I think I forgot to send this week's vehicle, and nobody complained. Hmm ...
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. The files at omeyer.gmxhome.de are down until I fix the automatic PDF generation, which should be one of these days - see sourceforge.net/projects/gurpsml Onno Meyer, 2010-08-07 Desert Rover v1.0 (TL9) Copyright 2010 by Onno Meyer The Desert Rover is used on thinly settled worlds with scattered towns and settlements. Running on eight 5 m balloon tires, the Rover can cross roadless deserts, icy tundras, and wide rivers. It can carry 400 tons of cargo in the 36 m by 8 m by 4 m hold, and ten persons in the habitat in front. The endurance of the power plant is two years, for a theoretical range of more than half a million kilometers. Subassemblies: Body +8, eight Off-Road Wheels +6. Powertrain: 25,000-kW all-wheel drivetrain; 25,000-kW fission reactor; 10-kW RTG; 270,000-kWs rechargeable power cell. Occ: 2 bridge RCS, 5 double-occupancy cabins. Cargo: 40,000 cf Armor F RL B T U All: 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 Equipment: Body: Two long-range radios; two 1-mile searchlights; two x1 LLTVs; two sets of navigation instruments; two transponders; two global positioning systems; four C3 small computers; two terminals; compact fire suppression system; complete workshop; ST 9,600 winch; cargo ramp; 10-man environmental controls. External: Bulldozer blade; puncture-resistant tires; tow hitch; tow pin. Statistics Size: 160'x40'x20' Payload: 401 tons Lwt.: 1,001 tons Volume: 100,000 cf Maint.: 11 man-hours Price: $5,510,500 HT: 11. HPs: 60,000 Body, 15,000 each Wheel gSpeed: 80 gAccel: 4 gDecel: 10 gMR: 0.25 gSR: 5 Ground Pressure High. 1/4 Off-Road Speed. wSpeed: 9 wAccel: 0.5 wDecel: 10 wMR: 0.25 wSR: 7 Draft 8.4'. Flotation 1,562.5 tons. Design Notes Body is 50,000 cf. Wheels are 50,000 cf (increased volume). Structure is cheap and extra-heavy. Armor is cheap metal. Waterproof. Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 758.15 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 1,200,000 lbs. The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third printing, December '09 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: A slightly smaller model ... _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
