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

[Onno Meyer]

> Onno Meyer wrote:
> >> Why the radscanner?
> > 
> > Radiation sensor and radio/radar/ladar direction finder.
> 
> I still don't see the need on a bulldozer, or other construction
> equipment.  Radiation survey is a site function, and DF isn't needed
> on that equipment.

It isn't just any bulldozer. It is the special spaceborne first-in model. 
One could do without the rad sensor, but the direction finding helps 
on worlds where local beacons replace GPS. Technically that could 
be simulated as TL6+ nav instruments, but there would be no maps
or sextants, so I've choosen the radscanner. Alternatively, I might
have mounted laser rangefinders, but they are not omnidirectional
and the operator would have to worry about tracking the right 
reflector.

> >> Emergency lights and siren?
> 
> I'd ususally say that they would be just included in "running
> lights".   Price negligable... ($30 or $40 max)

Lights and siren are $50 and a zero weight/volume. Running 
lights are in proportion to the vehicle size, but the dozer has 
oversized lights for a 50-cf vehicle.

Regards,
Onno