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?
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. 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. On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 17:37 +0200, Onno Meyer wrote: > This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the > GURPSnet mailing list. I grant the permission for all non-commercial > redistribution of my work, but I would like to know if you put it on > a website or the like. My site is down for rebuilding, but sooner or > later the old stuff should reappear at omeyer.gmxhome.de > Onno Meyer, 2007-05-21 > > Delgado Titan XXL v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL8) > Copyright 2007 by Onno Meyer > > The Titan XXL is used for large-scale civil engineering projects on > extremely inhospitable worlds, like the initial starport construction > or the excavation of buried arcologies. > The excavator has a turret with a powerful shovel on a chassis with > four tracks. The chassis holds a 2 MW fission reactor - environmental > safety is hardly an issue where the Titan is used. The turret holds a > small airlock and an air recycling system. The operator has low-light > cameras and millimetric radar for restricted visibility conditions. [snip] -- Zan Lynx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
