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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
A Mining Explorer was a large utility craft used for research and exploration.[3]
Characteristics
The ships were clad with a green-colored hull and had an array of three engines at the stern.[3] Hangars were located towards the mid-section of the vessel.[2] 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
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.[6] However its main use in the outer rim was the search of spice, hence its nickname "Spice Sniffer",[2] deploying probes from the great ventral bay.[7]
Baron Orman Tagge[3] and his sister Domina often used a Mining Explorer as their flagships.[5]
Appearances
- Star Wars 25: Siege at Yavin (First appearance)
- Star Wars 26: Doom Mission
- Star Wars 31: Return to Tatooine
- Star Wars 33: Saber Clash
- Star Wars 34: Thunder in the Stars
- Star Wars 35: Dark Lord's Gambit (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars 36: Red Queen Rising (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars 50: The Crimson Forever
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars 33: Saber Clash
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Star Wars 25: Siege at Yavin
- ↑ Star Wars 34: Thunder in the Stars
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Star Wars 50: The Crimson Forever
- ↑ Galaxy of Intrigue
- ↑ Star Wars 26: Doom Mission