Skimmer

A skimmer was a type of small, hovercraft-like vehicle, which floated several meters of the ground. They were used as auxiliary craft to harvester rigs on the agrarian planet Prairie.

In 2254 at least four skimmers were attached to the harvester rig Rostok, all were deployed to put out a fire started when the shuttlecraft Icarus crash-landed into the corn fields. Christopher Pike, who had piloted the shuttle, later took a skimmer to try and reach another rig, the Sholokov, and use it's com system, he was shot down by his Klingon attackers before he reached his destination.