Approved Vehicle Ol'MacDonald Special

[Klesta]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To provide a tractor for search-and-rescue operations
• Image Source: ReverbNation
• Canon Link: N/A
• Restricted Missions: N/A
• Primary Source: Tractor

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Ringovinda StarYards
• Model: Ol'Macdonald Special tractor
• Affiliation: Open-Market
• Modularity: Yes: can attach trailers with a hitch
• Production: Mass-Produced
• Material: Durasteel, engine components

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Tractor
• Role: SAR tractor
• Size: 4m long
• Weight: 3 tons
• Minimum Crew: 1
• Optimal Crew: 1
• Propulsion: Wheels
• Speed: 50 kph Slow
• Maneuverability: Moderate
• Armaments: Average
• 1 heavy tractor beam (forward 180 degrees traverse x 90 degrees elevation, maximum elevation: 75 degrees, maximum depression: 15 degrees)
• Defenses: Average
• Squadron Count: 24
• Passenger Capacity: 0
• Cargo Capacity: 200 kg

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Trailer hitch
• Retractable wheel clamps

Strengths:

• Ability to tractor objects up to 500 tons
• Easy to attach trailers behind it
• Easy to repair

Weaknesses:

• Unable to defend itself; the tractor beam is not considered to be an offensive weapon
• Tractoring objects significantly heavier than itself requires the vehicle to be anchored beforehand
• Cannot tractor objects behind it
• Slow, ponderous
• Exposed driver

DESCRIPTION
The Ol'MacDonald Special is a modified farm tractor equipped with a forward-mounted tractor beam, designed to allow its operators to tow objects to clear obstacles in SAR operations. It can also be used as a crane by construction crews in a similar manner. Due to the intense power requirements of operating a heavy vehicle-grade tractor beam within such a small frame, the vehicle is slow, and the vehicle's reactor is located underneath the driver's seat. Also, due to the mechanics of tractor beams, if an operator was to tractor objects significantly heavier than itself, the operator would need to anchor the vehicle on the ground using its retractable wheel clamps. Also, due to the "firing arc" of the tractor beam, it cannot be used to tractor items behind it. Of course, on the rear trailer hitch, one can fit a wide array of equipment: plows, trailers capable of carrying people, cargo trailers, row crop equipment, and so on, so forth. Finally, it is not a vehicle intended for regular battlefield use, but can be used as an IED in a pinch, provided it has a trailer loaded with explosives.

 

[Ellie Mors]

Hello, I'll be the factory judge reviewing your submission. If you have questions, please feel free to respond to this thread once we are underway.

 

[Ellie Mors]

1 heavy tractor beam (180x90)

What does 180x90 infer?

 

[Klesta]

[member="Darth Ananta"] I saw the notation AxB in the context of vehicle-mounted weapons' firing arcs, where A is the traversal arc and B is the elevation arc.

I expanded on it it means that the can be used on the forward 180 degrees longitudinally and 90 degrees on the elevation axis, more precisely the forward 180 degrees, and maximum depression being 15 degrees below the horizontal, maximum elevation is 75 degrees above the horizontal.

 

[Ellie Mors]

Awesome. Pending Admin Approval. Thanks! [member="Cira"]

 

[Jamie Pyne]

Approved.