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====== Unity Protocol Vehicles ====== | ====== Unity Protocol Vehicles ====== | ||
- | The following is a list of common vehicles manufactured by [[species:units|Units]] and by people living | + | The following is a list of common vehicles manufactured by [[species/units]] and by companies operating |
===== Land Vehicles ===== | ===== Land Vehicles ===== | ||
- | Suited to driving on land across paved surfaces, or hovering off the ground. Generally, land vehicles are powered either by biodiesel, or run off of electricity stored in hyperdense graphene batteries. | + | Suited to driving on land across paved surfaces, or hovering off the ground. Generally, land vehicles are powered either by biodiesel |
Land vehicles are recommended to be no wider than two and three quarters metres. This is so they can share the 3.75 metre-wide roads comfortably with other vehicles, and fit through laneways in colonies throughout Traveller. Minimal licensing is required to drive these vehicles, and the driving aptitude tests for operation and traffic awareness are considered easier to obtain compared to air vehicles. | Land vehicles are recommended to be no wider than two and three quarters metres. This is so they can share the 3.75 metre-wide roads comfortably with other vehicles, and fit through laneways in colonies throughout Traveller. Minimal licensing is required to drive these vehicles, and the driving aptitude tests for operation and traffic awareness are considered easier to obtain compared to air vehicles. | ||
==== Podo Compact ==== | ==== Podo Compact ==== | ||
- | The Podo Compact is a two-seater car known for its small size, suited to driving around cities and towns. It is manufactured throughout the colonies of Traveller, sporting a smooth and aerodynamic design and built with fibreglasses and light alloys to get the most out of its smaller, less powerful engine. | + | The Podo Compact is a two-seater car known for its small size, suited to driving around cities and towns. It is manufactured throughout the colonies of Traveller, sporting a smooth and aerodynamic design and built with fibreglasses and light alloys to get the most out of its smaller, less powerful |
- | It is often the subject of ridicule for its lack of grunt on the open road, but it is reliable, common, and easy to fix. It isn't uncommon for revheads to reinforce the frame of a Podo and replace the stock engine with something | + | It is often the subject of ridicule for its lack of grunt on the open road, but it is reliable, common, and easy to fix. It isn't uncommon for revheads to reinforce the frame of a Podo and replace the stock engine |
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+ | ==== Locher Sedan ==== | ||
+ | The Locher is a four door sedan, considered to be the middle-of-the-road go-to for affordability, | ||
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+ | The car also comes in Offroad, Hatchback, Coupe, and drop-top Roadster models, with appropriate body and engine adjustments for sports or practicality. They are often modified into sleeper cars for their unassuming appearances and ubiquity. | ||
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+ | ==== Gernsbeck Lorry ==== | ||
+ | A three-doored van with double doors at the back, two seats in front, and a roomy back space which comes with four additional seats by default. Gernsbecks can be ordered without the additional seats for customisation purposes, and are frequently changed by their owners. | ||
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+ | The performance is nothing to write home about, but they are the perfect vehicle for mothers of many, roving bands of hippies laying on shag carpets, tradesmen who take their offices where they go, and cargo transporters alike. | ||
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+ | ==== Vaster Tumbler ==== | ||
+ | A sports car of alien design with spherical ' | ||
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+ | The aerodynamics of the vehicle give it enough downward thrust to keep it pinned to any surface its driving, including inclines of up to sixty degrees provided it maintains speed. It is also common to see this driven on walls with modifications to the tyres and engine for additional grip and downthrust. It isn't uncommon to see them in stunt races, but they do not jump well. | ||
==== Kestrel Dual-Sport Motorcycle ==== | ==== Kestrel Dual-Sport Motorcycle ==== | ||
- | The Kestrel Dual-Sport is a motorcycle is a biodiesel fuelled motorcycle manufactured in [[location: | + | The Kestrel Dual-Sport is a motorcycle is a biodiesel fuelled motorcycle manufactured in [[location: |
It is renowned and loved by revheads for its power to weight balance, controllability, | It is renowned and loved by revheads for its power to weight balance, controllability, | ||
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+ | ==== Shrike Dirtbike ==== | ||
+ | This offroad dirtbike is built by the same manufacturer as the Kestrel Dual-Sport, and caters to an entirely different set of needs than its brother. Possessing a lighter frame and grippy tyres than the Kestrel, the Shrike is ideal for motocross, stunt biking, and being a nuisance in public spaces. | ||
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+ | The versatility and appeal for the Shrike lies in how quickly the tyres can be changed, letting it drive well in urban roads one day, and off road with fifteen minute' | ||
==== Kolder Gorgul ==== | ==== Kolder Gorgul ==== | ||
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Oodling with torque, roaring like a tiger, and hugging the road with its half-track, the Gorgul is capable of climbing and sticking to slippery surfaces that would throw other vehicles off. However, it isn't intended to be driven for long periods on urban roads, paved surfaces, gardens, or indoors. | Oodling with torque, roaring like a tiger, and hugging the road with its half-track, the Gorgul is capable of climbing and sticking to slippery surfaces that would throw other vehicles off. However, it isn't intended to be driven for long periods on urban roads, paved surfaces, gardens, or indoors. | ||
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+ | ==== Oryx Skimmer ==== | ||
+ | This plasma-powered airbike is considered the gold standard for airbikes, possessing good balance at rest and dynamic rebalancing with a rider and cargo, two gyroscopes to ensure stability on those tight turns, and strong forward thrusters which can be slammed into reverse or stop on a dime and additional air brakes. The Oryx is manufactured primarily from factory-refineries on [[planet: | ||
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+ | Skimmers are also capable of flying over water or uneven surfaces with minimal fuss provided the user doesn' | ||
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+ | ==== Mautaber Drill Tank ==== | ||
