Craft: Byblos Drive Yards E-2 Asteroid Miner
Type: Modified mining ship
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 110 meters
Skill: Space transports
Crew: 14, gunners: 4, skeleton: 10/+10
Passengers: I50
Cargo Capacity: 200 metric lons
Consumables: 1 week
Cost: 20,000 (new), 12,000 (used)
Hyperdrive Multiplier. x12
Maneuverability: 1D
Space: 6
Atmosphere: 300; 900 kmh
Hull: 4D
Shields: 2D
Sensors:
        Passive: 6/0D
        Scan: 15/1D
Weapons:
        2 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
                Darnage: 5D

Description: The E-2 Asteroid Miner was a craft used for mining asteroids in 3999 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 Asteroid Miners 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.