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, 2012-02-20
Battle Rider v1.0 (TL10) Copyright 2012 by Onno Meyer Riders are carried by larger interstellar ships for all those missions where the risk is too high for the mothership -- operations close to the atmosphere, intercepting unidentified starships, or as sensor picket for a squadron. The Battle Rider can reach 2 G in space and Mach 6 at sea level in an earthlike atmosphere, but she is not designed for landing. Her armament consists of a spinal particle accelerator, three missile defense lasers, and a missile launcher, usually with ground attack ordnance. The hull is a tapering cylinder with stabilizer fins in the rear. The top deck contains the bridge, a small bunkroom, and one of the sublight thrusters. The middle deck mounts the weapons, the power plants, and two more thrusters. The lower deck holds a shuttle dock and another sublight thruster. The orientation of the decks makes it difficult to move around under full thrust, but it is useful for docking maneuvers. It takes 25 seconds to recharge one particle beam shot. A full load of missiles is $255,000. Subassemblies: Body +8. Powertrain: Four 150-ton super reactionless thrusters; three 240,000-kW fusion reactors; 162,000,000-kWs rechargeable power cell. Occ: 8 bridge RCS, 8 bunks. Cargo: 45 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 Weaponry 1.44-GJ Particle Beam [Bod:F] (45 shots) +2. 6.4-MJ Laser [Bod:F] (750 shots) +2. 6.4-MJ Laser [Bod:R] (750 shots) +2. 6.4-MJ Laser [Bod:L] (750 shots) +2. 280mm Missile Launcher [Bod:F] (15 missiles) +2. Equipment: Body: Full stabilization for 1.44-GJ Particle Beam; cyberslave mounts and full stabilization for 6.4-MJ Lasers; two extreme-range radios with scramblers; extreme-range, tight-beam radio with scrambler; extreme-range laser communicator; two 5,000-mile AESAs, LPI; 5,000-mile thermograph; 1,000-mile thermograph; 500-mile multiscanner; two sets of precision navigation instruments; four IFF; four inertial navigation systems; two terrain-following radars; deceptive jammer, rating 12; two C7 hardend mainframes; ten terminals; full fire suppression system; 2-man airlock; space dock for 1,000 cf of subcraft; two 8-man full life systems; two grav units. External: Radical emission cloaking; radical stealth; instant chameleon; radiation shielding. Statistics Size: 90'x40'x40' Payload: 15 tons Lwt.: 300 tons Volume: 48,000 cf Maint.: 49 man-hours Price: $105,467,725 HT: 12. HPs: 24,000 Body aSpeed: 4,745 aAccel: 40 aDecel: 0.5 aMR: 0.125 aSR: 5 sAccel: 2 sMR: 2 Design Notes Body is 48,000 cf, with excellent streamlining, lifting body, and total compartmentalization. Structure is heavy, advanced. Armor is advanced composite. Sealed. Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 4,753.96 cf of empty space. Fifteen 280mm Precision Guided Missiles are stored in the body. Empty weight is 570,000 lbs. Weapon Weight Volume Cost Power WPS VPS CPS TL 280mm Missile launcher 2,000 40 $27,500 neg. 500 10 $17,000[1] 10 6.4-MJ Laser 2,000 40 $290,000 288,000 - - - 10 1.44-GJ Particle Beam 30,000 600 $3,000,000 1,440,000 - - - 10 Ammo: [1] 280mm Precision Guided Missile. Weapon Ammo Malf. Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D Max RoF 6.4-MJ Laser - v(c) imp. 6d*9 25 29 141,000 423,000 20* 1.44-GJ Particle Beam - ver. imp. 6d*473 30 30 173,000 519,000 1/2 Weapon Warhead Guid Malf. Type Damage SS Speed End RoF Skill 280mm Precision Guided Missile HE IG crit. exp. 6d*4,116[12d] 25 16 G 21 1 - The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third printing, December '09 errata] and VXii (including the armor volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: The little shuttle. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
