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Onno Meyer, 2010-12-27
Utility Shuttle, Vehicles Version v1.0 (TL11)
The small craft is used to transfer crews and cargo between starships
in parking orbit, transfer stations, and starports. The Utility Shuttle
has room for a pilot, six passengers, and twelve tons of cargo.
The shuttle has a cylindrical hull and delta wings. The thrusters are
mounted in the wing roots. The cargo hold is 30' long and 8' wide, with
a cargo ramp in the rear. The forward part of the cabin contains six
seats, an airlock, and a powerful tractor beam generator.
Subassemblies: Body +5, two high-agility Wings +2.
Powertrain: Two 60,000-lb. vectored super reactionless thrusters; 10-kW
RTG; 15,000-kW fusion reactor; 10,800,000-kWs rechargeable power cell.
Occ: 1 RCS, 6 RS. Cargo: 1,200 cf.
Armor F RL B T U
All: 4/100* 4/100* 4/100* 4/100* 4/100*
* PD 8 with deflector field.
Equipment:
Body: Two very-long-range radios; medium-range cellular phone; two
long-range laser communicators; two 1-mile searchlights; two 1,000-mile
AESAs; two 100-mile PESAs; 100-mile multiscanner; set of navigation
instruments; two transponders; four inertial navigation systems; two
military GPS; HUDWAC; four C6 hardened minicomputers; terminal; full
fire suppression system; ST 1,000 tractor beam; cargo ramp; 4-man
airlock; forcelock; cramped toilet; two 10-man full life support
systems; grav unit. External: Radiation shielding; deflector field.
Statistics
Size: 60'x20'x10' Payload: 12.7 tons Lwt.: 30 tons
Volume: 3,000 cf Maint.: 16 man-hours Price: $10,700,525
HT: 12. HPs: 3,600 Body, 900 each Wing
aSpeed: 1,580 aAccel: 40 aDecel: 46 aMR: 11.5 aSR: 5
sAccel: 2 Gs sMR: 2
Design Notes
Body is 2,800 cf, with total compartmentalization, underbelly skids,
very good streamlining, lifting body. Wings are 100 cf each. Structure
is heavy, expensive. Armor is expensive metal. Sealed. Computerized
controls. 158.35 cf of empty space in the body and 23.5 cf in each wing.
Empty weight is 34,600 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.
Utility Shuttle, Spaceships Version v1.0 (TL11^)
Design 2010 by Kenneth Peters, color text 2010 by Onno Meyer
The small craft is used to transfer crews and cargo between starships
in parking orbit, transfer stations, and starports. The Utility Shuttle
has room for a pilot, six passengers, and twelve tons of cargo.
The shuttle has a cylindrical hull and delta wings. The thrusters are
mounted in the wing roots. The cargo hold is 30' long and 8' wide, with
a cargo ramp in the rear. The forward part of the cabin contains six
seats, an airlock, and a powerful tractor beam generator.
It has a streamlined 30-ton (SM +5) hull about 45 feet long.
Systems Table
Front Hull System
[1] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (dDR 3).
[2] Control Room (C7 computer, comm/sensor 5, and one control
station).
[3-5] Passenger Seating (two seats each).
[6!] Major Battery (fixed 10 MJ tractor beam).
[core] Fusion Power Plant (de-rated; one Power Point).
Central Hull System
[1] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (dDR 3).
[2-6] Cargo Holds (1.5 tons capacity each).
[core] Fusion Power Plant (two Power Points).
Rear Hull System
[1] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (dDR 3).
[2!] Standard Reactionless Engine (1G acceleration).
[3-5] Cargo Holds (1.5 tons capacity each).
[6!] Standard Reactionless Engine (1G acceleration).
It has the artificial gravity and wings features.
TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR HT Move Lwt. Load SM Occ dDR Range Cost
PILOTING/TL11 (HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPACECRAFT)
11^ Utility Shuttle 20 +0/4 12 2G/c 30 12.7 +5 1+6SV 3 - $1.11M
Atmospheric top speed is 3,500 mph and Hnd/SR +4/5.
Next Week: The Spaceships version of the Launch.
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