Verpine asteroid director
The Verpine asteroid director was an unusual utility vehicle from SlaynRoche Co. It was a 10-meter-long energy conversion thruster which vaporized dross from mining by means of controlled fusion reaction, creating thrust, moving asteroids (such as into place for mining or out of shipping lanes). A single director could move an asteroid massing up to 50 metric tons; larger asteroids were moved by remotely linked directors placed at intervals. The directors were sometimes used to arrange asteroids into "natural" defense networks or to "drop" asteroids on unshielded worlds. A unit cost 12,500 credits and was operated by a single pilot.
