[MOC] T.R.I. TRAVELER (Travel, Reconnaissance, Investigation)

[arnoldtblumberg]

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A great deal of the early CCS technological development work focused on survey equipment, as the great fleet headed out into the galaxy in order to explore strange new…well, you know. This compact, three-person travel machine utilized Yaxxline-fueled hover pods that doubled as landing struts, with the crew taking turns to steer the tiny vehicle or manipulate and monitor the scanning devices mounted on the hover machine’s “roof.” In order to keep things compact and simple, the devices were the same as those operated by CCS personnel in handheld form, and could be removed from the vehicle for further work in the vicinity of a landing location, with all data transmitted back and temporarily stored in the Traveler’s datacore. It’s probably apocryphal, but there are stories of initial testing disasters in which all three pilots attempted to fly forward at the exact same time, flinging people and machinery in every direction. 

This was one of those “pick a part and see what happens” experiments, in this case based around the awesome hexagonal plate 27255. Also note: Part 24947, the inverted dome, doesn’t currently exist in black (boo), but I left it that color in the render and instructions for aesthetics. The parts list, however, has all three of them in the available yellow, so oh well.

[Jerry McGlade]

Cool model!

[arnoldtblumberg]

Thanks!