Engineer's Mobile Workshop

The valley had good acoustic qualities, and Toreo heard the workshop before he saw it. There was a certain echoing rattle to engineering wagons that was characteristic, though the marshal could never quite pin down exactly what it was - a cacophony of metal tools clanking against each other and the heavy iron shell, the sickening crunch whenever the wagon managed to clear a rut in the road. Then, there was the fact that you always saw the top of the workshop appear before the rest of the wagon...
The vehicle came to a halt in front of him. This mobile workshop seemed even more ungainly than most; the ones in the Capital didn't have random tools and oddments bolted and hanging loosely off the side of the shell, which was a great deal higher than usual. The door to the driver's compartment opened, and a woman stepped out. She gave Toreo the once over.
"Do you have my supplies?" She stepped to the back of the wagon and fiddled with the lock on the workshop shell. As soon as she released the mechanism, the back of the wagon unfolded all at once - the three parts of the workshop 'shell' were now deployed, but had flung random tools and debris all over the ground. The power engineer had ducked for cover, and winced at the sight of her now scattered workbench. "I must have wound it too strong."
"You think so?" Toreo picked up a smith's hammer and handed it back. There was no question that this was the power-engineer assigned to the Vel Vitis project, as she had that constant, faraway look of most engineers, but she was also tall, nearly a full foot taller than Toreo himself. Perhaps her height was useful for engineering work? There were a number of tools attached to the shell that likely only she could reach. "There will be a shipment of hardwood and pig iron delivered here just after noon, according to the manifest I saw."
"Hrm." She took the tool back wordlessly and snapped it to place. The engineer moved with a well-practiced speed, rotating work tables into place, staging tool racks for easy reach, and setting up benches and stools. Before long, the mobile workshop was fully deployed, with the final touch being the engineer fanning the forge of the metalworking crucible. She turned to Toreo.
"So what's the specification?" She looked around, seemingly for the first time since arriving. "I don't see a river and the wind here is quiet."
"Wait. You weren't told anything?" Toreo was incredulous. "You're not building a station, we're adding a link, Port Rytha to Val Vitis, to bring a new local manufactory online. What, did they just say 'hey go here today'?"
"More or less." The engineer's gaze was unfocused. "Transmission from Rytha to here is going to result in unacceptable losses over the flatrods, the power won't be enough to do anything useful on this end after fifteen miles of reciprocation. Not acceptable."
"That's not what the consortium rep said." The marshal reached a hand out. "Wait. What are you doing?"
"Packing." She was already putting the tooling back into place for transport and she began to fold the workshop shell closed. "If there's no power-source here, this is a waste of time, and I'm going to complain to the Distributor for wasting my time driving the wagon out."
"At least look around. I'm no engineer. Maybe there's something here you could use?" Toreo held a finger to his temple as the woman ignored him and latched the shell shut.
"Unlikely." The woman hopped back into the wagon and clutched the flywheel in. The mobile workshop shuddered and began to slowly move out of the clearing.
"At least give me a ride back to town..."

Power Generation

These mobile workshops are constructed from the chassis of standard Power-Wagons and are thus powered by standard flywheels. The additional weight of the workshop engineering suite makes each flywheel charge that much less efficient at transport; workshop vehicles are slow and require frequent recharge at power-stations.

Propulsion

As with standard wagons, a charged flywheel is clutched into the geared transmission in order to set the wheels turning and the wagon in motion. Unlike standard wagons, mobile workshops are modified to limit the maximum speed of the vehicle, as high speeds on rutted roads could damage the specialized tooling and components.

Additional & auxiliary systems

Mobile workshops carry, as per their name, a complete set of tools and a working environment for trained Power engineers. These vehicles are the first step when constructing and deploying Power to an area without it; the engineering suite allows the fabrication and assemblage of an entire power system, from the impetus wheel driven by water flow or robust winds, to the reciprocating flatrods that deliver power across distances, to the final mate gear that permits Power to do something useful at a destination. The construction of a Power system in a previously unpowered location is typically a momentous occasion, and it's common for there to be a celebration when Power is successfully delivered to a community for the first time.
The workshop suite is a large, pre-fabricated shell bolted and mated to the back of a standard 680 series Principality of Etoile power wagon, an old and reliable model. Said shell is crammed to the brim with tooling - an entire woodworking bench with hand lathe, drill, and planar, a small metalworking suite with miniature crucible, joiner, and hand mill, and many more miscellaneous engineering implements. Additionally, each workship carries a blueprint set describing all standardized Power components to ensure parts interchangeability and compatibility of systems regardless of locale.
Upon arrival at a destination, the working engineer must 'unfold' the shell of the workshop suite to set up their working area and begin planning and parts fabrication. The workshop itself takes up so much space that there is no room to carry any significant number of prefabricated parts; any serious Power deployment will require a great deal of parts manufacture onsite, with materials either already sourced and positioned, or carried in another wagon dedicated to cargo. An engineer must first identify a source of power (rivers being an ideal source, with a windy passage second, and animal-driven a distant and unreliable third) and build a wheel or similar to capture the power. The engineer must then identify the destination of the power (normally a village or other small community) and estimate the maximum load that can be incurred. Finally, the engineer must scope the power-transmission pathway, evaluating the loss of power over longer transmission distances, then fabricate and construct the line from start to finish.
A qualified power engineer must be capable of themselves pioneering a power system from start to finish, but naturally the work is much faster when more are involved; the workshop may be staffed by local crafters and smiths skilled in their own trades, who need no special knowledge of Power to simply cut and lathe parts.

Class

Power-Wagons

Manufacturer

Principality of Etoile

Price

200,000F to 250,000F depending on capability

Rarity

Rare

Beam

6ft

Length

10ft

Height

14ft

Weight

2500-3300lb

Speed

Maximum speed of 25mph

Complement / Crew

One Power-Engineer

Cargo & Passenger Capacity

None additional to the engineering suite on board