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, 2011-11-21
Dragon Republic Type 10 Light Utility Dropship v1.0 (TL9) Copyright 2011 by Onno Meyer The Type 10 is carried by many Republican starships. The Dropship can transport 18 passengers and 1.2 tons of cargo down to the surface of an earthlike world, and back into orbit. The Dropship has a cylindrical hull with small delta wings. Two large hatches allow easy access to the passenger cabin, where cargo is stowed in the aisle between the seats. There is a hardpoint for equipment pods under the fuselage, and two small wing hardpoints for ECM or defensive missiles. The Type 10 has minimal stealth and naval avionics -- enough to link into the task force net and to designate targets, if required. Like her Union counterpart, the Gagarin class, the Type 10 Dropship has vectored thrust for vertical takeoff and landing. The hot exhaust will damage the landing zone, so proper runways are preferable. The fusion rockets use 2,000 gallons of reaction mass per hour. Subassemblies: Body +5, two Wings +2, six retractable Wheels +1. Powertrain: Two vectored 50,000-lb. fusion rockets; 40-kW super MHD fusion reactor; 270,000-kWs rechargeable power cell. Fuel: 1,600 gallons water. Occ: 2 RCS, 18 folding CS. Cargo: 120 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/80 4/80 4/80 4/80 4/80 Wings: 4/80 4/80 4/80 4/80 4/80 Wheels: 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 Equipment: Body: Two very-long-range radios with scramblers; four medium-range laser communicators; six x2 LLTVs; two 48-mile AESAs, LPI; two 30-mile PESAs; 5-mile radscsanner; chemical sensor array; precision navigation instruments; two IFF; two inertial navigation systems; terrain-following radar; two HUDWACs; deceptive jammer, rating 4; ten aircraft decoy dischargers; two C4 hardened minicomputers; two terminals; compact fire suppression system; refueling probe; two 20x6 man-hour limited life systems; cramped toilet; 20 crashwebs. External: Modest emission cloaking; modest stealth; basic chameleon; 2,000-lb. hardpoint; two 200-lb. hardpoints; puncture-resistant tires. Statistics Size: 40'x20'x15' Payload: 20,000 lbs. Lwt.: 40,000 lbs. Volume: 2,000 cf Maint.: 24 man-hours Price: $24,856,515 HT: 12. HPs: 1,500 Body, 281 each Wing, 62 each Wheel gSpeed: 700 gAccel: 35 gDecel: 15 gMR: 0.5 gSR: 4 Ground Pressure Extremely High. No Off-Road Speed. aSpeed: 2,335 aAccel: 50 aDecel: 16 aMR: 4 aSR: 6 Stall Speed 0. sAccel: 2.5 to 3.8 G sMR: 2.5 delta-V 191,821 mph Design Notes Body is 1,840 cf, with superior streamlining. Wings are 80 cf. Wheels are 92 cf, retract into body. Structure is medium, advanced. Improved suspension and brakes. Armor is advanced composite. Sealed. Ultra-light, self-sealing tanks. Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 264.33 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 20,000 lbs. 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. Next Week: A close support variant. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
