Re: [gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 656 – Traveller Delgado Titan XXL Excavator

[Onno Meyer]

> I wonder how well kinetic bombardment would work for large scale
> excavation.  From space, drop large rocks or comets on the site until
> its deep enough, then scoop the debris back in from the edges?

Only for very rough landscaping. There are plenty of roles for big
vehicles.
 
> Also, it almost seems that this type of Titan XXL would be better as a
> self-directed robot, with remote direction and override from orbit or a
> temporary ground site.

Not the Traveller style. Otherwise it is a 'possible' - at TL8, do
you want a semi-autonomous, nuclear-powered vehicle? And even with
remote control I'd leave the cockpit and give it overrides.
 
> And thinking of that, the naming style (*Titan* *XXL*) causes me to
> think of Bolos.  Specifically that one Bolo story where the Bolo had
> been recommissioned as landscaping and gardening support.

Heh. I was thinking of the Titan S, M, L, XL, XXL and perhaps XXXL.

Onno