Sounds like classic FTL2448 ship structure..

Mike


On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 7:00 PM, DataPacRat <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm working with a late-TL8 (3e) orbital setting, hard-science (which
> mostly means advanced batteries rather than power cells). One item
> that's already been mentioned is modular space-stations built up of a
> goodly number of cargo containers, roughly the same size as those used
> by today's intermodal transport system, but with a hexagonal
> cross-section - 2k cf and change of contents. Some modules have cargo
> containers, some cabins, some electronics, some power generation, some
> weapons, and so on. Some have the side-panels removable to allow for
> larger areas. Right now I'm working on a standardish framework in
> which to put these various things. Since there'll be a lot of them,
> they should be fairly cheap; they should have at least a minimal
> ability to move themselves around without external assistance, to
> allow for docking; and for in-setting reasons, each one has a small
> airlock and a minimal amount of air in case of emergencies. The
> builders have easy access to the moon, and not-so-easy access to the
> Earth, so I've gone for metal/LOX rockets, and just for
> standardization, went for a 20-lb battery.
>
> This is what I've got so far; what improvements can you suggest? (I'd
> have already thrown in a cyberswarm hive for passing maintenance
> cyberswarms, but I don't remember how to fiddle with GVB to add it.)
>
>
> TL8 Space Cargo Container
>
> Crew: 0 total. 0 crew stations covering vehicle maneuvering system,
> communicator, navigation aid, 6 sensors.
>
> Subassemblies: Vehicle +5, Body +5.
>
> P&P: 36,364-kWs advanced battery, six 10 lbs. thrust MOX rockets
> (vectored thrust, Isp 278, delta-V 0 mph; long term access).
>
> Fuel: 64.8 gal standard fuel tank (fire modifier -2), 5.4 gal
> metal/LOX (fire 13).
>
> Occ: 0.25 man-day limited life support system   Cargo: 2,653-cf main cargo 
> hold
>
> Armor F   RL  B   T   U
> Body  3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5 3/5
>
> Equipment
> All: sealed.  Body: metal armor volume; short range radio communicator
> (1-mile range); GPS; small computer (complexity 1; dumb); burglar
> alarm (Skill-15); 1-man airlock; six radars (scan 5, 0.1-mile range;
> no targeting).
>
> Statistics
> Size: [LxWxH] 40’x8’x8.5’       Payload: 53,125 lbs.    Lwt.: 59,723 lbs.
> Volume: 2,720 cf        Maint.: 65.1 hours (1.47 mh/day)        Price: $23,587
>
> HT: 7   HP: 900 [Body].
>
> Space Performance: sAccel (unloaded) 0.001 G, ( 0.001 G), sDecel 0.001
> G, sMR 0.001, sAccel 0.02 mph/s.
>
> Design Notes:
> TL8 light frame cheap materials [Vehicle].
> TL8 DR 5 standard metal [Vehicle].
> Payload Cost: $81
> Vehicle Features: primitive controls, no streamlining, cheaply made.
> Body: underbelly skid.
> Volume: 2,720 cf [Body].
> Area: 1,200 sf [Body].
> Space Performance: Payload 0;
>
>
> Thank you for your time,
> --
> DataPacRat
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