David replied to Clinton: > > Any particular reason why this vehicle has such a small payload? Even > > fairly small industrial water trucks today have a payload of about 3 > times > > this, and big ones almost 9 times this.
Hello Clinton, this is the classic size for a Traveller ATV -- 7 dtons, 35 stons. Countless spacecraft hangars are sized to hold it. > Figure 100 litres a day per person. (not just for drinking, but for > agriculture, industrial use, firefighting, etc.) That's 150 person > days. Not a whole lot; even a small settlement would see one a > week. Seems more likely you'd haul a couple month supply. Or build a > pipeline. Hello David, the ATV combines a full life system and an air-breathing engine. The reason is water recycling, not a tainted atmosphere. I assume that settlements are similar, only less efficient than the starship-grade recycler in the ATV. Call it 95% or 99% efficient recycling, and the endurance looks much better. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
