Mobile Operations Temporary Encampment Load

A Mobile Operations Temporary Encampment Load also known by it's initials MOTEL is a temporary camp designed to house a single United Stars Marine Corps Platoon. More than one can be deployed in relatively close proximity to accommodate up to a Company sized unit.

In it's standard configuration it is deployed to a location identified with a beacon on the surface of a planet or other piece of Celestial Real Estate by a Giga load Translocator Cannon. In it's deployment mode it appears as a dark green 5 ton capsule.

Once activated on the surface, it analyses the surroundings and provides a stable platform about 15 meters in diameter. In swamps or and unstable surfaces it creates a floating platform, alternatively it builds a fixed platform. A standard platform has four automatic cannons, and a square structure, and is well shielded with ParaDim Shields.

The square structure is large enough for a platoon to remove their suits, take showers, eat in a small galley and sleep in low gee cots.

Typically these are deployed when a platoon is expected to stay at a location between a week and 3 months.