David asked:
> No mind control option?
Not in Vehicles. Besides, I don't believe in mind control by
such gross physical means. Fry a mind, maybe.
Travis asked:
> Kind of makes you wonder what modern anti-satellite laser weapons
> might be under development or being tested behind closed doors
> today...
> Probably the biggest problem would be diffusion, and we have adaptive
> optics to take care of that...
This design is firmly TL9 -- power cells, fusion rockets, and
a very advanced laser.
Eric wrote:
> What is the time to recharge each shot?
>
> I get 15 hours.
52 hours if it is communicating constantly, 30 hours otherwise.
A weapon with RoF 1/2 lists half the power per shot as power
per turn.
> if "basic" stealth were not a problem you could get 4kW from solar cells
> -- twice what that reactor brings.
I could drop DR by a few points to afford a bigger RTG, too.
But given the recharge time listed above, 15 shots are it
for a battle. That will be time for an overhaul, too.
> > Fuel: 20 gallons water.
>
> would it be easier to put it in a polar orbit so it can fire twice daily
> at a given spot on the planet?
* It has to maneuver to avoid ASATs.
* A low polar orbit won't pass over each point daily, and
neither does an equatorial orbit (see below). For an
Archvillain, everything depends on an intricate timetable.
Military users will deploy swarms ("constellations") of
them.
> > Weapon Weight Volume Cost Power WPS VPS CPS TL
> > 96-MJ Rainbow Laser 2,000 40 $590,000 108,000 - - - 9
> >
> > Weapon Ammo Malf. Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D Max RoF
> > 96-MJ Rainbow Laser - ver. imp. 6d*26 25 31 248,000 744,000 1/2
>
>
> soooo, its range is in yards...
Following the rules :-)
> Minimum 1/2D GURPS WEAPON range for "low orbit" to surface rainbow laser:
>
> 19.2 + (81/50) = 20.82 miles (36,643 yards)
If your target is 100 miles from the ground path of the laser
sat, the required range goes up by sqrt(2). The lower the
orbit, the larger this effect.
Besides, low orbits make it too easy to fire SAMs at it.
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