Asteroid

An asteroid was a large solid object orbiting a star that was smaller than a planet. Asteroids could be found in asteroid fields, as well as around planets.

Asteroids housed facilities such as the EM-327 listening outpost and the Zem M52 air base, both in the Van System. Asteroids could support life, especially if they had their own thin atmosphere, with rocks and minerals forming the basis of many food chains. Many monstrous creatures dwelt within asteroids, primarily the Veshmarr.

Asteroid mining was a source of many resources that were not found in abundance on certain worlds. Notably, the Hisperian Imperium extensively mined the asteroids that comprised the rings of Beshan 2.