【RA3】从民用卡车到军中关键的逆袭——勘探矿车设定&语音
设计用途：
资源采集&基地扩张
制造方：
“优炼”矿业公司
国籍：
美利坚合众国
量产方：
盟军装甲工厂/船港
主要特征：
为运送矿石打造的优良货舱
提供两栖能力的可套缩气垫
加密通讯天线阵
耐用外壳
指挥中心转换组件
历史资料：
勘探矿车，正如我们所了解的那样，是一种用于供给物资的车辆，质量还不错，适合采集和运送未经加工的矿物。即便其有展开成指挥中心的作用，但勘探矿车依然是平民卡车的近亲，就像后者中的多数一样，没有一点儿防御武装。而恰恰就因为这种低调的本质，勘探矿车成为了苏联军队的首要打击目标，对此盟军方面一直心惊胆战。以前情况可不是这样的，勘探矿车最初是当作工业货车来设计的，到后来才渐渐地成为盟军野战营地和战略要塞里不可或缺的一部分。其实也美国多久，人们就能在盟苏火烈交锋的前线看到勘探矿车的身影。
多数时候，勘探矿车当然是在快速有效地采集矿石。现在还有些人说盟苏对抗并非意识形态的对立，而是矿物资源的争夺。这种说法不大受人待见，因为军工所需的首要矿物资源有三点特征，第一点：几乎所有发达国家的矿物都很充足，从瑞士到日本，从希腊到冰岛，都是如此，就连浩瀚大洋里都有相当可观的矿物储量；第二点：矿物是一种天然可再生资源，为这种物资的归属争个你死我活，嗯，就跟为太阳光、为饮用水、为无线电波斗得鱼死网破一样不可理喻。第三点：人们并不在意矿物资源的事情。一年又一年，一场又一场的民意测验，一次又一次地证明，在人们对世界上热门话题的看法中，矿石资源最多也就讲点马后炮而已。“优炼”矿业公司是位于博伊西（美国爱达荷州首府）的一家大型企业，提供垂直整合的一体化矿石精炼方案，也是推出勘探矿车的公司，他们有一句座右铭讲得恰到好处—— “矿石，我们全搞定。”
然而，随着盟苏之间的矛盾冲突日渐激化，它们各自的头号军资供应商也需要越来越多的矿石资源，以便军火交易能势头不减地继续下去。又由于矿石资源也没有到遍地都是的程度，苏盟双方都开始寻找直接从地底收集蛰伏资源的方法。差不多就在这时候，盟军全面升级了其勘探矿车，为它们加装了磁力密封货舱、两栖气垫和军用级通讯天线阵组件。现在再想想，这些升级也许是为了应付苏联对勘探矿车愈发猖獗的袭扰。
即便身处越来越危险的境地，即便一直在枯燥乏味地完成矿车的工作，矿车司机们依然十分乐业，待人友善。也许是因为盟军给的工资很多，毕竟盟军清楚，这些矿车正是向野战区源源不断提供军械的关键所在。
战场笔记： 通过战地侦察，已获悉勘探矿车至少具有以下几个特征：
有条不紊——矿石精炼厂的费用中便包含了一辆勘探矿车，会迅速在最近的矿区开始采集矿石。设计上来说，一辆矿车从一处矿藏采集资源效率最高，因此，保护一辆矿车只需在在那一条采集路线上设防即可。
展开指令——每辆勘探矿车都装有展开成指挥中心所需的全套设备，只要指挥官一声令下，它们就会就地展开（但过程非常复杂，且不可逆）。指挥中心可提供临近地区的盟军建筑建造许可，也会向这些建筑发送其他重要数据。
两栖采集——由于装备了自动展开的水敏式气垫，勘探矿车在水上航行和在陆地行驶一样轻松。勘探矿车几乎可以在任何地形上行驶。
没枪有轮——当遭受苏联动员兵或其他步兵突击队的威胁时，人们知道勘探矿车驾驶员会直接把车朝这些家伙脸上开过去。盟军政论家相当反对这种从敌方士兵身上压过去的做法。
Prospector
Designation: Resource Gathering / Expansion
Manufacturer: Well-Refined Ore Corporation
National Origin: U.S.A.
