David replied to an old mail: > > this is the classic size for a Traveller ATV -- 7 dtons, 35 stons. > > Countless spacecraft hangars are sized to hold it. > > > > Actual economics drives tankers to the maximum practical size. 15 tons > might make sense for a flying tanker; it makes no sense for land. (if the > terrain is so awful you can't drive bigger vehicles through, air traffic will > take over.)
Hello David, for relatively low-population, low-industry worlds, there are good reasons to use Imperial standard parts from a high-tech, high-population worlds. The Harriston is unique to Yori, but the engine and drivetrain might come from anywhere. And ATVs are usually 7 dtons since time immemorial ... Right now, "our" Far Trader carries three ATVs. That wouldn't be possible if they were much larger. > Ground based systems are unlikley to be less efficient than a vehicle > system. Fewer restrictions on space, weight and power requirements. I assumed that the bottleneck would be the sealing of the buildings, and frequent cycling of the airlocks. Travis replied to David: > On a ground based system you cannot reasonably expect the parties > using the water recycling system to stay inside of the controlled > atmosphere of the recycling center, so any water lost outside of this > environment(sweating out in the fields for instance) could be > accounted for by just lowering the efficiency of the water reclamation > system. Really the system is near 100%, but that is only for the > water it is allowed to reclaim. The settlemets are out in the desert for a reason, in this case hardy local vegetation with biochemical uses. Sheds, tractors, back into the lab, many opportunities to cycle the locks and to waste water. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
