[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 781 - General Products LP18 Grav Plow

[David Scheidt]

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org> wrote:

> On 10/12/09 10:27 AM, Onno Meyer wrote:
>
>>
>> General Products LP18 Grav Plow v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL10)
>>   Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer
>>
>>   The LP18 Grav Plow is actually a contragrav rotary tiller, but on most
>> worlds in known space nobody makes such technical distinctions. The LP18
>> consists of an open seat mounted on top of the narrow engine pack and an
>> 18' axle with rotating tines. By flying, the agricultural machine avoids
>> soil compaction and simplifies maneuvering at the edge of the fields. A
>> simple avionics package helps the operator to keep a tight pattern.
>>
>
> At TL10 should there be an operator at all? It seems to me more likely that
> the operator sits at home observing a StarCraft style command screen with
> various sensors, plows, planters and harvesters represented by icons.
>
> Traveller has an aversion to robots.  It uses humans for all sorts of
things that no one with sense would.  But even today, tractors are being
equipped with GPS equipment to improve performance.


> He or she would only need to leave the house when a unit failed for some
> reason. Possibly not even then if there is a remote towing unit available
> which could go out and bring it back for maintenance.
>
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