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, 2008-09-29
Prospecting Rover v1.0 (TL10) Copyright 2008 by Onno Meyer The Prospecting Rover is a modification of an ordinary Transport Rover for an independent prospector on an airless world. The Rover consists of two units with four wheels each, connected by a flexible link. The front unit contains the cab, a small cabin with two beds, and hydroponics for air and food production. The rear unit holds the airlock, cargo lockers, a maintenance workshop, an isotope battery, and a fuel enrichment plant to refuel the isotope battery from suitable ores. If nothing goes wrong, the Prospecting Rover can operate independently for months or years. In practice, only foolish or desperate prospectors venture that far from civilization - the modifications replaced almost all redundant systems. The Rover fits into Traveller games where contragrav is less effective (or more expensive) than described by GURPS Traveller. The cover of VXii could represent a Rover with additional trailers. Subassemblies: Articulated Body +5, eight Off-Road Wheels +3. Powertrain: 875-kW all-wheel drivetrain; 1,000-kW RTG; three 360,000-kWs rechargeable power cells. Occ: 2 RCS, double-occupancy cabin. Cargo: 480 cf Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/120 4/120 4/120 4/120 4/120 Wheels: 4/120 4/120 4/120 4/120 4/120 Equipment: Body: Two long-range radios; two 8x LLTVs; 2-mile radar; 2-mile radscanner; set of navigation instruments; transponder; inertial navigation system; global positioning system; C5 hardened minicomputer; terminal; full fire suppression system; mechanic mini-workshop; ST 640 winch; two-man airlock; 20 lb./hour fissionable pellet processor; tire inflation system; 2-man total life system. External: Radiation shielding; puncture-resistant tires; tow hitch; tow pin; 500 sf solar cells. Statistics Size: 50'x10'x10' Payload: 5 tons Lwt.: 35 tons Volume: 3,500 cf Maint.: 5 man-hours Price: $291,317.5 HT: 11. HPs: 3,000 Body, 600 each Wheel gSpeed: 80 gAccel: 4 gDecel: 15 gMR: 1 gSR: 6 Ground Pressure High. 1/4 Off-Road Speed. Design Notes Cheaply made. Body is 2,000 cf. Wheels are 1,500 cf (increased volume). Structure is heavy, standard. All-wheel steering. Smartwheels. Armor is standard metal. Sealed. Computerized controls. 132.23 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 60,000 lbs. The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third printing, Dec 2004 errata], VXi and VXii (the armor volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: A rescue variant. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
