01-12-2003, 02:14
Mallberta's fist dalliance with grav tech has not been in the same fields as many of our contemporaries; we feel space-born craft of this size are simply too expensive for consideration.
Thus instead, we have begun construction and tests of a new age in ground combat. The Mobile-Arcology is a massive disk; our prototype is roughly 300 meters across, though we expect to eventurally increase that diameter ten fold. Armed with laser batteres on the top and bottom, and shielded in nearly a meter of solid steel, it is nearly industructible- if prepared, we expect it to survive up to and including tactical nuclear strikes.
The MA-1 hovers two meters above a surface. It is crewed, at this point, by over 340 technicians, engineers and officers. Capable of 'turtling', thereby armoring all exposed components, we expect it to serve as mobile command, medic and supply base. However, we are still very much at the testing phase.
IMAGES OF OFFSHORE TESTING
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-4/163402/mobielarc2.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-4/163402/mobieclose.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-4/163402/mobielarc.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-4/163402/mobietop.JPG
Thus instead, we have begun construction and tests of a new age in ground combat. The Mobile-Arcology is a massive disk; our prototype is roughly 300 meters across, though we expect to eventurally increase that diameter ten fold. Armed with laser batteres on the top and bottom, and shielded in nearly a meter of solid steel, it is nearly industructible- if prepared, we expect it to survive up to and including tactical nuclear strikes.
The MA-1 hovers two meters above a surface. It is crewed, at this point, by over 340 technicians, engineers and officers. Capable of 'turtling', thereby armoring all exposed components, we expect it to serve as mobile command, medic and supply base. However, we are still very much at the testing phase.
IMAGES OF OFFSHORE TESTING
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-4/163402/mobielarc2.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-4/163402/mobieclose.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-4/163402/mobielarc.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-4/163402/mobietop.JPG