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, 2014-07-14
Hyperdrive Trainer Mk.III v1.0 (TL10) Copyright 2014 by Onno Meyer Even with the best simulations, there comes a time for pilot trainees to get into a real starship. Experienced pilots need refresher training to maintain their proficiency. Last but not least, many old Hyperdrive Trainers end their career as station hacks on some starport. The Mk.III has a cylindrical airframe with small stabilizer fins. The cockpit has tandem seats, the trainee in front and the instructor pilot in the rear. A small stowage compartment in the nose holds luggage for ferry flights. The rear of the airframe is taken by the engines -- two sublight thrusters, the hyperdrive, and the MHD fusion reactor. The ceramic armor of the Mk.III has to be replaced from time to time, so used Mk.III often look new. It takes a close look under the hood to find out how many flight hours they have left. It takes 25 minutes to recharge the power cell if coasting. Subassemblies: Body +3. Powertrain: Two 3,600-lb. vectored super reactionless thrusters; 15-ton hyperdrive; 3,655-kW super MHD fusion reactor; 5,400,000-kWs rechargeable power cell. Occ: 2 CCS. Cargo: 10 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/100 4/50 4/50 4/50 4/100 Equipment: Body: Two very-long-range radios; two 25-mile radars, air search; two 25-mile thermographs; 10-mile radscanner; two x200 astronomical LLTVs; flight recorder; two sets of precision navigation instruments; two transponders; two inertial navigation systems; two C4 hardened, small computers; two terminals; two socket interfaces; compact fire suppression system; two 2x1 man-day limited life systems; two crashwebs. External: Radiation shielding. Statistics Size: 15'x6'x6' Payload: 600 lbs. Lwt.: 6,000 lbs. Volume: 300 cf Maint.: 25 hours Price: $657,690 HT: 12. HPs: 225 Body. aSpeed: 950 aAccel: 24 aDecel: 16 aMR: 4 aSR: 3 sAccel: 1.2 G sMR: 1.2 FTL Speed: 1 parsec per day Design Notes Body is 300 cf, with underbelly skids, lifting body, and very good streamlining. Structure is light, advanced. Armor is advanced, fireproof ablative. Sealed. Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 9.26 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 5,400 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 TL11 trainer, with much better atmospheric performance. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
