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== Tabletop Games ==
* In ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'', the alien race called the Demiurg mostly live in massive ''Stronghold''-class cityships, and tend to survive by asteroid mining. Quite fitting, as they are basically [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Dwarfs]] [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!]]
** Ironically, they are
** ''[[Rogue Trader]]'' has various Endeavors related to this. Also, asteroid-mining and (smaller) comet-mining facilities as equipment for ships, allowing to extract some income wherever some of those are found.
* The ''[[Star*Drive]]'' fluff mentions asteroid mining as a common (though dangerous) source of income, especially in frontier regions.
* One of the career options in the sci-fi [[Role-Playing Game|RPG]] ''Traveller'' is "Belter", their name for asteroid miner.
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* Present in [[Traveller]] . Glisten, one of the most important mining colonies in the traveller universe subverts the trope of the wild frontier asteroids, being a cultured and civilized place and the home of important grandees. Several other belts play this straight.
* Asteroid mining, especially valuable ice asteroids, is one of the primary industries in orbit over ''[[Rifts]]'' Earth.
* ''[[Spelljammer]]'' has some, mostly dwarves.
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