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Onno Meyer, 2010-11-01
Interstellar Freighter, Vehicles Version v1.0 (TL11)
Copyright 2010 by Onno Meyer
The Interstellar Freighter carries containerized cargo between major
industrialized planets. Her usual voyages are routine, with port times
of mere hours followed by boring days or weeks in hyperspace.
The starship has two decks. The lower deck with the engine rooms and
cargo holds is 20' high, while the upper deck with the bridge, offices,
and quarters averages 10' height. She has tractor beams to assist with
cargo handling in orbit, but usually she will make a surface landing.
It takes 13 hours to recharge the power cells for a hyperspace entry.
Subassemblies: Body +9.
Powertrain: Two 6,000,000-lb. vectored super reactionless thrusters;
6,000-ton hyperdrive; two 400,000-kW fusion reactors;
2,160,000,000-kWs rechargeable power cell.
Occ: 10 bridge RCS, 20 single-occupancy cabins. Cargo: 175,000 cf.
Armor F RL B T U
Body: 4/500* 4/500* 4/500* 4/500* 4/500*
* PD 8 with deflector field.
Equipment:
Body: Two extreme-range radios; two very-long-range laser
communicators; two 1,000-mile AESAs; two 3,600-lightsecond FTL radars;
two 1,000-mile PESAs; 1,000-mile multiscanner; two x200 astronomical
LLTVs; 100-AU hyperspace emergence detector; 100-AU FTL scan detector;
two sets of precision navigation instruments; four transponders; six
inertial navigation systems; four C6 hardened minicomputers; 24
terminals; four full fire suppression systems; engineering workshop;
three ST 10,000 tractor beams; two automeds; 60-man airlock; four
forcelocks; vehicle bay (for 1,000-cf Launch); three 20-man total life
support systems; twelve grav units. External: Radiation shielding;
deflector field.
Statistics
Size: 210'x70'x35' Payload: 1,760 tons Lwt.: 3,000 tons
Volume: 300,000 cf Maint.: 45 man-hours Price: $86,290,500
HT: 11. HPs: 180,000 Body
aSpeed: 3,875 aAccel: 40 aDecel: 6 aMR: 1.5 aSR: 6
sAccel: 2 Gs sMR: 2 FTL Speed: 0.4 parsec/day.
Design Notes
Body is 300,000 cf, with heavy compartmentalization, underbelly skids,
very good streamlining and lifting body. Structure is extra-heavy,
standard. Armor is standard metal. Sealed. Computerized controls with
duplicate maneuver controls. 7,432.8 cf of empty space. Empty weight is
2,480,000 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.
Interstellar Freighter, Spaceships Version v1.0 (TL11^)
Design 2010 by Kenneth Peters, color text 2010 by Onno Meyer
The Interstellar Freighter carries containerized cargo between major
industrialized planets. Her usual voyages are routine, with port times
of mere hours followed by boring days or weeks in hyperspace.
The starship has two decks. The lower deck with the engine rooms and
cargo holds is 20' high, while the upper deck with the bridge, offices,
and quarters averages 10' height. She has tractor beams to assist with
cargo handling in orbit, but usually she will make a surface landing.
It has a streamlined 3,000-ton (SM +9) hull about 210 feet long.
Systems Table
Front Hull System
[1] Light Alloy Armor (dDR 7).
[2-3] Habitats (10 cabins with total life support each).
[4!] Three SM+8 systems:
Habitat (three minifac robofacs, office, and two-bed
sickbay with automeds).
Hangar Bay (30 tons capacity).
Medium Battery (three turrets with 100 MJ tractor beams).
[5-6] Cargo Holds (150 tons capacity each).
[core] Control Room (C9 computer, comm/sensor 9, and six control
stations).
Central Hull System
[1] Light Alloy Armor (dDR 7).
[2-6] Cargo Holds (150 tons capacity each).
[core] Stardrive (FTL-1).
Rear Hull System
[1] Light Alloy Armor (dDR 7).
[2-3] Cargo Holds (150 tons capacity each).
[4] Fusion Power Plant (two Power Points).
[5-6!] Standard Reactionless Engines (1G acceleration each).
It has the artificial gravity feature.
PILOTING/TL11 (HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPACECRAFT)
TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR HT Move Lwt. Load SM Occ dDR Range
Cost
11^ Interstellar Freighter 100 -1/5 12 2G/c 3,000 1,384 +9 40ASV 7 1x
$95.8M
Atmospheric top speed is 3,500 mph and Hnd/SR -1/5.
Next Week: Probably the launch.
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