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  Onno Meyer, 2013-10-07

Deep Space Patrol 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 increasing value of the space economy 
could prompt Earth nations to assert their power in space. The main role 
of the Patrol Craft is search and rescue, but she is armed.
  The Deep Space Patrol Craft has a long, cylindrical hull without spin 
gravity sections. The ablative nose cone contains the main sensor array 
and a frequency-agile laser. The next section holds the cockpit and the 
crew cabins, followed by the airlock, equipment lockers, and a repair 
workshop. The rear contains the engine, power plant, and reaction mass 
tanks. 
  The crew of a Patrol Craft has to expect the unexpected, from routine 
inspections to murderous hijackers, from shipwrecked belters to medical 
emergencies. Or they become an iron fist from Earth to keep the belters 
in line. 
  It takes 16 seconds to recharge one laser shot. The fusion rocket uses 
800 gallons of reaction mass per hour. 

Subassemblies: Body +6. 
Powertrain: 40,000-lb. vectored fusion rocket; 5,000-kW fusion reactor; 
  2,880,000-kWs advanced batteries.
Fuel: 12,000 gallons water. 
Occ: 4 bridge RCS, 4 cabins.   Cargo: 500 cf.

Armor     F      RL     B      T      U
All:    4/200   4/20   4/20   4/20   4/20

Weaponry
32-MJ Rainbow Laser [Bod:F] (40 shots) +2.
6,400-lb. Weapon Bay.

Equipment:
  Body: Full stabilization for 32-MJ Rainbow Laser; two very-long-range 
radios; extreme-range, tight-beam radio; two 750-mile multimode radars, 
LPI; two 750-mile thermographs; two x750 astronomical LLTVs; advanced 
radiation sensor; set of precision navigation instruments; two IFF; two 
inertial navigation systems; advanced radar/laser detector; ten aircraft 
decoy dischargers; two C6 hardened mainframes; four terminals; full fire 
suppression system; engineering mini-workshop; five cryonic capsules; 
4-man airlock; two 8-man total life systems.

Statistics
Size: 90'x12'x12'   Payload: 60 tons       Lwt.: 100 tons
Volume: 10,000 cf   Maint.: 17 man-hours   Price: $12,063,590

HT: 7.   HPs: 2,250 Body

sAccel: 0.2 G   sMR: 0.2   Delta-V: 94 mps.

Design Notes
  Body is 10,000 cf. Structure is light, advanced. Armor is DR 20 
advanced metal, with DR 180 advanced ablative on F. Sealed. Tanks are 
ultralight. Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 
1,709.35 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 80,000 lbs. 

Weapon              Weight Volume Cost     Power  WPS VPS CPS TL
32-MJ Rainbow Laser 2,000  40     $590,000 72,000  -   -   -  9

Weapon              Ammo Malf. Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D    Max     RoF
32-MJ Rainbow Laser  -   ver.  imp. 6d*15  25 31  286,000 858,000 1

  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: The last of the belters, a solar tugboat.
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