Carryall

A Carryall was a large winged, planet-bound aircraft or ship of spice mining teams on Arrakis. Carryalls are usually piloted by a crew of six spice miners or "dunemen", and could carry spice harvesters from one area to another.

Carryalls were a vital part of spice production. Spotters would be used to locate a spice blow, while the carryall would lift the harvesters from the surface and release them on the spice blows for mining. Moreover, since sandworms attacked all rhythmic vibrations, carryalls were required to lift the harvesters to safety when a worm attacked, a constant threat as harvesters generated considerable vibrations. Typically, the spotters would be used to locate wormsign, electrical charges and ripples in the sand indicating a worm was on its way.

When House Atreides took control of Arrakis, there were just over a thousand carryalls in the equipment inventory. The vast majority were in dire need of repair, leaving about a third of the adequate number required to cover all the harvesters.

At one point, a party including the Duke Leto Atreides was nearly killed when a worm attacked a harvester the party was observing. A Harkonnen agent among the crew had overpowered the others and tried to offload it to spice smugglers. The smugglers in question belonged to Esmar Tuek, and had turned over the man and carryall to Atreides forces. This gesture on the part of Tuek earned the gratitude of the Lady Jessica.

Original Dune

 * Dune (first appearance)
 * Dune Messiah
 * Children of Dune

Expanded Dune

 * Dune: House Atreides

Appearances in adaptations

 * Dune (1984) - Large hovering aircraft, presumably with a mix of suspensor and jet propulsion.
 * Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) - Depicted as huge rotocraft with ducted fans.
 * Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003) - Depicted as huge rotorcraft with ducted fans.
 * Dune (2021) - Depicted as jet-powered hovering aircraft of a square shape, with special inflatable/deflatable balloons for added carrying buoyancy.

Carryall Носитель