https://render.ru/xen/threads/wip-karavan-oskolki-starogo-mira.176766/ Hello! From time immemorial, people take the best from nature and use it in their lives. In my opinion, safety is the most important thing for a caravan, since the cargo that is transported can be of great value. In the recreated world, the Conflict of technogenic and magical civilization outweighed in favor of magic, however, one cannot exist without the other, therefore, people adapted the surviving engineering achievements for themselves. Having reached a certain balance, they successfully combine both. From the past civilization there are not many mechanized machines that have been adapted for all kinds of human needs. One of them is a former combat vehicle used for the transport of goods, which, by the way, will guarantee reliable movement and safety. “The crocodile is the largest predator of the reptile class, a first-class killer, ideally suited for life in the water. The appearance of this monster on powerful short legs, its huge mouth dotted with sharp teeth and a powerful tail capable of killing any large animal with a blow, always terrified people. ” The solution for the car is determined by this particular animal. The size and aggressive appearance frighten and scare away predators, and the armored surface and the former combat mission put the robbers in a stupor, since an attack will require good preparation. Close-up in the center of the picture is one of the combat vehicles - a mechanical crocodile GR-1044. This model is considered obsolete and is now used for peaceful purposes, including in caravans. However, in spite of its service life, it still copes well with the transportation of goods over difficult, swampy terrain. Yes, maybe it was a fighting vehicle, but if we use the back area for cargo as well as the cavity of the tail and trunk, we will get an excellent armored vehicle for transportation! It is very stable due to the number of pylons in marshy areas, and can be used for moving on water.Signal'nyye ogni yarko oranzhevogo tsveta ne dayut propast' iz vida dazhe samoy tomnoy noch'yu, a yesli zhe proizoshlo napadeniye na odnu iz mashin, oni, po zadumke, dolzhny menyat' tsvet na krasnyy. Bol'shim plyusom yavlyayetsya to chto, signal'nymi ognyami mozhno peredavat' soobshcheniya na rasstoyanii azbukoy Morze tak kak radiosvyaz' yest', rabotayet, no s pereboyami. Karavan ne idot v slepuyu, no i geolokatsiya - eto to, chto bylo uteryano, poetomu mashina osnashchena 2mya dronami s videonablyudeniyem, posmenno - odin zaryazhayetsya, drugoy razvedyvayet - eto pozvolyayet derzhat' vso peremeshcheniye pod kontrolem, ved' v sluchaye opasnosti, polomki, neprokhodimoy mestnosti ili vnezapnogo obryva, piloty, uspeyut prinyat' resheniye. Obychno, karavan sostoit iz pyati-shesti takikh mashin, pilotov, mekhanikov, khorosho ekipirovannykh soldat, yesli eto pravitel'stvennyy karavan, ili zhe iz khitrykh nayemnikov, yesli eto chastnyy karavan torgovtsev. Konechno zhe, ni odno podobnoye puteshestviye ne obkhoditsya bez magov. Mashinoy upravlyayut 2 pilota (ostal'naya komanda zanimayetsya drugimi obyazannostyami). Piloty-magi odety v krasnyye mantii s zolotym obramleniyem, chto govorit ob ikh vysokom polozhenii v iyerarkhii magov. My vidim maga ognennoy stikhii i maga kotoryy obuchen upravlyat' elektrichestvom, eto nezamenimyye lyudi v karavane, tak kak imet' ogon' v syrykh mestnostyakh, chtoby prigotovit' pishchu i vysushit' odezhdu - eto nezamenimaya roskosh', A elektrik derzhit pod kontrolem mekhanizmy, sledit za ikh sostoyaniyem i v kontse kontsov zaryazhayet akkumulyatory. Tak zhe zashchitnyye bar'yery, nochnoye osveshcheniye, a inogda dazhe lecheniye ran i sovsem redko – teleportatsiya – eto vse lezhit na plechakh magov i na ikh osnovnykh instrumentakh – magicheskikh posokhakh. Kristally, vstroyennyye v posokhi, pod vozdeystviyem odnoy iz tekhnologiy vydelyayut bol'shoye kolichestvo magicheskoy energii, kotoroy mozhet upravlyat' ne kazhdyy. Sprava ot boyevoy mashiny vidno dve figury, kotoryye s ostorozhnost'yu smotryat v storonu drevnego cherepa, veroyatno yavlyayushchegosya odnim iz artefaktov, nekogda ostavlennym yeshche boleye drevney tsivilizatsiyey, znaniya kotoroy uzhe davno utracheny. A te, nemnogiye ikh fragmenty yavlyayutsya