Well, we *have* to find that part don't we?atpollard wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:44 pmGood and bad news ...
... The VET ATV contains specialized imaging equipment that can easily scan through the snow for objects. It can be set to discriminate by material signatures. It can scan through up to a meter of earth. It employs multiple spectral arrays (ultrasound, magnetic imaging, radar). It is primarily used to locate buried cables or conduits inside walls/ceilings/floors.
... it is backpack sized and weighs 50kg making it best transported by 2 people.
Scanning the vicinity of the Station (500 meters along both trails) yields numerous small objects near the buildings (screws, fasteners, pens, things commonly dropped) but nothing of interest and nothing along the footprints leading away.
Scanning further will require a team to carry the unit and scan. (just specify how many kilometers you intend to travel along Mick's path or who will track the other path beyond the short distance that mick previously marked.)
Joe suggests that we scan the path not followed out several hundred meters more.
Team of 3, one to carry the equipment and scan, and two to provide cover. Of the folks remaining here, Olivia and Joe are probably the best to provide the cover and maybe Jim could do the scanning? If we do this someone else needs to be on the roof doing overwatch and letting us know if heat signatures come our way...and folks in the field need to be armed to the teeth.
We might want to take one of the ATV's not being used to power the buildings out a hundred meters and scan back and forth, then take it out another couple hundred meters and repeat? That would keep us close to an ATV to retreat to if we get attacked or need to warm up.
Thoughts?