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, 2013-09-30
Deep Space Supply Craft v1.0 (TL9) Copyright 2013 by Onno Meyer This spacecraft was designed for a setting where interplanetary travel is starting to become routine. The Deep Space Supply Craft could deliver critical spare parts or specialized scientific instruments to an outpost in the outer system. The DSSC is a short cylinder with the fusion engine and reaction mass tanks in the rear and the cargo bay in front. The clamshell hatches can only be opened from outside –- there must be people at both ends of the voyage. A timely DSSC could be a deus ex machina to save adventurers in space, or it could become the McGuffin everybody is looking for, especially if it went off course. In theory, the Deep Space Supply Craft could carry two passengers in cryosleep capsules, but that would violate all sorts of safety regulations. The fusion rocket uses 20 gallons of reaction mass per hour. Subassemblies: Body +3. Powertrain: 1,000-lb. vectored fusion rocket; 0.5-kW RTG; 250-kWs advanced battery. Fuel: 800 gallons water. Cargo: 100 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 3/12 3/12 3/12 3/12 3/12 Equipment: Body: Very-long-range radio; very-long-range, tight-beam radio; x200 astronomical LLTV; advanced radiation sensor; precision navigation instruments; transponder; inertial navigation system; two C3 hardened small computers. External: Reflective surface. Statistics Size: 15'x5'x5' Payload: 4.4 tons Lwt.: 5 tons Volume: 250 cf Maint.: 2 man-hours Price: $239,382.50 HT: 12. HPs: 375 Body sAccel: 0.1 G sMR: 0.1 Delta-V: 146 mps. Design Notes Body is 250 cf. Structure is medium, advanced. Armor is advanced metal. Sealed. Tanks are ultralight. 17.775 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 1,200 lbs. 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: The law for the high frontier. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
