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Onno Meyer, 2011-03-07
Space Force Fighter Mk.VIII, Vehicles Version v1.0 (TL15)
Copyright 2011 by Onno Meyer
The Space Force Fighter is carried by the warships of an interstellar
or perhaps even intergalactic navy. The Fighter is more expendable than
a full-sized starship, especially if it is deployed under computer
control.
The hull is roughly cylindrical, 30m long, 12m wide and 8m high, with
aerodynamic control surfaces in the rear and a large gamma-ray laser in
the blunt nose. The airlock on the port side leads to the cockpit and a
small bunkroom for a backup crew.
In the planetary strike role, the Space Force Fighter carries 36 tons
of missiles in the ordnance bay. For reconnaissance, it deploys stealth
drones instead.
It takes 13 seconds to recharge one pulse of the main graser.
Subassemblies: Body +8.
Powertrain: 30,000-ton vectored mega reactionless thruster; 5,000-ton
hyperdrive; four 4,000-ton contragrav generators; 15,000-kW fusion
reactor; 5,000,000-kW total conversion power plant; 20,250,000,000-kWs
rechargeable power cell.
Occ: 4 bridge RCS, 4 bunks. Cargo: 400 cf.
Armor F RL B T U
Body: 6/4,000* 4/2,000* 4/2,000* 4/2,000* 4/2,000*
* plus force screen generators as described below.
Weaponry
64-MJ Graser [Bod:F] (3,046 shots) +16.
64-MJ Graser [Bod:B] (3,046 shots) +16.
6.4-GJ Graser [Bod:F] (900 shots) +16.
72,000-lb. weapon bay.
Equipment:
Body: Full stabilization for 6.4-GJ Graser; cyberslave mounts and
full stabilization for 64-MJ Grasers; two extreme-range neutrino
communicators; two extreme-range gravity ripple communicators; two
10,000-mile AESAs; 432,000-lightsecond (5-lightday) FTL radar; two
100,000-mile PESAs; 100,000-mile multiscanner; 1,000-mile gravscanner;
5,000-AU Hyperspace Emergence detector; 5,000-AU FTL scan detector;
two x400 astronomical LLTVs; two sets of precision navigation
instruments; four IFF; six inertial navigation systems; area jammer,
rating 20; deceptive jammer, rating 20; two C13 hardened, robotic
macroframes; three C13 hardened, dedicated macroframes with C13
targeting; four terminals; four neural induction fields; six full fire
suppression systems; two automeds; 4-man airlock; 15-mile nuclear
damper; FSR 40 complex shaped screen generator (DR 8,000); FSR 50
heavy-duty, energy screen generator (DR 20,000); FSR 60 stealth screen
generator (DR 12,000); four 5-man total life support systems; two grav
units; four gravity webs; grav compensator. External: Radical emission
cloaking; radical stealth; intruder chameleon; radiation shielding;
thermal superconducting armor.
Statistics
Size: 100'x40'x25' Payload: 40 tons Lwt.: 1,000 tons
Volume: 50,000 cf Maint.: 135 man-hours Price: $790,636,500
HT: 11. HPs: 60,000 Body
aSpeed: 38,730 aAccel: 600 aDecel: 16 aMR: 4 aSR: 5
sAccel: 30 Gs sMR: 30 FTL Speed: 5 x basic FTL factor.
Design Notes
Body is 50,000 cf, with 60° front slope, total compartmentalization
and underbelly skids. Structure is extra-heavy, expensive, robotic.
Armor is expensive laminate. Self-sealing. Computerized controls with
duplicate maneuver controls. 710.5 cf of empty space. Empty weight is
1,920,000 lbs.
Weapon Weight Volume Cost Power WPS VPS CPS TL
64-MJ Graser 10,000 200 $2,700,000 3,840,000 - - - 15
6.4-GJ Graser 200,000 4,000 $53,000,000 76,800,000 - - - 15
Weapon Ammo Malf. Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D Max RoF
64-MJ Graser - v(c) imp. 6d*27(5) 30 30 167,000 501,000 20*
6.4-GJ Graser - v(c) imp. 6d*199(5) 30 36 1,670,000 5,010,000 4*
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. The GM should probably
set a FTL factor well over 0.2, perhaps in the five figures to allow
intergalactic flights for the mothership.
Space Force Fighter Mk.VIII, Spaceships Version v1.0 (TL12^)
Design 2011 by Kenneth Peters, color text 2011 by Onno Meyer
The Space Force Fighter is carried by the warships of an interstellar
or perhaps even intergalactic navy. The Fighter is more expendable than
a full-sized starship, especially if it is deployed under computer
control.
The hull is roughly cylindrical, 45m long, 12m wide and 8m high, with
aerodynamic control surfaces in the rear and a large gamma-ray laser in
the blunt nose. The airlock on the port side leads to the cockpit and a
small bunkroom for a backup crew.
In the planetary strike role, the Space Force Fighter carries fifteen
missiles. For reconnaissance, it deploys sensor drones instead.
It has a streamlined 1,000-ton (SM +8) hull about 150 feet long.
Systems Table
Front Hull System
[1-3] Exotic Laminate Armor (Hardened; total dDR 150).
[4!] Medium Battery (fixed 28cm warp missile launcher and two
turrets with 1 MJ VRF grasers).
[5!] Spinal Battery (1 GJ graser).
[6] Habitat (two cabins with total life support, minifac
nanofac, and one-bed sickbay with automeds)
[core] Control Room (C10 computer, comm/sensor 9, and four control
stations).
Central Hull System
[1-2] Exotic Laminate Armor (Hardened; total dDR 100).
[3!] Super Stardrive Engine (FTL-1, or FTL-2 with two Power
Points).
[4!] Heavy Force Screen (dDR 100, or dDR 200 with two Power
Points).
[5] Total Conversion Power Plant (five Power Points).
[6!] Contragravity Lifter.
[core!] Spinal Battery (central system).
Rear Hull System
[1] Exotic Laminate Armor (Hardened; dDR 50).
[2!] Spinal Battery (rear system).
[3] Total Conversion Power Plant (five Power Points).
[4-6!] Super Reactionless Drives (100G acceleration each).
It has the stealth, dynamic chameleon, artificial gravity, and
gravitic compensator features. Force screen is adjustable, cloaking and
force wing (Spaceships 7, p. 23).
TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR HT Move Lwt. Load SM Occ dDR
Range Cost
PILOTING/TL12 (HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPACECRAFT)
12^ Space Force Fighter Mk.VIII 70 +1/5 12 300G/c 1,000 0.4 +8 4ASV
150/100/50* 2x $644.6M
* Add dDR 100 (dDR 200 if using two Power Points) if force screen is powered up.
Atmospheric top speed is 43,000 mph and Hnd/SR +5/6.
Next Week: A troop lander.
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