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. My site is down for rebuilding, but sooner or later the old stuff should reappear at omeyer.gmxhome.de Onno Meyer, 2008-01-06
Salvage Pod v1.0 (TL9) Copyright 2008 by Onno Meyer Once space travel becomes common, there will be a need for deep space vehicles like this Salvage Pod. The Pod has two telescoping arms, three fusion engines and a crew bubble, clustered around the central reaction mass tank. In theory the delta-V is some 132 kps, but Salvage Pods tend to stay close to a base ship or station. The sensors are optimized for close range work and life support lasts for only 12 hours. Subassemblies: Body +3, two Arms +0. Powertrain: 12,000-lb. vectored fusion rocket; two 3,000-lb. vectored fusion rockets; two 270,000-kWs rechargeable power cells. Fuel: 400 gallons water. Occ: 1 NCS. Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20 Arms: 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20 Equipment: Body: Two medium range radios; two 1-mile, high-resolution imaging radars; 1-mile thermograph; navigation instruments; two transponders; two inertial navigation systems; two C3 small, hardened computers; terminal; 12 man-hours limited life system. Arms: ST 900 extendable arm motors. Statistics Size: 12'x8'x6' Payload: 1.8 tons Lwt.: 3.6 tons Volume: 200 cf Maint.: 17 hours Price: $1,412,750 HT: 12. HPs: 300 Body, 90 each Arm. sAccel: 2.5 sMR: 2.5 Delta-V 295,029 mph Design Notes Body is 180 cf. Arms are 10 cf. Structure is standard, medium. Armor is advanced composite. Sealed. Tanks are light. Computerized controls. There are 20.34 cf of empty space in the body and 4.42 cf in each arm. Empty weight is 3,600 lbs. The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [2nd edition, 3rd printing, Dec 2004 errata] and VXii (including the armor volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: A variant with jury-rigged armament. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
