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, 2008-04-07
Hypersonic Recon Drone v1.0 (TL8) Copyright 2008 by Onno Meyer This recon drone could serve as a McGuffin or plot device in a present day espionage or conspiracy game. Payload modules range from cameras and radars to salvaged alien mind control rays ... anything that has to move at Mach 6 for proper dramatic effect. The characters could be tasked to recover a downed drone, or they could choose to investigate reports of strange contrails and sonic noises. The ramjet burns 40 gallons of jet fuel per minute. A load of fuel is $1,800. Subassemblies: Body +3, three retractable Wheels +0. Powertrain: 19,200-lb. ramjet; 35,000-kWs advanced battery. Fuel: 600 gallons jet fuel (fire 12). Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20 Wheels: 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 Equipment: Body: Scrambled very long range radio; scrambled long range tight-beam radio; 100x LLTV; flight data recorder; IFF; inertial navigation system; military GPS; terrain-following radar; advanced radar/laser detector; 12 aircraft chaff dischargers; 12 aircraft flare dischargers; C4 genius, hardened minicomputer; 2-cf modular socket. External: Radical stealth. Statistics Size: 24'x6'x4' Payload: 2 tons Lwt.: 4 tons Volume: 250 cf Maint.: 12 hours Price: $3,022,250 HT: 12. HPs: 375 Body, 40 each Wheel aSpeed: 4,800 aAccel: 48 aDecel: 12 aMR: 3 aSR: 3 Stall Speed 190 mph. Ceiling 25,000 yards. Design Notes Body is 250 cf, with lifting body and radical streamlining. Wheels are 12.5 cf. Structure is medium and advanced. Armor is advanced composite. Ultra-light, self-sealing tank. Sealed structure. Computerized controls. There are 26.128 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 4,000 lbs. The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third printing, Dec 2004 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor volume and stall speed rules) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: A much smaller high-tech drone. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
