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"Power Brick" Self-Propelled Auxiliary Power Unit

This is a small-grid self-propelled Auxiliary Power Unit vehicle, known colloquially in the aviation business as a "start cart". Its' main purpose is to start or charge up stranded vehicles, though it can also be used to provide temporary starting power to bases as it's basically a mobile power station.

IRL, start carts are is used to provide ground power to a variety of aircraft both civilian and military.

In-game, it serves as an emergency vehicle, providing a temporary source of power for rovers if they run out of power and get stranded far from base.

It provides a startup charge to batteries so that they can power on and, once they are suitably charged, they'll be able to switch to onboard power.

Then the on-board power supplies can take it from there.

It can also serve as a temporary power source for ground bases, since it is basically a mobile power station.

It has every kind of power supply short of wind turbines on it, and it has outriggers (landing gear) to provide stabilization so it doesn't tip over when the solar panels are raised.

Power connections to other vehicles are provided through connectors located on all four sides.

To drive the Power Brick, use the remote control:

For one-man operation and more-precise alignment of connectors from the ground, push Shift+K and navigate to the Power Brick entry, then press Control. Or for long-distance travel, enter the passenger seat in the cab, then press K, navigate to the remote control and push Control.


The solar panel tower needs Isy's solar panel alignment script to function properly, but otherwise the vehicle is a vanilla creation. No mods were used, apart from the script.

To deploy the solar panels, first deploy the outriggers by using the remote control. Then raise the solar mast and run the script.

Details on power provided:

Several Reactors
2x Hydrogen Engines, 2x hydro tanks
6x solar panels on a tower that can be extended and rotated via piston and rotors
Connections via connector, one on each side

Note: NOT meant for towing! This is NOT a tug, its' sole purpose is as a mobile power station. I will make a tug version if someone desires, however.

Side note: It's called the Power Brick as when I got done with the shell, it ended up looking like... well... a brick! So I went with it, paint scheme and all.
Side note: This was inspired by Splitsie's Survival Impossible food truck, when he said he was going to convert it into something else. (It was also inspired by the many times his motorbike ran out of power.)