Mining Barques were work vessels, each with a length of 80 meters, produced by Trilon, Inc. These ships accommodated a crew of three, space for six passengers, a cargo capacity of 3,000 metric tons (equivalent to 1,000 cubic meters), and enough supplies to last 4 months'. They featured a class 4 hyperdrive system for interstellar travel, along with a class 9 backup, a navigation computer, and an atmospheric speed of 400 km per h. These vessels came equipped with automated mining systems, a sensor array specifically designed to locate valuable metals, shields for protection, a front-mounted turbolaser for defense, and a powerful mining laser. Despite its intended use for strip mining operations, the mining laser possessed the capability to breach the hull of smaller spacecraft.