Asteroid Scoop on an Asteroid Miner
"For the would-be asteroid prospector, this is the second piece of necessary equipment. Blowing up asteroids, while being fun, is only half the job; a prospector needs to be able to scoop up the resulting debris. The Asteroid Scoop is simply that, a small ram-scoop that picks up any useful products released in the break-up of an asteroid."
The Asteroid Scoop is a special outfit that collects debris from destroyed asteroids and deposits them in the ship's cargo hold. Asteroid trading is usually not very lucrative, but those who know the ins and outs of it can still get rich. Players interested in learning the best way to get rich mining asteroids should read Belthazar's Guide to Asteroid Mining.
Telepathic ships cannot mine since they cannot equip an Asteroid Scoop and have no psionic equivalent.