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Onno Meyer, 2011-04-25
Space Destroyer Mk.VIII, Vehicles Version v1.0 (TL15)
Copyright 2011 by Onno Meyer
The Space Destroyer is a small warship for an interstellar or perhaps
even intergalactic navy. The classic roles for a destroyer are scouting
in main fleet actions, and escorting merchant convoys.
The Destroyer has a spherical hull with 100m diameter. The equatorial
decks hold the thrusters and hyperdrives. Most weaponry and sensors are
mounted on the upper decks, and power systems and hangars placed are on
the lower decks. The bridge and crew quarters are protected at the core.
Her primary armament are two 3.6-TJ antiparticle beams and two 3.6-TJ
fusion guns. Point defense is provided by 24 grasers, and two paralysis
guns give a non-lethal option if the targets are susceptible to these
beams.
The crew consists of twenty bridge officers, assisted by hundreds of
robots for routine tasks. The Destroyer can carry a company of Marines
for boarding or security, and the life support capacity is 2,000.
The Destroyer has a multirole hangar for roughly 4,000 tons of small
craft, and conformal bays for four 250-ton Lifeboats and one 5,000-ton
Cutter. The typical mission loadout could consist of two Fighters, one
Assault Lander, and a few utility craft in addition to the permanently
carried subcraft.
Subassemblies: Body +13.
Powertrain: Ten 1,000,000-ton vectored mega reactionless thrusters; ten
1,000,000-ton hyperdrives; five 400,000-ton contragrav generators;
10,000,000-kW fusion reactor; four 300,000,000-kW total conversion
power plants; nine 562,500,000,000-kWs rechargeable power cells.
Occ: 30 bridge RCS, 100 cabins, 30 luxury cabins. Cargo: 240,000 cf.
Armor F RL B T U
Body: 4/40,000* 4/40,000* 4/40,000* 4/40,000* 4/40,000*
* plus force screen generators as described below.
Weaponry
3.6-TJ Antiparticle Gun [Bod:R] (16 shots) +16.
3.6-TJ Antiparticle Gun [Bod:L] (16 shots) +16.
3.6-TJ Fusion Gun [Bod:T] (16 shots) +16.
3.6-TJ Fusion Gun [Bod:U] (16 shots) +16.
Six 6.4-GJ Grasers [Bod:R] (288 shots each) +16.
Six 6.4-GJ Grasers [Bod:L] (288 shots each) +16.
Six 6.4-GJ Grasers [Bod:T] (288 shots each) +16.
Six 6.4-GJ Grasers [Bod:U] (288 shots each) +16.
Two 0.1-GJ Military Paralysis Guns [Bod:U] (8,316 shots each) +16.
Equipment:
Body: Cyberslave mounts and full stabilization for all weapons; two
extreme-range radios; four extreme-range laser communicators; ten
extreme-range neutrino communicators; five extreme-range gravity ripple
communicators; long-range FTL communicator; eight 100,000-mile AESAs;
two 77,760,000-lightsecond (30-lightmonth) FTL radars; two
7,776,000-lightsecond (3-lightmonth) FTL radars; four 600,000-mile
PESAs; four 1,000,000-mile multiscanners; 500,000-mile gravscanner; two
5,000-AU Hyperspace Emergence detectors; two 5,000-AU FTL scan
detectors; high-resolution planetary survey array; four x1,000
astronomical instruments; five sets of precision navigation instruments;
five IFF; ten inertial navigation systems; four area jammers, rating 20;
four deceptive jammers, rating 20; 25 C13 hardened, robotic macroframes;
30 C13 hardened, dedicated macroframes with C13 targeting; 250
terminals; 30 neural interface fields; 100 full fire suppression
systems; two labs; five complete workshops; four ST 50,000 combination
beams; three operating rooms; 50 cryonic capsules; ten automeds; 20-man
conference room; 20-man mess; 60-man mess; three 20-man airlocks; five
4-man airlocks; 2-cabin brig; four vehicle bays for 25,000-cf Lifeboats;
vehicle bay for 250,000-cf Cutter; space dock for 200,000 cf of
subcraft; two 35-mile nuclear dampers; FSR 150 kinetic screen generator
(DR 45,000); FSR 200 simple shaped screen generator (DR 40,000); FSR 250
heavy-duty, energy screen generator (DR 100,000); FSR 300 stealth screen
generator (DR 60,000); ten 200-man total life support systems; 695 grav
units; 30 gravity webs; 400 grav compensators. External: Radical
emission cloaking; radical stealth; intruder chameleon; radiation
shielding; thermal superconducting armor.
Statistics
Size: 335'x335'x335' Payload: 16,000 tons Lwt.: 400,000 tons
Volume: 18,750,000 cf Maint.: 2,870 man-hours Price: $357,495,427,100
HT: 6. HPs: 2,520,000 Body
aSpeed: 39,945 aAccel: 500 aDecel: 6 aMR: 1.5 aSR: 7
sAccel: 25 Gs sMR: 25 FTL Speed: 25 x basic FTL factor.
