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Mining drones were heavily-plated droids used for mining during the Age of the Empire. These heavily-plated droids were heat tolerant and capable of working under dangerous conditions. Baron Lero Danthe's company manufactured these mining drones. Following the Gorse Conflict, mining drones were used to mine the sunward side of Gorse for thorilide.[1]

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