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, 2012-11-12
Deep Space Transport Mk.V v1.0 (TL12) Copyright 2012 by Onno Meyer The Deep Space Transports are small interstellar craft, optimized for work in the outer system, the asteroid belts, or near the Trojan points of a gas giant. This Mark V was modified as a prospector and scavenger, equally at home among metal-rich asteroids or the remains of a space battle. The Transport consists of a central core and three cylindrical payload sections. The first section holds the bridge and double cabins for eight crew. Should one of the wrecks be less dead than anticipated, there is a sturdy cell. The second section contains an airlock, the cargo hold, and a large maintenance workshop. The third section mounts a tractor beam and a hangar for workpods and zero-G scooters. The conversion drive uses 24 lbs. of mass per hour, usually water. It takes 234 minutes to recharge the the power cell for a hyperspace entry. Subassemblies: Body +4, three Pods +5. Powertrain: 100,000-lb. partial conversion drive; 300-ton hyperdrive; 10,000-kW fusion reactor; 108,000,000-kWs rechargeable power cell. Fuel: 2,000 gallons water. Occ: 2 bridge RCS, 4 cabins. Cargo: 1,630 cf. Armor F RL B T U All: 4/80 4/80 4/80 4/80 4/80 Equipment: Body: Extreme-range gravity ripple communicator with scrambler; 3,000-mile radscanner; compact fire suppression system; grav unit. Pod 1: Extreme-range laser communicator with scrambler; two 300-mile AESAs; 300-lightsecond FTL radar; 300-mile PESA; x400 astronomical LLTV; 60-lightsecond FTL scan detector; 60-lightsecond FTL emergence detector; two sets of precision navigation instruments; two transponders; four inertial navigation systems; C8 hardened microframe; two terminals; brig (one cabin); 10-man total life system. Pod 2: Complete workshop; 2-man airlock with armored passage tube. Pod 3: ST 1,000 combination beam; space dock (for 1,440 cf of subcraft). External: Radiation shielding. Statistics Size: 40'x32'x32' Payload: 40 tons Lwt.: 100 tons Volume: 10,000 cf Maint.: 10 man-hours Price: $1,192,525 HT: 7. HPs: 1,800 Body, 1,125 each Pod sAccel: 0.5 G sMR: 0.5 Delta-V: 8,069 mps FTL Speed: 0.6 parsec/day Design Notes Cheaply made (to represent age). Body is 1,000 cf, Pods are 3,000 cf each. Body structure is heavy, cheap. Pod structure is light, cheap. Armor is cheap metal. Sealed. Fuel tank is self-sealing. Computerized controls. 121.5 cf of empty space in Pod 1. Empty weight is 120,000 lbs. The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third printing, July 2010 errata], VXi, and VXii (including the armor volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: A repair ship. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
