- "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[]
- "It's a House of Tagge Mining Explorer! At one time or another that entire family has given us trouble."
- ―Leia Organa
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 (1977) 25 (First appearance)
- Star Wars (1977) 26
- Star Wars (1977) 31
- Star Wars (1977) 33
- Star Wars (1977) 34
- Star Wars (1977) 35 (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars (1977) 36 (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars (1977) 50