Microbot Mobile Base

Remember Microbots? They have grown, haven’t they? After an almost blood-less rebellion of Mars, the miners and explorers stranded there have fully adopted their planet’s lower gravity and started to assemble huge floating robots to assist their mining operations. (Interested in backstory? Stay tuned for an upcoming SE-themed novel at: https://www.facebook.com/LateSpaceAge/ )

This mobile base is actually a drone that you can call upon instead of having to tow the ore to it. Autopilot doesn’t normally work for land vehicles, but since this microbot is floating, it works! This opens up many possibilities.

Instructions – add FRICTION to its wheels to deploy it. Set it to zero to enable movement. That’s it. Pilot it like a drone if you need to relocate, or just set a waypoint for it and activate the autopilot. (see the video)

Future is mobile as all static defenses will be easy to overcome, and this “landship” is the only production vehicle you will ever need. You can focus on exploration or fighting and only call for it when you need support or repairs.

There is a drive-thru repair or construction yard under the base.

It’s efficient: No reactors or expensive components. It uses renewable, stored solar power and ice for movement. You can easily build it from the starting landing ship.

Upgrades: This is a basic - super cheap model. Many weapon hardpoints if you want to turn it into a floating fortress. Add more thrusters if you want to avoid it “sliding” away.

Tested extensively on Mars.

Stay tuned for other no-BS vehicles in this growing collection:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=874650285