A possible shared project between Stellvia and the BBI

[robkelk]

I think it was Mal who suggested using converted cargo containers as living modules. This idea builds on that:

1) Handwave an old http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/sik_s-64.php]S-64 "flying crane" or the equivalent for reliability, spaceworthiness, and extended flight time. (This craft would no doubt be nicknamed "Eagle 1" by the Gerry Anderson Fen, so let's make the name official... )

2) Handwave some cargo containers (that the flying crane can lift) for airtightness and livability; install airlocks in the cargo containers while doing so.

3) Equip the cargo containers as disaster relief modules - a trauma unit, a field kitchen, a communications center, a solar-power generation station, and some bunkhouses.

4) Keep the disaster relief modules ready to deploy to disaster areas.

If Stellvia offered to pay for a chopper and a half-dozen or so cargo containers, would the Blue Blazers be interested in providing the necessary staff - a chopper pilot, two medics, a comms specialist, and a cook, at minimum?
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[Cobalt Greywalker]

You're not trying to actually make Thunderbird 2 are you Rob?

Given A.C. sells a lot of medical gear to the Blue Blazers via Fred and her close friendship with Noah, she be happy to equip a few with state-of-the-kludge
gear (medical or otherwise).

It'd make a nice impetus to start developing some automated treatment pods.

[Ebony]

Given that there is a Blue Blazer known as Don Tracey, I think that would work quite well. The Banzai Institute maintains a small medical staff, mostly for
their own people, but they also maintain good relations with Doctors Without Borders and the International Red Cross. The last M.A.S.H. was decommissioned in
2006, according to Wikipedia; some of the materiel from that, or at least the logistic plans, should still be available by the time this gets off the ground.

As a side note, Blackstone finds the idea of a helicopter in space hilarious. The initial conversation involves several iterations of, "But ... it's a
helicopter!" followed by laughter. Afterwards, the sight of Eagle-1 will always make him chuckle.
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