SMT-100

Known as the most modular ship of in the galaxy since its core is a such a small ship with most of its surface area as either attachment points or machines. The crew and systems portion of the ship is 150 meters long and 25 meters wide, and 4 meters tall. Build for Asida with other species in mind, when constructed for Asida the vessel's crewed area is split in half horizontally providing two decks or this can be left alone for lofty interiors for Asida, or comfortable interiors for most other species.

The command deck is at the bow of the vessel, with a secondary command deck at the aft. There are also connection points here so that multiple SMT-100s can be linked together from the bow, aft, starboard, or port sides. When another ship is connected to these portions those primary thrusters are disabled.

The overhead and deck of the vessels exterior are fit with long spindling arms that are designed to reach out, then have the digits expand to catch asteroids in large nets. Portions of this net have hydraulic anchors that sink into the asteroid to secure it in place inside the net. These arms have 180 degrees of rotation, and can move quite wide allowing multiple arms to work together to grab larger asteroids or hold smaller ones more securely.

In the 100 configuration this vessel has no weapons, but the 105 puts 2 lasers on the overhead and two on the deck exteriors. However, depending on size and shape of asteroids one or more of these weapons may be partially or mostly useless in combat. While holding cargo its inadvisable to use more than one main thruster pack at a time, and to limit direction changes as much as possible. This makes the vessel an easy target for thieves, and the arms are designed to detach on command to avoid confrontation if those are the orders. It is advisable to escort this ship with a drone carrier or some sort of ship with lasers.

This ship is a good candidate for full automation in well mapped asteroid fields, and can support a crew of 10 Asida or half as many of any other species. This may seem like a lot for this ship, but the systems are overengineered in order to allow for extended life support systems for longer excursions into the asteroid belt.