# Asteroid Prowler — Short Fiction character guide

> Asteroid Prowler in Short Fiction by Clifford D. Simak.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Prowler, The Asteroid Prowler

**First appearance:** 0000-hellhounds-of-the-cosmos

## Who they are

A ship or entity that prowls the asteroids.

## Relationships

### [Oliver Meek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/characters/oliver_meek)

_rivalry_

The Asteroid Prowler is likely a hostile entity or antagonist frequently clashing with Oliver Meek.

### [Grant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/characters/grant)

_rivalry_

Grant and the Asteroid Prowler are locked in a persistent adversarial dynamic, possibly involving space combat or pursuit.

### [Grant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/characters/grant)

_rivalry_

Grant and the Asteroid Prowler are locked in a persistent adversarial dynamic, possibly involving space combat or pursuit.

### [Oliver Meek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/characters/oliver_meek)

_rivalry_

The Asteroid Prowler is likely a hostile entity or antagonist frequently clashing with Oliver Meek.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/chapters/ii)

Chases Meek on Juno and attacks Stiffy's spaceship.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/chapters/iii)

Alien robot that feeds on energy, responds to thought waves, and is ridden by Meek to capture Hoffman.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/chapters/iv)

Runs rampant, triggers an earthquake-like event, and later rubs against the radium meteor like a cat.

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