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[Ukrainian Ranger]

Um, guys, why have surface scout if our M-caste has digging scouts?

[RAM]

Because digging scouts don't scout the surface? major excavation of the sort required for a sustained underground excursion is much more apparent than walking around with thermal shields and optical camouflage and burying yourself during temperature extremes.

[Donuts]

PTW.

[10ebbor10]

Because digging scouts don't scout the surface? major excavation of the sort required for a sustained underground excursion is much more apparent than walking around with thermal shields and optical camouflage and burying yourself during temperature extremes.

Depends on what exactly the term digging scout means.

ie, a scout that can burry itself, or a miner that scouts.

[kopout]

The M-scouts are called seismic scouts wich implies they scout specificly for under ground related things

[javierpwn]

I would like to think they emit seismic frequencies, as to find minerals and people whether they be above, or below ground

[kopout]

sounds resonable, but I do worry abot the humans seismic detector technology in that case.

[javierpwn]

That's always a concern, but to them, it might just be considered minor volcanic activity; considering we are on Mars, it is completely plausible

[Ukrainian Ranger]

Best way to reduce seismic waves - dig deeper

I want huge caverns, deep underground, reinforced by steel supports. We can go miles deep

[10ebbor10]

That's always a concern, but to them, it might just be considered minor volcanic activity; considering we are on Mars, it is completely plausible

Mars has no volcanic activity. It does have microquakes, IIRC.

[Morrigi]

That's always a concern, but to them, it might just be considered minor volcanic activity; considering we are on Mars, it is completely plausible

Mars has no volcanic activity. It does have microquakes, IIRC.

Mars has gigantic volcanoes and lava flows on its surface, and there is no reason to believe that it is a volcanically dead planet, especially in Tharsis.

[kaian-a-coel]

Mars has gigantic extinct volcanoes and lava once flowed on its surface, and there is every reason to believe that it is a volcanically dead planet.

more accurate.

[Ross Vernal]

First is administrivia, then the reply.

I think we need more info on the bore worms

They're built similar to You, but the abdomen doesn't narrow. The back end is slightly thicker and flatter. The "hair" that is normally on Our bodies is thicker and has more control to allow for more efficient movement. This comes at the cost of the legs it usually has, with stunted back legs that are more useful for pushing dirt back at an angle than anything. The front arms remain similar to Yours for raking soil, and as expected, the head is the largest, with a mouth and mandibles designed for digging. Their excretions are balls of concentrated useful elements, mostly iron and silicon.

As far as control, You would have no problems so long as they remain fed beyond whatever assorted bacteria the Humans seeded in the ground/came from Us or the Flowers they pick up.

The M-scouts are called seismic scouts wich implies they scout specificly for under ground related things

I would like to think they emit seismic frequencies, as to find minerals and people whether they be above, or below ground

It's mostly reflection seismology, but there's some amount of electric and thermal conductivity to it as well. While sensing magnetized objects is possible for the Scout, said function is deliberately stunted because Mars lacks a magnetosphere.

[Morrigi]

Mars has gigantic extinct volcanoes and lava once flowed on its surface, and there is every reason to believe that it is a volcanically dead planet.

more accurate.

http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1202/21geology/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanology_of_Mars

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tharsis

There is nothing definitive pointing to Mars being geologically dead. There is not enough information to make such an assumption.

[10ebbor10]

Point is, there hasn't been an eruption for half a million years.