Poundie
this unique subculture of the Minos Cluster consists of the operators of several huge smelting ships that traverse the Mestra System asteroid belt. The ships reduce the asteroid ores to shippable ingots, after miners and prospectors discover viable asteroids. During the New Order, the poundies took advantage of the lax Imperial presence to cheat miners out of their claims. The crimes of the poundies ranged from falsifying reports of the ore contents of an asteroid to simply crushing an entire asteroid - claim marker and all - without any warning to the miners.