The Small Transport Truck also appears in the mini comic book for the set 4990 Rock Raiders HQ, where Bandit uses it to dump the leftover rock from a refined energy crystal into the Rapid Rider's cargo hold, though part of it misses and hits Docs instead. Axle and Bandit drive into a swarm of rock monsters that start to cause another cave-in, and Sparks has to quickly teleport them out. The two Rock Raiders (and a slimy slug) race away from the magma on the Transport Truck, and Bandit uses a blaster to cause a cave-in that blocks it. Axle and Bandit then encounter a slumbering rock whale, which wakes up and causes a magma flow. Now again, I havent played Factorio, but from what Ive heard, it has some of the same elements. You can automate everything, and have to defend from monsters. In Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground, Axle uses a Transport Truck to rescue Bandit from ice monsters that attacked Bandit's Rapid Rider, while Jet uses her Hover Scout to knock the monsters away. Now, its not 3D and all different levels like in Rock Raiders, but one map where you build and build to reach a goal: launch a rocket. Upon telelporting down a Small Transport Truck for the first time, the help window will display this message: Demonic Spiders: Slimy Slugs take inordinate amount of shots from the Laser Gun to kill, and will only be warded away by the recommended weapon, the Sonic Blaster (of course, this doesnt really work and you have to resort to Pusher Beams). The Small Transport Truck costs two energy crystals and requires the following for teleportation: Adaptation Displacement: The theme probably wouldnt even have a fan base if it werent for the game.
This can be mostly remedied, however, by building an Ore Refinery, preventing Small Transport Trucks from taking ore anywhere but there (though this bug will still occur with energy crystals).
This prevents buildings from being completed until the extra materials are removed, which Rock Raiders may fail to recognise for some time, causing them to ignore any manual orders to pick up extra materials from the building site – power paths and erosion repairing can be completed regardless, but Rock Raiders may get distracted from doing so by the extra ore. Official artwork of the Small Transport Truck with engine and scanner upgradesĪlthough the Small Transport Truck is a very useful vehicle, it can be problematic when constructing buildings and power paths, as it often delivers more materials than are required.