03-24-2019, 08:50 AM
I've experienced the same bug and can say similar things occur with the cargo cart. While I mention this on the Seafloor page, and I usually don't mention bugs on the wiki, it feels more like an oversight than a feature. Considering how relatively harmless and easy seafloor travel is, I don't think the coders are trying to prohibit people from using these vehicles. Maybe they're trying to keep people from bypassing the Trench's burn damage, but then, why not make it bypass these vehicles? And besides, I think there's some part of the 2016 source that remarks that forklifts protect from Space damage because it's a "closed cabin" or something.