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Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 19 2011, 04:57 PM

http://www.gizmag.com/vw-et/20543/

Looks damn sexy even.

Posted by: Seriously Mike Nov 19 2011, 10:32 PM

Yeah, because GMC delivery bots can't smile, as opposed to live couriers who need autonomous vans to drive alongside them while they're filling mailboxes.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 19 2011, 10:33 PM

GMC Delivery Bots can't steal and read your mail, either.

Posted by: hobgoblin Nov 19 2011, 11:19 PM

Or can be converted to hold a couple of trolls with panthers

Posted by: CanRay Nov 20 2011, 01:48 AM

"Whose hand is that?"

"Depends. Whose hoop is this?"

Posted by: Wakshaani Nov 20 2011, 03:18 AM

As an aside, I have automated Drone Sanitation Vehicles operating in Philly for my game. However, it's been a fight for years between teh union and Shiawase who wants the contract, each trying to show that their method is the more viable. As of 2063, you had drone trucks that were still manned by three workers (A driver and two others) ... negotiations were due to change this to an all-drone system and it looked like the union was finished.

BUT!

Deus happened.

Philly was fortunate to have drivers at the wheel due to the overall Crash 2.0 dropping feeds all over. Philly's drivers got high marks for safely taking over and staving off incidents that other cities, which were fully automated, had. Shiawase was able to generally save face, since there was an obvious world-wide multi-platform collapse, but the Sanitation Union won an ironclad contract.

Now, it's due for negotiation again and a decade of distance is making it harder for the populace to rally behind it. Shiwwase Envirotech even has new, "Crash Proof" trucks to show off.

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Which ties into this thread, you know, kindasorta but not exactly.

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Just thought I'd share.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 20 2011, 03:25 AM

Now you just need some Technomancers or Hackers to prove just how "Crash Proof" is so much like "Unsinkable".

Posted by: Wakshaani Nov 20 2011, 04:24 AM

Oh yes. One of the earlier 'runs I put players on, in fact.

There's also one with S-K showing off new construction technology and the Trog Union hiring runners to monkeywrench the place... the Orks and Trolls will be out front protesting, of course, so *obviously* aren't behind any sort of attack on corporate property. Of course, these missions are never without ... complications.

Posted by: Christian Lafay Nov 20 2011, 04:36 AM

Man, I miss when the power went out in highschool....

Posted by: CanRay Nov 20 2011, 04:47 AM

"Ray fell down."

"Ray fell down."

"Ray fell down."

"I got kicked in the F***ING face."

"Ray fell down."

Posted by: Christian Lafay Nov 20 2011, 05:10 AM

That sounded more like Basic Training.

Posted by: CanRay Nov 20 2011, 05:12 PM

No. That was High School for me. (Hense me snitching rather than going, "I fell down.").

I don't make even the minimum requirements for the Canadian Armed Forces. I'd have to go to the US to be allowed into the Army.