Design Notes
Body is 18,750,000 cf, with total compartmentalization and underbelly
skids. Structure is extra-heavy, advanced, robotic. Armor is advanced
laminate. Sealed. Computerized controls with quadruple maneuver
controls. 115,005 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 768,000,000 lbs.
Weapon Weight Volume Cost Power WPS
VPS CPS TL
0.1-GJ Mil. Paralysis Gun 15,000 300 $1,500,000 6,000,000 -
- - 15
6.4-GJ Graser 200,000 4,000 $53,000,000 76,800,000 -
- - 15
3.6-TJ Fusion Gun 20,000,000 400,000 $12,000,000,000 16,200,000,000 -
- - 15
3.6-TJ Antiparticle Gun 20,000,000 400,000 $15,000,000,000 4,500,000,000 -
- - 15
Weapon Ammo Malf. Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D Max
RoF
0.1-GJ Mil. Paralysis Gun - ver. spcl. HT-176 30 26 -
79,000 20*
6.4-GJ Graser - v(c) imp. 6d*199(5) 30 36 1,670,000
5,010,000 4*
3.6-TJ Fusion Gun - ver. spcl. 6d*18,975 30 40 7,488,000
22,464,000 1/2
3.6-TJ Antiparticle Gun - ver. spcl. 6d*9,487(2) 30 40 9,360,000
28,080,000 1/2
The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third
printing, December '09 errata], VXi (including the structural volume
rule) 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 for intergalactic flights.
Space Destroyer Mk.VIII, Spaceships Version v1.0 (TL12^)
Design 2011 by Kenneth Peters, color text 2011 by Onno Meyer
The Space Destroyer is a small warship for an interstellar or perhaps
even intergalactic navy. The classic roles for a destroyer are scouting
in main fleet actions, and escorting merchant convoys.
The Destroyer has a spherical hull with 140m diameter. The equatorial
decks hold the thrusters and hyperdrives. Most weaponry and sensors are
mounted on the upper decks, and power systems and hangars placed are on
the lower decks. The bridge and crew quarters are protected at the core.
Her primary armament are two 100-GJ antiparticle beams and three 30-GJ
plasma beams. Point defense is provided by 24 grasers, and two paralysis
guns give a non-lethal option if the targets are susceptible to these
beams.
The crew consists of thirty bridge officers, assisted by hundreds of
robots for routine tasks. The Destroyer can carry a company of Marines
for boarding or security, and the life support capacity is 268.
The Destroyer has a multirole hangar for roughly 6,000 tons of small
craft. The typical mission load includes a 3,000-ton cutter, a pair of
1,000-ton fighters or assault landers, and a few smaller craft.
It has a spherical 300,000-ton (SM +13) hull about 450 feet in
diameter.
Systems Table
Front Hull System
[1-2] Exotic Laminate Armor (Hardened; total dDR 600).
[3] Tactical Array (comm/sensor 16).*
[4-5!] Major Batteries (fixed 100 GJ improved antiparticle beam
each).*
[6!] Tertiary Battery (24 fixed 3 GJ grasers; two fixed 300 MJ
rapid-fire improved hypnagogic beams; four turrets with 3
GJ tractor beam each).*
[core] Control Room (C12 computer, comm/sensor 14, and 30 control
stations).*
Central Hull System
[1-2] Exotic Laminate Armor (Hardened; total dDR 600).
[3!] Medium Battery (three fixed 30 GJ improved plasma beams).*
[4] Smaller Systems (three at SM+12): Habitat (100 cabins with
total life support; 30 luxury cabins with total life
support; two cells; two briefing rooms; three
establishments, two labs, 5 minifac nanofacs; 50
hibernation chambers; 30-bed clinic with automeds; and
1,092.5 tons cargo capacity).** Two Hangar Bays (3,000 tons
capacity each).**
[5-6!] Super Stardrive Engines (FTL-1, or FTL-2 with two Power
Points).*
[core!] Heavy Force Screen (dDR 700, or dDR 1,400 with two Power
Points).
Rear Hull System
[1-2] Exotic Laminate Armor (Hardened; total dDR 600).
[3-4] Total Conversion Power Plants (five Power Points each).*
[5-6!] Super Reactionless Drives (100G acceleration each).*
* 3 workspaces per system.
** 1 workspace per system.
The vessel benefits from high automation. It has the artificial
gravity, gravitic compensator, stealth, and dynamic chameleon features.
Force field is adjustable and cloaking.
TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR HT Move Lwt. Load SM Occ
dDR Range Cost
PILOTING/TL12 (HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPACECRAFT)
12^ Space Destroyer Mk.VIII 500 -1/5 13 200G/c 300,000 7,124.3 +13 286ASV*
600** 4x $201,925M
* Plus 50 in suspended animation.
** Add dDR 700 (dDR 1,400 if using two Power Points) if force screen is
powered up.
Atmospheric top speed is 3,500 mph and Hnd/SR -1/5.
Next Week: An explorer.
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