An iceborer, also known as a stylus ship due to its shape, was a ship used to mine on ice worlds. It was long and narrow, with a tapered front; the single pilot would lie inside a translucent cylinder along its length. It worked by firing a shaped melting charge directly ahead the ship prior to its impacting the ice. The Merry Miner carried an iceborer in the Battle of Helska IV, which Jacen Solo used to rescue Danni Quee from the Yuuzhan Vong.