Re: [gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 724 â?" Compact Front Loader

[Troy Guffey]

Onno Meyer wrote:

> Compact Front Loader v1.0 (TL11)
>  Copyright 2008 by Onno Meyer
> 
>  The Compact Front Loader is used for the initial starport
> construction on habitable planets. It fits into small shuttlecraft,
> and it is powered by an isotope battery which lasts for years.
> Sensors and communications are easily interchangeable modules, and
> easy to do without if there are no spares available. Under standard
> gravity, the bucket can scoop 360 kg of earth or rocks.

> Equipment:
>  Body: Two short-range radios; 0.6-mile searchlight, 1x LLTV; 1-mile
> radscanner; transponder; global positioning system; C4 small computer
> dedicated to C1 datalink; tire inflation system; ST 40 power shovel;
> emergency lights and siren. External: Puncture-resistant tires; tow
> hitch.


Why the radscanner? Emergency lights and siren?

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