zhelannoy dobychey dlya vsyakogo roda okhotnikov za drevnostyami, trup odnogo iz takikh okhotnikov kak raz val'yazhno raspolozhilsya podle reznogo cherepa. Развернуть 2209/5000 Максимальное количество символов: 5000 Signal lights of a bright orange color do not give an abyss from the view even on the darkest night, and if an attack on one of the cars occurred, they, as planned, should change color to red. The big plus is that, with signal lights, you can transmit messages at a distance with Morse code as there is radio communication, it works, but intermittently. The caravan does not go blind, but geolocation is what was lost, so the car is equipped with 2 drones with video surveillance, one by one is charged, the other is scouting - this allows you to keep all movement under control, because in case of danger, breakdown, impassable terrain or a sudden break, the pilots will have time to make a decision. Typically, a caravan consists of five to six such vehicles, pilots, mechanics, well-equipped soldiers, if it is a government caravan, or cunning mercenaries, if it is a private caravan of merchants. Of course, no such journey is complete without magicians. The machine is controlled by 2 pilots (the rest of the team is engaged in other duties). Mage pilots are dressed in red robes with a gold frame, which indicates their high position in the hierarchy of magicians. We see the magician of the fire element and the magician who is trained to manage electricity, these are irreplaceable people in a caravan, since having fire in damp areas to cook food and dry clothes is an indispensable luxury, And an electrician controls mechanisms, monitors their condition and eventually charges the batteries. Also, protective barriers, night lighting, and sometimes even healing of wounds and very rarely - teleportation - all this lies on the shoulders of magicians and on their main tools - magic staves. The crystals embedded in the staves, under the influence of one of the technologies emit a large amount of magical energy, which not everyone can control. To the right of the fighting vehicle, two figures are seen who carefully look towards the ancient skull, which is probably one of the artifacts that was once abandoned by an even more ancient civilization, the knowledge of which has long been lost. And those few fragments of them are welcome prey for all kinds of antiquity hunters, the corpse of one of such hunters was just imposingly located near the carved skull. Such neglected places are not uncommon for this world. The former ancient civilization, although it disappeared in a mysterious way, but its echoes still inhabit forests and swamps in the form of artificially created mechanoids, often aggressive-minded. They are very powerful and unpredictable, so it is better not to enter into a battle with such creatures. But there are neutral mechanoids, like this luminous spider, whose true purpose remains a mystery. Perhaps he has not yet shown himself and thereby causes the alertness of the two magicians. The remaining crew members have already taken up positions inside the combat vehicle. Due to the similarly poorly studied behavior of these mechanoids that live in forests and swamps, people do not run the risk of fighting nature and therefore dark forests, impenetrable jungle and unsteady swamps, through which such caravans pave the way, are intended to transport most of the world valuable goods from city to city. Cities are represented by gigantic, multi-tiered and multi-story buildings. They thrive in trade, craft, science. On the lower floors, as a rule, there are poor and artisans and all attendants, on the upper floors there are wealthy and more intellectually developed (not always) residents. The social system is strictly divided into castes with its own rules and laws. For example, a caste of scientists develops technologies and studies magical processes. Scientists are prohibited from revealing the secrets of a particular technology. For disobedience - death with the extraction of data memory. By the way, this caravan fulfills the order of one of the coalition of scientists, therefore, its personnel includes two mages of the highest rank, and the cargo carried under the canopy emits a strange magic light. Thanks for attention!