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, 2014-07-21
Hyperdrive Trainer Mk.IV v1.0 (TL11) 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.IV has a sleek cylindrical hull with small fins. The cockpit has two seats under a clear bubble canopy, the trainee in front and the instructor in the rear. The endurance of the Trainer is less than a day, but with a top speed of 2,400 c it can be used for short interstellar flights. It takes 195 minutes to recharge the power cell at full thrust, or 75 minutes if coasting. Subassemblies: Body +3. Powertrain: Two 15,000-lb. vectored super reactionless thrusters; 30-ton hyperdrive; 2,500-kW super MHD fusion reactor; 10,800,000-kWs rechargeable power cell. Occ: 2 RCS. Cargo: 10 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 Equipment: Body: Two very-long-range radios; two 50-mile radars; two 50-lightsecond FTL radars; two 50-mile thermographs; 10-mile radscanner; two x200 astronomical LLTVs; flight recorder; two sets of precision navigation instruments; two transponders; two inertial navigation systems; two C6 hardened minicomputers; two terminals; two neural induction fields; compact fire suppression system; forcelock; two 3-man full life systems; two ejection seats; two crashwebs. External: Radiation shielding. Statistics Size: 15'x6'x6' Payload: 600 lbs. Lwt.: 6,000 lbs. Volume: 300 cf Maint.: 22 hours Price: $798,000 HT: 12. HPs: 450 Body. aSpeed: 1,935 aAccel: 100 aDecel: 18 aMR: 4.5 aSR: 3 sAccel: 5 G sMR: 5 FTL Speed: 2 parsec per day Design Notes Body is 300 cf, with underbelly skids, lifting body, and very good streamlining. Structure is medium, expensive. Armor is expensive composite. Sealed. Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 17.2 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 TL12 trainer with contragrav. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
