has given us trouble."
―Leia Organa[1]

The ships were used by the Tagge Mining Company, a subsidiary of Tagge Company. They were originally designed when other megacorporations refused to provide ships to Tagge Company in an effort to stifle their business. They served as bulk freighters/survey ships/colony transports.[5] However its main use in the outer rim was the search of spice, hence its nickname "Spice Sniffer,"[1] deploying probes from the great ventral bay.[6]

Baron Orman Tagge[2] and his sister Domina often used a Mining Explorer as their flagships.[4]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Star Wars (1977) 33
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Star Wars (1977) 25
  3. ↑ Star Wars (1977) 34
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Star Wars (1977) 50
  5. ↑ Galaxy of Intrigue
  6. ↑ Star Wars (1977) 26
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