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, 2006-05-29
Exhibit SM/1120/13125467 aka Shortbow v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL10) Copyright 2006 by Onno Meyer At a first glance, the Ministry of Justice investigators thought that the Shortbow was a jury-rigged space intercept missile - it fits neatly into the standard 250mm missile rack. During a detailed examination, it became clear that the acceleration is insufficient for a kinetic weapon and that the telescope is not very suitable for tactical operations. Fragments of the navigation and communications software suggest that several hundred Shortbow units can form a telescope array which rivals the largest astronomical instruments in the Imperium. All parts of the probe are commercial technology readily available in the Marches, but the MoJ is seriously concerned why anyone would fit a scientific array with the some of the best stealth on the open market. Subassemblies: Body +0. Powertrain: 60-lb. vectored reactionless thruster; 5-kW NPU. Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/30 4/30 4/30 4/30 4/30 Equipment: Body: Four long-range laser communicators; 400x astronomical instrument; precision navigation instruments; three C4 small, hardened robot brains. External: Radical stealth; radical emission cloaking. Statistics Size: 11'x1'x1' Payload: - Lwt.: 0.15 tons Volume: 6 cf Maint.: 35 hours Price: $327,260 HT: 12. HPs: 15 Body sAccel: 0.2 G sMR: 0.2 Design Notes Body is 6 cf. Structure is light, very cheap and robotic. Armor is advanced metal. Sealed. 1.93 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 300 lbs. The TL10 vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [2nd edition, 3rd printing, Dec 2004 errata], GT and VXii (the armor volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: A decoy missile. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
