The Drifter Mobile Environment

The Drifter Mobile Environment is pick-up in.

Overview
The Drifter is a large recreational vehicle with a twelve foot clearance. It holds three people comfortably. The beds are bunks, one atop the other, and the couch is long enough to sleep on. There is some storage space underneath the beds and the couch.

The kitchen area has a stove with four electric burners. The microwave is smaller than home models. The refrigerator holds about a week's worth of food and drink. There is a large water reservoir for two weeks of normal drinking, cooking, and washroom use.

The Drifter's gas tank holds 60 gallons of fuel, and the vehicle will also run on CHOOH2. However, the gas mileage drops from 25 to 15kpg when alternate fuels are used.

The auxiliary electric motor's battery has a charge good for about 320km. It takes six hours to recharge off a house outlet, and three hours off a higher output outlet, such as found in factories or special recharge facilities. All of the Drifter's electrical needs come from this battery, and excessive use of the video equipment or cooking range will drain it at a rate of @4km per hour of use.

The visual/audio equipment is a reliable television and stereo system running off a small solar collector mounted on the roof. The collector may be retracted in bad weather.

The tires have an SDP of 40.

The diagnostics system gives general repair information, such as "the engine needs oil" or "the carburetor needs adjustment". It does not give specific multiple system information, such as "the dirty spark plugs are causing emission problems which have affected the catalytic converter". The modular repair system gives a +1 on all Basic Tech repair rolls. The vehicle holds enough repair modules for ten simple jobs.

People use vehicles like the Drifter for a number of different purposes. Nomads use them to travel, since they are reasonably comfortable and affordable. Others use them as intelligence vans, installing optical and listening equipment for spying and counter-insurgency work. Ripperdocs often use them as mobile black-market cybertech hospitals. There also for version optimized for netrunning, however, and not only features a comprehensive communications suite, including a sat-linker, but also has the same control features as the Nasuko DataCycle. A Netrunner can be ensconced safely in the back, resting comfortably strapped into the bed, with deck and life-support system by his side, while (and at the same time) driving the RV around! The ultimate in fly-by-wire technology. (The RV can also be manned from the front seat, which has netrunning capabilities.