Autonomous electric vehicles in platoon formation. Lead unit broadcasts coordination signals; trailing units maintain close spacing for aerodynamic coupling. Platoon sizes scale from 3-unit micro-convoys for local transfers to 40-unit freight trains for bulk flows. The workhorse mode for σ-0 and σ-1 payloads: titanium billets from Metallic Sciences, polymer resin from Polymer Press, structural assemblies from Foundation Kinetics.^[3]

Fleet lifecycle is managed through start-budget allocation — each unit receives a monthly start budget proportional to its design capacity and maintenance cost structure. The dispatch algorithm screens available units by remaining budget before considering performance metrics, forcing balanced wear distribution and preventing premature degradation of capital-intensive equipment.

Multi-rotor drone swarms for last-mile and emergency delivery. Individual units carry sub-100 kg payloads; swarm coordination enables synchronised multi-drone lift of up to 1.2 tonnes via distributed load frames. Decentralised consensus pathfinding: all units share a common gradient field generated by Nexus. Primary application: the Foundation MK-Oasis drop — habitat modules, water filtration cartridges, and photovoltaic panels airlifted to coordinates unreachable by ground convoy.^[4]

Transoceanic freight using magnetohydrodynamic propulsion — seawater is the working fluid, the Lorentz force provides thrust. No rotating mechanical components, no propeller cavitation, zero direct emissions. Hull composites co-developed with Lorentz Aerospace. Superconducting field coils from Highfield Magnetics CRYO-10 arrays.^[5]

Superconducting maglev pods inside bored tunnels maintained at reduced pressure. Highfield Magnetics CRYO-10 arrays in Halbach configuration for levitation; Vapor Vacuum maintains the evacuated corridor. The only transport mode designed for σ-3 at volume — qubit arrays from Aetheric Sciences, optical calibration targets, and isotope samples where surface transport vibration is unacceptable.^[6]

Phase 1 (subsonic, Mach 0.8): atmospheric H-LEV in partially evacuated tube. Phase 2 (supersonic, Mach 3): requires near-perfect vacuum below 1 Pa across hundreds of kilometres. Phase 3 (hypersonic): theoretical study only — centrifugal forces, emergency braking distances, and GW-scale power delivery remain unsolved.

Multi-kilometre evacuated tube with staged Highfield Magnetics coil acceleration, propelling σ-0 cargo at velocities sufficient for low Earth orbit injection (with solid-rocket kick stage for circularisation). Cargo only — acceleration profiles exceed human tolerance. This is the ultimate expression of the Fermat principle: for payloads that can tolerate extreme acceleration, the fastest path to orbit is a straight line through a magnetic barrel.^[7]