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;
Gurps Vehicles assumes a vehicle has lights and stationkeeping thrusters
for free...
> and for in-setting reasons, each one has a small
airlock and a minimal amount of air in case of emergencies. The
a single 1-man airlock?
Perhaps a dozen inflatable emergency vacc suits would be better?
how do you get the cargo in and out? the opposite end opens completely?
the human body takes up about 3cf, and your hold is ~2700cf
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.)
perhaps tow pins/hardpoints ?
(for the space tugs mentioned, and other things like extra thrusters as
needed, adding a space arm, or some such)
as mentioned, I suggest dropping the built-in long range rockets...
out of curiosity, where is the 1-man airlock? at one end of the long
container? along an axis?
If these are empty containers, it might be better to have ultralight
structure sleeves, tanks, etc, and a stronger, reusable open-frame
delivery system (like our semitruck platforms)...
I had somehow imagined that each midpoint of the surface had doors, and
in a beehive configuration, all the containers could open single doors
together as rooms (thinking of The Cube here), but have extra, say,
100cf modules attached to the outside units to provide larger, 8-man
airlocks...
Or even have a container dedicated as a "front porch" that could be
compressed or decompressed as an airlock.
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