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Centipede Subterranean Mining Truck

Subterranean mining truck which uses Whip's Subgrid Wheel Control Script. It's a first working attempt to fill the gap in survival mode between starting out and manually digging up ore, and building some thrustered contraption that can actually get down there and dig ore up for you. Especially with realistic settings, thrusters can be a real pain to build and take quite the grind. This is the in-the-middle go-to to give access to the ore earlier on and cut out part of the manual grind.

Features:

- Bends, Flexes, Tips, and a gyro controlled head to control turn while underground, shake free when stuck, or flip back upright.
- Angled drills for easy digging back to the surface, keep driving into the dug tunnel to increase incline, stay stationary to slowly reduce incline.
- Tested with inventory size up to 5x but if you do get it that heavy, you need to keep all of its wheels clear of obstructions or you'll get stuck.
- Built for incredibly harsh terrain, but not for speed. Don't exceed 20m/s or it will become unstable (you'll notice, lol)
- Connect to base.
- No thrusters. When you can build a truck with a cargo container, you can build this.

Notes:

- Take a bit of a run up towards a resource and slightly alongside it to allow you to level out the truck for fine control while digging up the ore, and dig yourself back out without having to ruin the leftovers. Cannot reverse far!
- Lock connectors to transfer ore from main truck to the back of the body, and lock connectors to easily reverse into a base connector. At 5x inventory size however, you cannot steer it while loaded so a mobile connector may prove useful.
- Will take minor damage over time, this cannot be prevented. A ramp would be useful to get underneath to repair the damage, or just to check it out and steal the concept for survival mode.
- The truck is happy in the field, but not so much in big bases, be very careful on ramps!

Enjoy the ride!