+ | A common sight in mining colonies, the Mautaber Drill Tank is a tough, boxy, diesel powered, earth-moving machine with a large series of drills on its front and tank treads, hence the name. The tank treads are capable of retracting from the body of the machine, allowing the drill to pitch itself up and down, and stay level whilst tunnelling. | ||
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+ | Often, retired machines are modified to place the drills closer to the ground, and turn them into a secondary means of propulsion and spectacle for the popular sport of Drill Derbying on [[location: | ||
===== Air Vehicles ===== | ===== Air Vehicles ===== | ||
- | The following vehicles are propelled by anti-gravity technology to fly above traffic, and around the surface of a moon without leaving the atmosphere. | + | The following vehicles are propelled by anti-gravity technology to fly above traffic, and around the surface of a moon-colony |
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+ | Air traffic for hovering vehicles is directed using holographic points and lines in the air to signify lanes and the flow of movement smoothly, and generally is active below an altitude of 1500 metres((Or just under five thousand feet.)). Aeroplanes and helicopters have a flight ceiling of 2000 metres, with higher altitudes intended for spacecraft. | ||
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+ | ==== Estado Ultralight ==== | ||
+ | A single engine, four seat, fixed high wing ultralight aircraft, the Estado is the small-time pilot' | ||
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+ | ==== Tarkanovic 170 Helicopter ==== | ||
+ | On the ground and turned off, the four-seater Tarkanovic appears to be missing its rotors and blades. In their places is an elaborate hardlight projection system. Once turned on, the blades spring to life, and the helicopter begins behaving as intended. Generally put to use by news crews and tourist operators, a luxury variant with an in-built wine-cooler and black/gold trim is often used by executives and the idle rich to show off their wealth. | ||
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+ | ==== Hover Sedan ==== | ||
+ | The general standard for urban air vehicles, the Hover Sedan is the floatier, estranged half-brother of the Locher Sedan. While filling a fundamentally similar role in urban environments, | ||
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+ | Hover Sedans remain relevant as, and dominate the taxi services industry. The vehicle' | ||
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+ | ==== Aerotruck ==== | ||
+ | The anti-gravity enabled equivalent of an eighteen-wheeler truck, the catch-all term for these ponderous vehicles is the humble Aerotruck. The primary bed of the truck is a single unit, integrated with the cabin, capable of holding a variety of stock, including shipping containers, logs, refrigerated units, tankers, and other dry bulk. They slide into the body of the truck from above or the sides. Once in place, the cargo is secured with hardlight-constructed clamps and tie-downs((It' | ||
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+ | Due to their large amount of pictoral real estate, they are often used as floating billboards which can outrun the local hoodlums or culture jammers. Independent truckers decorate rigs with colourful murals on their boxes, bizarre neon patterns and black lights, glistering chrome paints or fittings, external speakers blasting crock music((Country+Rock music.)), and a daring and gaudy style - not unlike [[wp> | ||
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+ | ==== Donnalbain Industries Aerodrifter ==== | ||
+ | Known colloquially to doctors as the ' | ||
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+ | ==== Standing Platform ==== | ||
+ | Appearing to be a small podium with landing struts and scooter controls, this upright platform is operated by a single person, essentially behaving as a ponderous air transport. The platforms are frequently fitted with hardlight barrier generators, tear gas canister launchers, and employed by police forces to act as quick control vehicles. Using firearms whilst moving above running speed is not advised, as recoil from heavy firearms can affect stability - especially at high speeds((However, | ||
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+ | ===== Water Vehicles ===== | ||
+ | These vehicles are intended for aquatic environments, | ||
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+ | ==== Thunder Jetski ==== | ||
+ | The crotch-rocket of the ocean, the Thunder is a popular recreational craft for skimming around. Two models exist: one powered by biodiesel, the other powered by an electric motor. They share similar performance statistics, but the biodiesel engine is heavier than the electric, and catches a little less air than its lighter, electric cousin. | ||
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+ | Thunders can be rented anywhere for between ¤20< | ||
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+ | ==== Guppy Dinghy ==== | ||
+ | An inflatable rubber boat with a polymer frame and seating for four, capable of mounting an outboard engine or able to be rowed in an emergency with the included paddles under the seat. Bought new, the dinghy usually comes bundled with an air compressor to assist with pumping up the inflatable portion of the boat. Otherwise, it takes a very long time to get the boat seaworthy 'by hand' | ||
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+ | ==== Squall Speedboat ==== | ||
+ | A four seater, [[wp> | ||
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+ | ==== Cirrus Yacht ==== | ||
+ | A large cabin-cruiser styled motorboat with a generous amount of space: Fitting a galley and mess, a head, four berths, and a cockpit for the operator situated at the front of the vehicle. Essentially the crash-couch of the bay with its stable hydrodynamics and on-board power generator for amenities, it's not uncommon for friends to get together and have a party on the seas in a Cirrus. It's possible to see these vehicles residing in rivers and canals as well, used as houseboats. Luxury models are much longer than the standard Cirrus, making room for more opulent fittings and furniture inside the cabin. | ||
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+ | ==== Mammatus Submarine ==== | ||
+ | A personal submersible watercraft capable of fitting three people comfortably, | ||
- | ===== Personal Space Ships ===== | + | It is also possible |
- | These space ships fit a single individual or up to six, and are usually suited to flying between Traveller' | + | |
- | Personal | + | ===== Personal |
+ | These space ships fit a single individual or up to six, and are usually suited to flying between Traveller' | ||
+ | Personal Spacecraft are not large enough to mount the engines and required subsystems necessary to ensure safe FTL travel between star systems, but they are easily capable of cruising through the system. | ||
+ | * [[spacecraft/ |