User:Orrin/NaTraNe - Revision history

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Orrin at 16:44, 12 July 2010

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Orrin: New page: ==NaTraNe - The National Transport Network== ===The Basic Idea=== This is a technology idea to facilitate the moving of large amounts of goods around Egypt, ore, bricks, boards, things s...

2010-07-11T17:51:33Z

New page: ==NaTraNe - The National Transport Network== ===The Basic Idea=== This is a technology idea to facilitate the moving of large amounts of goods around Egypt, ore, bricks, boards, things s...

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==NaTraNe - The National Transport Network==

===The Basic Idea===

This is a technology idea to facilitate the moving of large amounts of goods around Egypt, ore, bricks, boards, things such as that.

The core principle is a series of towers connected with ropes, from which containers can be hung. The container can be moved from tower to tower, with goods inside.

===Possibilites:===

1) Fuel for the system: Either human (wound clockwork) or steam (charcoal, petro or coal) powered. X fuel takes you X distance. Fuel hopper (springboxes if clockwork, hopper if fuel-fed) can be upgraded. It will be possible to 'overload' the fuel hopper, but will take up some of the space for goods.

2) Altitude differences greater than X would require upgrades to towers, such as cogs, springboxes etc.

3) Containers can be upgraded to take larger loads, heavier loads.

4) Towers/ropes/cables can be upgraded to take heavier loads

5) Containers can be upgraded to carry people

6) Ownership of towers/containers: Is it required or should they be public?

7) Unloading towers: Towers where a container is automatically unloaded into a 'stockhouse'.

8) Route mapping: Probably the biggest sticker of the bunch. How can the container be sent to various destinations?

9) Gravity effect on fuel: Going down hill takes less fuel, reverse for up hill? Would add a measure of surveying to the tech.

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 ) Fuel for the system: Either human (wound clockwork) or steam (charcoal, petro or coal) powered. X fuel takes you X distance. Fuel hopper (springboxes if clockwork, hopper if fuel-fed) can be upgraded. It will be possible to 'overload' the fuel hopper, but will take up some of the space for goods.
-) Altitude differences greater than X would require upgrades to track.
+) Removed
 ) Carriages can be upgraded to take larger loads, heavier loads.
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 ) Gravity effect on fuel: Going down hill takes less fuel, reverse for up hill? Would add a measure of surveying to the tech.
-) Stations are placed similar to aqueduct towers. There is a hexagonal grid to which the towers are constrained.
+) Removed
 ) Carriages can be added, but decreases the time, down to a minimum time.

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 This is a technology idea to facilitate the moving of large amounts of goods around Egypt, ore, bricks, boards, things such as that.
-After discussions with teppy, the idea has been changed to a ground-based idea. A track-based system, with an engine and carriages.
+After discussions with teppy, the idea has been changed to a ground-based idea. A system with an engine and carriages. To avoid having to code any form of path-finding, the directions must be 'programmed' in, X feet West, Y feet North etc.
 ===Possibilites:===

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	9) Gravity effect on fuel: Going down hill takes less fuel, reverse for up hill? Would add a measure of surveying to the tech.		9) Gravity effect on fuel: Going down hill takes less fuel, reverse for up hill? Would add a measure of surveying to the tech.
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		+	10) Towers are placed similar to aqueduct towers. There is a hexagonal grid to which the towers are constrained.