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Onno Meyer, 2013-07-22
Sky Carrier v1.0 (TL8)
Copyright 2013 by Onno Meyer
The Sky Carrier could be the base for a group of heroes or perhaps for
an evil mastermind plotting world domination. It is an airborne aircraft
carrier, with dozens of jet aircraft and helicopters and an endurance of
weeks or even months.
The body is 480' long, 120' wide, and 60' high. More than half of the
space is taken by the first-generation fusion power plant, but there is
enough room for a 30,000 sq. ft. hangar bay. Two elevators bring fully
armed and fueled aircraft to the flight deck and down again.
At low speed, most of the lift is provided by eight fans mounted in
the wings. At cruise speed, the outermost fans swivel back to provide
thrust and the other fans can be stopped. When the good guys -- or the
bad guys -- try to attack a sky carrier, a fight over a slowly turning
fan is almost mandatory ...
The first line of defense for a Sky Carrier is the air group, but she
has a dozen CIWS mounts, six gatling guns and six point defense missile
launchers.
A load of ammunition for the Carrier (but not the aircraft), jet fuel
for redistribution, and provisions is $1,881,600.
Subassemblies: Body +12, sixty retractable Wheels +5, two Wings +9,
twelve limited-rotation Turrets +1.
Powertrain: Six 1,500,000-kW lift ducted fans; two 1,500,000-kW vectored
ducted fans; 12,500,000-kW experimental fusion reactor;
720,000,000-kWs advanced battery.
Occ: 50 bridge RCS, 200 cabins. Cargo: 63,344 cf.
Armor F RL B T U
Body: 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20
Wings: 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20
Wheels: 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20 4/20
Turrets: 3/8 3/8 3/8 3/8
Weaponry
Six 20mm 7-Barrel Gatlings [Tur1-6:F] (2,600 rounds each) +2.
Six 100mm 6-Round PDM Launchers [Tur7-12:F] (6 missiles each) +0.
Equipment:
Body: 200,000-gallons jet fuel (fire on 11); four extreme-range radios
with scramblers; two extreme-range tight-beam radios with scrambers; two
very-long-range laser communicators; six x500 LLTVs; two 500-mile
multi-mode radars, LPI; four sets of precision navigation instruments;
four IFF; four inertial navigation systems; four military GPS; five
advanced radar/laser detectors; two deceptive jammers, level 8; four C5
hardened mainframes; 50 terminals; 18 full fire suppression systems;
science lab (Chemistry); three complete workshops; two operating rooms;
four emergency support units; 50-man conference room with stage; 100-man
mess; brig (8 bunks); hangar bay (for 480,000 cf of subcraft); 400-man
environmental controls; 12,000 man-days of provisions. Wings: Full fire
suppression system. Turrets 1-6: Full stabilization and universal mount
for 20mm Gatling; 15-mile radar, LPI; C4 genius, hardened minicomputer.
Turrets 7-12: Universal mount for 100mm PDM Launcher; 15-mile
thermograph; C4 genius, hardened minicomputer. External: Basic emission
cloaking; radical stealth; basic chameleon; 45,000-sf angled flight
deck.
Statistics
Size: 480'x800'x160' Payload: 2,000 tons Lwt.: 20,000 tons
Volume: 4,000,000 cf Maint.: 248 man-hours Price: $2,665,873,000
HT: 10. HPs: 840,000 Body, 4,000 each Wheel, 225,000 each Wing,
300 each Turret
aSpeed: 600 aAccel: 6 aDecel: 12 aMR: 3 aSR: 8
Design Notes
Body is 3,600,000 cf. Wheels are 180,000 cf, retract into Body. Wings
are 199,880 cf each. Turrets are 20 cf each, mounted on Body. Structure
is extra-heavy, advanced. Armor is advanced composite. Sealed.
Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 2,600 rounds
APDS each are stored in Turrets 1-6, 6 missiles each are stored in
Turrets 7-12. 768,165.45 cf of empty space in the Body and 118,498.57
cf in each Wing. Empty weight is 36,000,000 lbs.
Weapon Weight Volume Cost Power WPS VPS CPS TL
20mm 7-Barrel Gatling 200 4 $15,000 6.96 0.4 0.004 $6[1] 8
100mm 6-Round PDM Launcher 240 4.8 $11,000 neg. 80 1.6 $31,000 8
Ammo: [1] APDS.
Weapon Ammo Malf. Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D Max RoF
20mm 7-Barrel Gatling APDS ver. cr. 6d*6(2) 20 15 2,250 9,150 116
Weapon Warhead Guid. Type Damage Spd. End. Min. Max SS Acc Skill RoF
100mm PDM HEPF IIRH exp. 6d*63[10d] 3,000 2.1 50 6,300 20 - 21 6:5
The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third
printing, July 2010 errata] and VXii (including the armor volume rule)
with the text format from Vehicles Lite.
Next Week: A heli-battleship.
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