Spotter

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Airborne spotter - Dune illustration by Bruce Pennington

Spotters were small vehicles used during spice mining on the planet Arrakis. Their job was to watch for wormsign, and report to the carryall so that the spice harvester could be lifted to safety.

They were also used to locate spice blows on the surface for harvesting.

Spotters were either land vehicles or airborne. Usually, both were employed during spice mining. They were co-ordinated by a man aboard the harvester, who was referred to as spotter control.

Gallery

Illustrations

Airborne spotter - Dune illustration by Bruce Pennington

Apocrypha

Spice Harvester: Spice Mining Factory - Dune: Eye of the Storm card artwork by Randy Asplund-Faith

Spotter Control: Harvesting Union - Dune: Eye of the Storm card artwork by John Monteleone

Spotter Flight - Dune: Judge of the Change card artwork by Randy Asplund-Faith

Adaptations

Land vehicle spotter (Dune, 1984)

Spotter aircraft (Dune, 2021, concept art by Kamen Anev)

Spotter aircraft scouting near spice harvester (Dune, 2021)

Spotter aircraft passing over Atreides ornithopter cockpit (Dune, 2021)

Spotter aircraft scouting near spice harvester, flying past Atreides ornithopter cockpit (Dune, 2021)

Spotter aircraft flying over the desert, scouting in the area around a spice harvester (Dune, 2021)

Appearances

• Dune