[quote=@Jagon K DW]
Just two things: what level of technology do we have? are laser tools common or rare? what is our fuel source? the sun? nuclear generators? antimatter? ect. 
Also, what is our starting budget. i.e. for the vehicles am I limited to a common buggy or can I get a huge mobile base? 
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Lasers are fairly common, especially for things like cutters, welders, and mining drills, but they are more expensive than physical tools because they are higher tech and therefore require more specialized materials and equipment to make.  The most common, and cheapest, source of power is solar panels, but the larger communes, such as those at the older colonies, would have LFTR reactors or U-235/P-239 reactors.  We would pretty much be limited to solar and RTGs.

My person and the NPC will come in a [url=http://cdn.pcgamesn.com/sites/default/files/marsvehicle1.jpg]buggy[/url] hauling a trailer about half that size, and will have pooled our resources to do it.  Depending on how well off your former commune was, though, you could easily be rich enough to own that on your own.  Our two communes were about average in per-capita wealth.