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The world of the mercenary is one that has its own rules and customs. Mercs have a unique subculture all their own, and an aspect of this is represented by the "slanguage" that they use. There is a rich and complex lexicon of terms employed by mercs, Headhunters, Juicers, Crazies, Cyborgs, Black Marketeers, and others who run in freelancer circles. Their jargon is a combination of military terminology, street slang, Techno-Can, and Black Market cant, with a healthy sprinkle of words from alien languages for good measure. For those of you who are new to the mercenary life, it can sometimes be challenging to navigate conversations that are heavily laden with such informal argot. Considering that the Bostock Expedition is mostly composed of members of Golden Age Salvage, and given that Golden Age Salvage is mostly composed of former mercenaries, some of you may find conversing with their fellow crew to be a bit tricky and perplexing. But fear not, because the IMCN has compiled a glossary of the most common slang words and phrases used by mercs. Enjoy! NG-SCC-90 Super-Cargo Carrier (a.k.a. "Big Bertha") Without a doubt, the heart of the Bostock Expedition's convoy is a massive vehicle known as "Big Bertha," a hover cargo hauler pulling eight hover cargo trailers, all of which have been re-purposed for salvage, exploration, and the environs of Dinosaur Swamp. This main vehicle, and its train of hover trailers, act as the expedition's command center, crew quarters, and supply depot, as well as a storage place for all of the salvage finds made in the coming year.
When it was released in 100 P.A., Northern Gun's Big Bertha model was one of the first of what would be an increasingly diverse line of heavy cargo vehicles designed to transport crates of goods, big robots, tanks, trucks, tractors and massive loads of Mega-Damage construction materials. Hefty cargo hauling vehicles like the Big Bertha are designed to truck goods and big items to locations off the beaten path or nestled in remote and dangerous regions like the Pecos Empire, New West, Mexico, Canada, the Magic Zone and so on. Big Bertha is a powerful hover truck cab designed to pull 2-8 hover boxcars or wheeled trailers. For speed and safety, these cabs and the trailers they pull have a universal modular hitch unit enabling them to hook up with cargo trailers of many various sizes. Golden Age Salvage, in partnership with Northern Gun, has converted an old, decommissioned Big Bertha unit into an exploratory/salvage vehicle. Extensive modifications include additional armor, weapon systems, waterproofing and amphibious upgrades. Big Bertha is the engine, tractor and rig that pulls the cargo trailers. Most of the power and locomotion is in the rig. Big Bertha is as heavily armored as a Coalition tank, twice as big, and driven by a powerful dual engine system and powerful hover and thruster jets. The entire lower half of the rig is the hover platform with 12 big hover jets visible only from underneath. In fact, when the vehicle parks, aircraft-like landing gear extends from the undercarriage to prop the cab up. The pair of large, long appendages extending from the front of the truck and beyond where the cab ends are massive, side-mounted thruster units. These 70 foot (21.3 m) long rocket thrusters are what give the truck the power to pull incredibly heavy loads. The thruster arms are attached to a hydraulic system that enables them to extend from the sides to adjust and accommodate extra wide cargo trailers. Once hooked up, the undercarriage hover jets lift the rig, and the side thrusters engage to push it forward, cargo in tow. The noise they make sounds like the roar of jet engines, requiring the cab to be made soundproof. The size of the main vehicle and its trailers, however, is a considerable problem. Big Bertha, and her attending trailers, measures at approximately 725 feet in length, which presents certain challenges when trying to find a large enough landing space in the middle of the wilderness or ruins. If advance teams are unable to locate a secure landing spot close to a salvage site, one solution is to clear away vegetation and debris ahead of time to create a landing area that can accommodate the convoy's size. Unfortunately, the tactic is only feasible directly within ruins. Given how the Shemarrians feel about needless deforestation and environmental destruction, cutting down trees to create a landing area isn't likely to go over well. Still, this solution can be employed liberally in the southern half of the Swamp (Georgia and Florida), which is beyond the territory of the Shemarrians. |
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