Johannes wrote: > An other possible motivation for such a vehicle, could be a mining, > prison, or whatever world in a system that does not have more then TL6.
Hello Johannes, imagine a TL6 garden world where the Starport Authority has furnished a TL10 downport with a couple of TL10 cutters for SAR and liaison work. The SPA brass isn't (much) interested in development aid, so when somebody has a clever idea to leapfrog across TL7 fission power and to go straight to TL8 fusion, the locals will have to find their own helium-3 supply. So they build a moon base and start sifting the regolith. A maximum security prison on the moon would also be possible, but would they need ground vehicles? You build a base and a landing pad, that's it. And what are the benefits of a moon surface base over an orbital base? Radiation protection? Water ice? > Such operations do justify, that corporations, with access to High Tech > spend R&D resources on reducing the amount of high tech spare parts an > outpost needs. Not exactly R&D, since the tech is in the Imperial database, they just have to get the processes going. Volume 1, how to go from flint knapping to bronze in 467 easy steps. Volume 10,423, how go build a space suit in 4,135 easy steps. ... Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
