I don't recall anything official in pictures, line drawings or stats ...
there was a novel that described a fellow in a deep space rig that was essentially a one man ship
arms as normal but the feet were encased in the single tubular shell of the bottom part of the suit ... (early NASA artist drawings perhaps gave teh inspiration?) the feet controlled the 'jets' rocket motors for attitudinal controls, main thrust etc. That could be looked at and tweaked I suppose ... beefing things up to a larger hull for a larger prospector, minor mining operation would be another thing but you'd have to do the work yourself
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From: DED
Sent: Fri, December 4, 2009 10:38:46 PM
Subject: [Traveller_TNE] Mining
In Traveller, there's plenty of background about
belters mining the asteroids and other small rocks for enough ore to make a
living. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but I can't recall any other
official mining vessels besides Seekers (Type J in the CT vernacular), which is
just a converted Scout Ship (Type S). Does anyone know of any other official
ships because I can't see megacorps relying on these little buggers to get the
job done on an affordable level.
And are there any rules for mining rates? How about
the equipment? The write up in Sup7 doesn't mention how any of the mining is
done. There's just some moon buggy. TL-12 pick axes perhaps? ;)
I could see robots being utilized for mining
(Certainly easier on the back). And they'd fit inside a Seeker without a
problem, assuming they were designed small enough. I designed an Excavator once
using FF&S and Vampire Fleets. I suppose I could try and build some mining
robots.
Lego has come out with their "Power Miner" series
and the pictures of the vehicles look cool. If they're not realistic, well, they
at least look the part. I was hoping there would be something along the lines of
this stuff. (Reference: http://powerminers. lego.com/ en-us/Products/ 8960.aspx)
Maybe there's something in Tarsus Beltstrike? I
think it was one of those Traveller games that one played outside of any actual
RPG-ing. Maybe there's something in DGP's 101 Vehicles or 101 Robots? Any one of
those three products always cost a fortune on eBay and you're not going to find
them on DriveThruRPG. com.
Input anyone?
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DED