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Onno Meyer, 2011-02-21
Space Force Cargo Lander Mk.VIII, Vehicles Version v1.0 (TL15)
Copyright 2011 by Onno Meyer
The Cargo Lander is carried by interstellar craft for ship to ship and
orbit to surface travel. The Lander has a boxy hull with a 32' by 16' by
8' cargo hold, and a small cockpit with a tiny airlock in front. A force
screen provides streamlining during atmospheric operations. The nominal
payload is 40 tons, but the lander could carry much heavier loads.
Subassemblies: Body +6.
Powertrain: Two 2,000,000-lb. vectored mega reactionless thrusters; four
200,000-lb. contragrav generators; two 120,000-kW total conversion
power plants; 6,480,000-kWs rechargeable power cell.
Occ: 2 RCS. Cargo: 4,000 cf.
Armor F RL B T U
Body: 4/1,200* 4/1,200* 4/1,200* 4/1,200* 4/1,200*
* plus force screen generator as described below.
Equipment:
Body: Two long-range neutrino communicators; two extreme-range gravity
ripple communicators; two 1,000-mile AESAs; two 300-lightsecond FTL
radars; two 100-mile PESAs; 150-mile multiscanner; 50-AU Hyperspace
Emergence detector; 50-AU FTL scan detector; precision navigation
instruments; four IFF; four inertial navigation systems; four C10
hardened, robotic minicomputers; two terminals; two neural induction
fields; two compact fire suppression systems; 1-man airlock; cargo ramp;
FSR 20 complex shaped screen generator (reduced DR 1,000); two 5-man
full life support systems; grav unit; grav compensator. External:
Radiation shielding.
Statistics
Size: 40'x20'x10' Payload: 40 tons Lwt.: 100 tons
Volume: 5,000 cf Maint.: 25 man-hours Price: $27,030,700
HT: 11. HPs: 6,000 Body
aSpeed: 21,910 aAccel: 400 aDecel: 20 aMR: 5 aSR: 5
sAccel: 20 Gs sMR: 20
Design Notes
Body is 5,000 cf, with heavy compartmentalization and underbelly
skids. Structure is heavy, standard, robotic. Armor is standard metal.
Sealed. Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 3.6 cf
empty space. Empty weight is 120,000 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.
Space Force Cargo Lander Mk.VIII, Spaceships Version v1.0 (TL12^)
Design 2011 by Kenneth Peters, color text 2011 by Onno Meyer
The Cargo Lander is carried by interstellar craft for ship to ship and
orbit to surface travel. The Lander has a boxy hull with a 32' by 16' by
8' cargo hold, and a small cockpit with a tiny airlock in front. A force
screen provides streamlining during atmospheric operations. The nominal
payload is 40 tons, but the lander could carry much heavier loads.
It has a unstreamlined 100-ton (SM +6) hull about 60 feet long.
Systems Table
Front Hull System
[1-2] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (total dDR 14).
[3] Enhanced Array (comm/sensor 9).
[4-5] Cargo Holds (5 tons capacity each).
[6!] Light Force Screen (dDR 50).
[core] Control Room (C9 computer, comm/sensor 7, and two control
stations).
Central Hull System
[1-2] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (total dDR 14).
[3-6] Cargo Holds (5 tons capacity each).
[core!] Contragravity Lifter.
Rear Hull System
[1-2] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (total dDR 14).
[3-4] Cargo Holds (5 tons capacity each).
[5!] Super Reactionless Drive (100G acceleration).
[6] Super Fusion Power Plant (de-rated; three Power Points).
It has the artificial gravity and gravitic compensator features. Force
screen is adjustable with force wings.
TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR HT Move Lwt. Load SM Occ dDR Range Cost
PILOTING/TL12 (HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPACECRAFT)
12^ Cargo Lander Mk.VIII 30 +2/4 12 100G/c 100 40.2 +6 2SV 14* -
$9.4M
* Add dDR 50 if force screen is powered up.
Atmospheric top speed is 25,000 mph and Hnd/SR +5/5.
Next Week: A larger lifeboat.
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