Mass-Produced at: Allied Armor Facility / SeaportKey Features:
» Cargo bin optimized for ore delivery
» Collapsible air cushion for aquatic travel
» Encrypted communications array
» Durable outer shell
» Command Hub conversion kit
history
The vehicle we know as the prospector is basically just a well-put-together material supply truck suitable for the collection and transportation of raw resources. Even if it does convert into a military command hub, the prospector is close cousins with civilian trucks, and like most civilian trucks, carries no defenses whatsoever. Because of this unassuming nature, the Allies continue to express concern and dismay that prospectors now appear to be priority targets for Soviet forces. It wasn't always this way. Originally designed as industrial pick-ups, prospectors gradually became more important to Allied field posts and strategic holds. Soon enough, these vehicles began to see action on the front, in the midst of conflict with Soviet forces.
Wherever there's an Allied ore refinery such as this,
chances are good that a prospector is working away in the vicinity.
Prospectors, of course, are used mostly for collecting ore quickly and efficiently. Some yet argue that the war between the Soviet Union and Allied nations is not about ideology but rather about ore. However, this is an unpopular stance due to three compelling facts about the world's premier resource for military-industrial manufacturing. One: Ore has always been fairly abundant in virtually all developed nations of the world, from Switzerland to Japan, and from Greece to Iceland. Indeed, even the middle of the sea offers its fair supply of ore. Two: Ore is a natural, renewable resource. The thought of fighting over control of this substance is just as unimaginable as, say, the thought of fighting over sunlight, or drinking water, or radio-waves. And three: Ore just isn't a concern to the people of the world. Year after year, public poll after public poll, ore proves itself time and again to be little more than an afterthought in people's perception of the world's top issues. Well-Refined Ore Corporation, a large Boise-based corporation that offers vertically-integrated ore refinement solutions and originally invented the prospector, has a company motto that's very to-the-point: "Ore: Don't Even Worry about It."
Shown here is a prototype of the Allied command hub, converted from a prospector.
The Allies can rapidly expand using these facilities.
Nevertheless, as tensions rose between the Soviet Union and Allied nations, their top providers of military goods increasingly sought out greater supplies of ore so that their production could continue unabated. And because ore is not so common that it may be found just sprinkled around on the ground, the Soviets and the Allies began to explore new ways to gather up the stuff directly from dormant mines. This was around the time when the Allies retrofitted their prospectors with magnetically-sealed cargo bins as well as with amphibious capability, plus military-grade components for their communications arrays. In retrospect, these changes may have coincided with the Soviets' increased aggression toward prospectors.
In spite of the increasing danger and undeniable monotony of operating an Allied prospector, drivers of these vehicles are known for their cheerful demeanor and customer-friendly attitude toward their work. This may be in part because the Allies pay these laborers well, likely because prospectors ultimately are the key to letting the Allies manufacture new equipment in the field.
notes
Battlefield reconnaissance has revealed at least these facts about the Prospector:
• Easy does it -- A single prospector is included in the cost of an Allied ore refinery, and will immediately begin gathering resources from the nearest ore mine. One prospector is designed to efficiently gather from a single source, so it simply needs to be defended as it goes about its gathering route.
• On-demand Command Hub -- Each prospector is outfitted to convert into an Allied command hub when the need arises (though the conversion is irreversibly complex). Command hubs provide clearance for other Allied structures to be built nearby, and also relay other important data to those structures.
• Amphibious resourcing -- Prospectors can traverse land and water with equal ease, because of their automated aqua-sensitive air cushions. Their driving characteristics are similar on all terrain.
• Unarmed but not defenseless -- When threatened by Soviet conscripts or other raiding parties operating on foot, Allied prospector drivers have been known to drive straight through the danger. Running down enemy combatants is strongly discouraged by Allied publicists.
