Eric replied to me: > > Subject: [gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 978 - Sky Carrier > > Very nice! > > It might be clichéd to expect a Flotation hull,
This one is a bit smaller than the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. It is marginally thinkable to move it on the ground, so I went that way. > but more practically, I > don't see some tools (perhaps subsumed at this scale), mostly from VE67, 71: > > Launch Catapult, Not required, the carrier itself is fast enough to get over the stall speed of a plane. > crane, winch, Maybe. OTOH, do you really want something this large to winch a payload up? > skyhook, ... or swoop in to snatch a single guy on the ground? > extendable ladder, Maybe. It could hover over a skyscraper-top helipad and extend a ladder, instead of landing. > refueling > probe, No refueling for the carrier, only for carried craft. Tanker aircraft can land on the carrier to refill those tanks. > refueling drogue. If you want to refuel from the carrier, why not land on it? > (and it may just be be that suggests for something in clouds to add an > atmosphere processor/ fuel electrolysis system, perhaps for backup power > systems or helicopters (or boats for a water landing)) That would require a hydrogen fuel system. Not really effective at TL8, because it is so bulky. > And to get the imaginative juices flowing, what about emergencies? > > Are there lockers of parachutes? Emergency gliders? Probably parachutes. > Could you design a room with a "vehicular chute" to get dozens out in > crash seats? Buy them as ejection seats with the crew escape capsule option. Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
