Alien Environments Rover v1.0 (TL 08)
    Copyright 1996 by Onno Meyer
        
        This monster vehicle was build for the exploration and colonization of
    other worlds - no terrestrial use warrants the size and endurance.
        The giant steel box is suspended between eight wheels. In front a power
    shovel is mounted to let it build roads if required. The turret in the rear
    contains a crane to empty the container-sized cargo hold. With thermographs
    (2.67 miles nominal range), ladars (4.67 miles) and an ALLTV the computers
    can drive the rover. Two radios and a sat uplink keep the crew in touch
    with their base. With fuel for twenty days of continuous operation, it has
    a nominal range of 28,800 miles. The batteries allow air recycling during
    rests up to 12 hours without use of the fuel cell.
        The rover is a TL08 vehicle [July 96 errata sheet]. I ignored the power
    source restriction for full lifesystems.
    
    Structure:  8,000 cf standard medium body (HT 3,750), max. load 160 tons,
        sealed body, eight powered puncture-resistant wheels (DR 4, HT 118/235)
        with off-road suspension, flotation hull (flotation 160 tons). 10 cf
        full-traverse miniturret (DR 20).
    Propulsion:  800 KW all-wheel drivetrain and 800 KW screw (DR 5, HT 375).
    Power:  1 MW fuel cell (DR 5, HT 100) with 20 360-gallon hydrox tanks (DR
        5, HT 100, self-sealing, fire on 10) for a total of 20 days and 1 MWh
        advanced batteries (DR 5, HT 200). Excess power 109 KW.
    Accomodations:  Eight cramped quarters, vision slits only.
    Armor:  270 points expensive armor, F6/50 B5/40 R5/40 L5/40 T5/40 U6/60.
    Cargo:  4,000 cf (and 16.6 cf waste space).
    Accessories:  Compact fire extinguisher, 8-person full lifesystem, radar
        locator, rad shielding, two cheap medium thermographs (scan 17, DR 3,
        HT 4, electronics), two cheap short-range ladars with rangefinder (scan
        17, DR 3, HT 4, electronics), ALLTV (+5, DR 3, HT 4, electronics),
        airlock, power shovel (DR 20, HT 120, exposed equipment), cargo ramp,
        three dumb microframes (C3, DR 3, HT 12, electronics), 2.5-ton crane
        (DR 10, HT 30, in the turret), INS (DR 3, HT 6, electronics), two GPS,
        two long-distance radios (DR 3, HT 4, electronics), two commercial
        transponders, two spotlights (DR 5, HT 2, exposed equipment), microwave
        com. Software: Database (0.15 GB maps), datalink, sensor operation
        (skill 13 or +2), routine vehicle operation (skill 12).
    
    Statistics:  Cost $800,000, design mass 80 tons, maximum payload 80 tons,
        maximum cargo 80 tons, current payload 20 tons, loaded mass 100 tons,
        size modifier +6, radar signature +6, IR signature +7, acoustic
        signature +5.
    
    Ground Performance:  Speed factor 30, top speed 60 mph, acceleration 3
        mph/s, deceleration 10 mph/s, MR 0.5, SR 6, 4 mpg.
    Water Performance:  Speed factor 6, top speed 12 mph, acceleration 1 mph/s,
        decleration 10.5 mph/s, MR 0.25, SR 6, draft 9.3 feet.
    Air Performance:  None.