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Things Rich People would Buy in the Future

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Creation Date: July 10th, 2007 07:26 PM

Bruce

The Man Behind the Curtain

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#4 July 12th, 2007 08:36 PM
So, what other things might rich people own or buy in the furutre? Well some things they might use their vast welath on are services or insurance. So, here is one, a Road-side service, very much like the Tripple A service. The World Wide Service Organization is proud to announce a new service to be offered planet wide for road side service. With our new Road-side Service robot, we can answer any call from any location and can arrive in no time at all to help solve all your repair needs if you happen to break down on any transportation grid. The RSS robot is grav enabled and able to reach most any point on-planet. The RSS robot carries it's own tools and has a wide range of diagnostic tools to help solve any mechanical or engineering problem that might arise in most common vehicles. The heavy-duty mechanical arms can help facilitate repairs. So call today and for a low monthly fee, you can have the security of knowing you won't be stranded on the side of the transportation grid! Call today! See attached fee-schedule. Road-side Service Robot Class: Vehicle EP Output: 5 Cost: 95,685.00 Cr Agility: 1 Tech Level: 12 Initiative: 1 Size: 80 vl AC: 12 Streamlining: Yes AR: 1 Pressurized: no SI: 13 Climate Control: no Visual: holographic Drive Train: Grav Crew: 0 Passengers: 0 Sensors: visual, LI, IR,Auditory, Tactile Cargo Space: 2.365 vl Fuel: 6.000vl Range: 24 hours Comm.: 2-way radio Speeds: Acceleration = 32 kph Off road = 90 kph Slow = 80 kph Very slow = 32 kph Cruising = 160 kph Fast = 240 kph Maximum = 320 kph Other Equipment: mechanical tools carried in cargo for use by appendages Installed Components Size Cost EP Notes 80 vl chassis -Streamline +80.000 240.00 Cr - Open Control system -8.000 40.00 Cr - - Drive Train: Grav -4.000 46,000.00 Cr -1 - Power plant: Adv. Fuel Cells x5 -7.500 600.00 Cr +5 - Fuel - 6.000 - - - Model/M1 Computer - 24.435 23,600.00 Cr -1.08 - Appendages (x2) - 20.000 4,000.00 Cr -2.00 - Str 10, Dex 14 2-way radio 500 km range -2.000 300.00 Cr -0.08 - Holovideo -1.500 2,000.00 Cr -0.10 - display -0.100 500.00 Cr -0.05 - IR capable -1.000 1500.00 Cr -0.03 - LI capable -0.200 500.00 Cr -0.01 - Light -0.200 5.00 Cr -0.01 - Auditory Sensors -0.200 200.00 Cr -0.01 - Enhanced Tactile Sensors -2.000 6000.00 Cr -0.30 - Vodor -0.500 1200.00 Cr -0.03 - Cargo -2.365 - - for tools Programs - - - - T/Mechanical rank 6 - 6,000.00 Cr - - T/Engineering rank 4 - 4,000.00 Cr - - Pilot rank 4 - 4,000.00 Cr - - Navigation rank 4 - 4,000.00 Cr - - Language Module/ 5 languages - 1,000.00 Cr - - Totals - 95,685.00 Cr +0.29 -
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3 Responses to "Things Rich People would Buy in the Future"

#3 July 14th, 2007 11:12 AM

far-trader Says:

LOL Fritz. Gives the old "And monkeys might fly out of my butt!" a whole new meaning

Sorry for the diversion Bruce.

#2 July 13th, 2007 11:43 PM

Fritz_Brown Says:

Jiminy, FT. I read "Implanted chimp" and all I could think of was he was supposed to go for help....

#1 July 12th, 2007 09:21 PM

far-trader Says:

Along this vein, stolen from Shadowrun RPG, medical monitoring and automated rescue. Implanted chip alerts mobile trauma and saves your life.

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