On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:42:21 +0200 (MEST), "Onno Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the >GURPSnet mailing list. I grant the permission for all non-commercial >redistribution of my work, but I would like to know if you put it on >a website or the like. With a slight delay, old vehicles appear >at http://omeyer.gmxhome.de/GURPSnet_files/summary.html > Onno Meyer, 2006-03-26 > >ArcoTech Police Cart v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL9) > Copyright 2006 by Onno Meyer > > On very inhospitable planets, populations are often concentrated in a >few arcologies. Vehicles for use within these buildings differ from the >open country models - size matters, and bigger isn't always better. > The Police Cart is equipped for riot control in a crowded and fragile >environment. It can carry two police officers on the front bench and up >to four prisoners in the rear. A bulldozer blade can be used to clear >barricades and the electrified surface helps to herd protesters away >>from critical facilities. > At full speed, the power cells last for 10 hours. > >Subassemblies: Body +3, four standard Wheels +0. >Powertrain: 37.5-kW wheeled drivetrain; five 270,000-kWs rechargeable E > cells. Something that has always bothered my about your arcology designs; vehicles used exclusively in indoor corridors are excellent candidates for electric contact power systems (p.V87). Backup batteries are a good idea for emergencies or going to otherwise inaccessable areas, but for normal operation a contact pole touching a power strip in the ceiling should be perfectly safe. In this case, a 37.5-kW contact power system would mass 37.5 lbs., take up 1.5 cf (including short term access space) and cost Cr300. If you like, I could run this and the other ArcoTech designs through GVB to add contact power and post the results. What do you think? -- Dalton "who fondly remembers the HSR trolleys of my childhood" Spence _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
