This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the GURPSnet mailing list. I grant the permission for all non-commercial redistribution of my work, but I would like to know if you put it on a website or the like. The files at omeyer.gmxhome.de are down until I fix the automatic PDF generation, which should be one of these days - see sourceforge.net/projects/gurpsml Onno Meyer, 2011-09-12
Instellarms Model 12 Submersible ATV v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL6) Copyright 2011 by Onno Meyer The Model 12 ATV is deployed by the Planetary Defense Forces of many underdeveloped worlds. The ATV makes up for the lack of modern stealth systems with the ability to dive. When enemy starships control the low orbit, water is one of the best hiding places. The All-Terrain Vehicle has an angular hull with a hydraulic ramp in front. It can carry 18 passengers and five tons of cargo, or perhaps a small air/raft or range truck. The crew consists of a driver/helmsman and an engineer, who also handles the dive controls. The Submersible ATV has an operational depth of just 72', and a crush depth of roughly twice that. In clear water, it may be visible from the air, but most rivers contain enough sediment to hide the ATV. The air lasts for six hours with a full complement, and the batteries last for six hours at three knots, or one hour at six knots. The diesel engine burns 11.25 gallons per hour at normal speed. A tank of fuel is $240. Subassemblies: Body +5, two Tracks +4. Powertrain: 240-kW tracked drivetrain; 240-kW screw propeller; 250-kW HP diesel; 1,080,000-kWs lead-acid batteries. Fuel: 1,000 gallons diesel (fire 10). Occ: 2 NCS, 18 folding CS. Cargo: 500 cf. Armor F RL B T U All: 4/30 4/30 4/30 4/30 4/30 Equipment: Body: Long-range radio; medium-range sonar communicator; two 1-mile searchlights; set of navigation instruments; radar detector; two chaff dischargers; two smoke dischargers; ST 300 winch; cargo ramp; 1-man airlock; 20x6 man-hour limited life support system. External: Hitch. Statistics Size: 40'x10'x10' Payload: 10 tons Lwt.: 60 tons Volume: 3,500 cf Maint.: 48 hours Price: $171,970 HT: 8. HPs: 1,500 Body, 600 each Track. gSpeed: 20 gAccel: 2 gDecel: 20 gMR: 0.25 gSR: 6 Ground Pressure Very Low. Off-Road Speed 4/5. wSpeed: 7 wAccel: 0.6 wDecel: 5(5.3) wMR: 0.05 wSR: 5 Draft 6.6'. Flotation 62.5 tons. uSpeed: 6 uAccel: 0.3 uDecel: 5(5.1) uMR: 0.05 uSR: 5 Crush Depth 48 yards. Design Notes Body is 2,000 cf. Tracks are 1,500 cf. Structure is medium, standard, submersible. Armor is standard metal. 5.4 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 100,000 lbs. The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third printing, December '09 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor volume and massive motive subassembly rules) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. The Traveller rules affect the background and design choices, but not the technology of this vehicle. Next Week: A moon rover at the same TL. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
