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, 2009-03-23
Exploration Catamaran v1.0 (TL10) Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer The Exploration Catamaran was designed for detailed oceanographic and biological surveys of water worlds. The first starships provide orbital maps and conduct a few landings, but it takes surface travel (boats, in the case of water-rich worlds) to evaluate an ecosphere fully. The Exploration Catamaran has a rigid 50' wingsail, covered by solar cells to power a closed life support system. This environmental system is not intended for toxic atmospheres - there are no airlocks - but it protects the alien biosphere. The left hull of the catamaran holds the cabin for two crew, the right hull contains a workshop and stores for many months, even years. Subassemblies: Body +5, Wingsail +5. Powertrain: 1,250 sf solar cells; three 360,000-kWs rechargeable power cells. Occ: 2 XRCS, 1 cabin. Cargo: 180 cf Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/24 4/24 4/24 4/24 4/24 Wingsail: 2/4 2/4 2/4 2/4 2/4 Equipment: Body: Long-range radio; 10x LLTV; 0.15-mile depth finding sonar; data recorder; navigation instruments; transponder; two global positioning systems; C4 dedicated computer with C2 computer navigation; compact fire suppression system; engineering mini-workshop; 2-man total life system. Statistics Size: 30'x20'x60' Payload: 2 tons Lwt.: 10 tons Volume: 2,000 cf Maint.: 63 hours Price: $100,950 HT: 12. HPs: 750 Body, 2,500 Wingsail wSpeed: 30 wAccel: 5 wDecel: 3 wMR: 0.5 wSR: 3 Draft 2.4'. Flotation Rating 48 tons. Design Notes Body is 2,000 cf, with heavy compartmentalization, fine hydrodynamics, and a catamaran hull. Wingsail is 1,250 sf. Structure is light, very cheap. Armor is cheap composite. Sealed. 248 cf empty space. Empty weight is 16,000 lbs. The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third printing, January 2007 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: A lower-tech cat. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
