A hoist and deployable equipment system for a carrier, wherein the carrier is to carry a load suspended by a cable from the carrier, and wherein the hoist and deployable equipment system comprises: a hoist to be mounted the carrier, a dock for the deployable equipment, wherein the dock comprises an interface for a deployable equipment, and the deployable equipment, and the deployable equipment comprises a computer processor and memory, characterized in that the hoist comprises a reel for the cable and at least one of a cable length encoder or a reel force encoder, wherein the memory comprises a deployable equipment module which, when executed by the computer processor, obtains at least one of a cable length from the cable length encoder or a force on the reel from the reel force encoder and controls at least one of the deployable equipment, the reel, or the dock based at least partially thereon, wherein the deployable equipment comprises a suspended load control apparatus, wherein the suspended load control apparatus comprises a thruster and a sensor suite, wherein the deployable equipment module is a load control module which, when executed by the computer processor, estimates or predicts a state or parameter of the suspended load control apparatus based on at least one of a sensor data from the sensor suite, the cable length or the force on the reel, wherein the load control module is to control at least one of the thruster or the reel to influence a near-term future state or parameter of the suspended load control apparatus, and wherein to control the reel to influence the near-term future state or parameter of the suspended load control apparatus comprises to reel in or pay out cable from the reel. wherein the carrier is to carry a load suspended by a cable from the carrier, and wherein the hoist and deployable equipment system comprises: a hoist to be mounted the carrier, a dock for the deployable equipment, wherein the dock comprises an interface for a deployable equipment, and the deployable equipment, and the deployable equipment comprises a computer processor and memory, characterized in that the hoist comprises a reel for the cable and at least one of a cable length encoder or a reel force encoder, wherein the memory comprises a deployable equipment module which, when executed by the computer processor, obtains at least one of a cable length from the cable length encoder or a force on the reel from the reel force encoder and controls at least one of the deployable equipment, the reel, or the dock based at least partially thereon, wherein the deployable equipment comprises a suspended load control apparatus, wherein the suspended load control apparatus comprises a thruster and a sensor suite, wherein the deployable equipment module is a load control module which, when executed by the computer processor, estimates or predicts a state or parameter of the suspended load control apparatus based on at least one of a sensor data from the sensor suite, the cable length or the force on the reel, wherein the load control module is to control at least one of the thruster or the reel to influence a near-term future state or parameter of the suspended load control apparatus, and wherein to control the reel to influence the near-term future state or parameter of the suspended load control apparatus comprises to reel in or pay out cable from the reel. a hoist to be mounted the carrier, a dock for the deployable equipment, wherein the dock comprises an interface for a deployable equipment, and the deployable equipment, and the deployable equipment comprises a computer processor and memory, characterized in that the hoist comprises a reel for the cable and at least one of a cable length encoder or a reel force encoder, wherein the memory comprises a deployable equipment module which, when executed by the computer processor, obtains at least one of a cable length from the cable length encoder or a force on the reel from the reel force encoder and controls at least one of the deployable equipment, the reel, or the dock based at least partially thereon, wherein the deployable equipment comprises a suspended load control apparatus, wherein the suspended load control apparatus comprises a thruster and a sensor suite, wherein the deployable equipment module is a load control module which, when executed by the computer processor, estimates or predicts a state or parameter of the suspended load control apparatus based on at least one of a sensor data from the sensor suite, the cable length or the force on the reel, wherein the load control module is to control at least one of the thruster or the reel to influence a near-term future state or parameter of the suspended load control apparatus, and wherein to control the reel to influence the near-term future state or parameter of the suspended load control apparatus comprises to reel in or pay out cable from the reel.