EDIT: Aren't von neumann probes typically nanotechnology-assisted?
Yes, typically. Not this one. Yet.
PING! .... PONG!
1000km radius scanned.
Detected: Four large (100km+) asteroids, unknown composition. [Closest @ 220km ahead] [Others: 273km ahead, 292km Right, 421km Above]
Detected: Twelve small (Less than 10km) asteroids, unknown composition. [Closest @ 114km above] [Others: 212km Left, 264km Below, 321km Ahead, 503km Ahead, 537km Right, 602km Below, 701km Ahead, 823km Left, 953km Right
Detected: One, UNKNOWN! [73km to Right]
Optical: Yellow Star [Ahead, unknown km]
Rocky Planet [Ahead, unknown km, between star and you]
Energy!
+5GJ from Solar Array,
-1GJ from Sensors!
-4GJ from Shield Recharge!
Net: 0GJ [0 Lost to Overcharge!]
Stats:
Structural Integrity: 100/100
Armor Reinforcement: 200/200
Shields: 46GJ/50GJ
Battery: 30GJ/30GJ
System Notice: System Logs damaged... unrecoverable.
>...
Equipment:
Small Solar Array (+5 GJ/hour) [Currently near a Star]
Small Mining Laser (uses 15 GJ/hour, collects 50m3/hr) [Currently offline]
Small Battery Array (Stores 30 GJ) [Currently Full]
Small Thrusters (100 km/hr acceleration) (Uses 20GJ /hr) [Currently Drifting 200km/hr Forward]
Basic Sensors (1,000 km range) (Uses 1GJ / cycle) [Scanning Cycle Recently Completed. (0 Turns ago)]
Basic Optics (Forward only) [Gives visual data to central processing unit]
Basic Shield (Capacity: 50GJ) [Converts 1GJ of energy to 1GJ of shielding, defends against small space debris and the like. Can convert shielding to energy]
Small Cargohold (Stores 500m3) [Contains: 10m3 scrap iron]
One Arm for manipulating close objects. (~10m)