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Onno Meyer, 2009-11-16
The 'double issue' of this week presents the same ship twice, once as
a Vehicles design and once with the Spaceships rules. The twin versions
are not interchangeable in the same game, but they have a similar look
and feel in both systems.
100-ton Streamlined Hyperfreighter v1.0 (TL10)
Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer
This starship uses one obvious violation of physics as we know it (the
hyperdrive) and a few less obvious ones to allow interstellar travel and
adventures. The freighter is streamlined for planetary landings to avoid
any dependence on orbital transfer stations or shuttles.
The ship has room for 24 tons of cargo and ten crew or passengers. The
usual crew are a master, a mate, two engineers and a medic, which leaves
berths for five passengers.
The fusion rockets use 133 gallons of reaction mass per minute. A full
load of provisions is $6,000.
Subassemblies: Body +6, ten retractable wheels +2.
Powertrain: Two 200,000-lb. vectored fusion rockets; 250-ton hyperdrive;
25-kW RTG; 5,000-kW fusion reactor; two 45,000,000-kWs rechargeable
power cells.
Fuel: 8,000 gallons water.
Occ: 5 RCS, 8 bunks, 1 double-occupancy cabin. Cargo: 2,400 cf.
Armor F RL B T U
All: 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100
Equipment:
Body: Two extreme-range radios; extreme-range laser communicator; two
1,000-mile, air-search radars; two 800-mile thermographs; 800-mile
radscanner; two x200 astronomical LLTVs; two sets of precision
navigation instruments; two transponders; four inertial navigation
systems; two C6 hardened microframes; six terminals; full fire
suppression system; mechanic mini-workshop; automed; cargo ramp; 2-man
airlock; two 10 man-day limited life systems; two 10-man full life
systems; 1,000 man-days of provisions. External: Radiation shielding.
Statistics
Size: 90'x24'x12' Payload: 60 tons Lwt.: 100 tons
Volume: 10,000 cf Maint.: 11 man-hours Price: $4,802,050
HT: 10. HPs: 4,500 Body, 120 each Wheel
aSpeed: 2,235 aAccel: 40 aDecel: 10 aMR: 2.5 aSR: 5
sAccel: 2 to 3 Gs sMR: 2 FTL Speed: 0.5 parsec/day
delta-V 191,821 mph
Design Notes
Body is 10,000 cf, with very good streamlining and lifting body.
Wheels are 500 cf, retract into Body. Structure is medium, expensive.
Armor is expensive composite. Sealed. Computerized controls with
duplicate maneuver controls. 202 cf of empty space. Empty weight is
80,000 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.
100-ton Streamlined Hyperfreighter, Spaceships Version v1.0 (TL10^)
Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer
This starship uses one obvious violation of physics as we know it (the
hyperdrive) and a few less obvious ones to allow interstellar travel and
adventures. The freighter is streamlined for planetary landings to avoid
any dependence on orbital transfer stations or shuttles.
The ship has room for 25 tons of cargo and ten crew or passengers. The
usual crew are a master, a mate, two engineers and a medic, which leaves
berths for five passengers.
The freighter has a 100-ton (SM+6) streamlined hull.
Systems Table
Front Hull System
[1] Nanocomposite Armor (dDR 7).
[2] Habitat (1 cabin).
[3-4] Habitat (1 bunkroom each).
[5] Fuel Tank (5 tons of hydrogen providing 15 mps).
[6] Cargo (5 tons capacity).
[core] Control Room (C7 computer, comm/sensor 5, and 2 control
stations).
Central Hull System
[1] Nanocomposite Armor (dDR 7).
[2!] Stardrive Engine (FTL-1).
[3] Fusion Reactor (provides two power points).
[4] Fuel Tank (5 tons of hydrogen providing 15 mps).
[5-6, core] Cargo (5 tons capacity each).
Rear Hull System
[1] Nanocomposite Armor (dDR 7).
[2-4] Fusion Torches (0.5 G acceleration each).
[5] Fuel Tank (5 tons of hydrogen providing 15 mps).
[6] Cargo (5 tons).
The crew consists of 2 bridge operators per shift, plus the medic.
TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR HT Move Lwt. Load SM Occ dDR
Range Cost
PILOTING/TL11 (HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPACECRAFT)
10^ 100-ton Hyperfreighter 30 0/4 12 1.5 G/45 mps 100 26 +6 10ASV 7
1x $10.09M
Top air speed is 3,100 mph, Move is 15/1,550, Handling/SR is 0/4.
Next Week: An armed variant for pirates.
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