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, 2014-09-15
Research Ship Mk.IV (Spartan Version) v1.0 (TL11) Copyright 2014 by Onno Meyer The Research Ship carries a group of scientists to distant worlds. Her crew and the laboratory can be tailored to the mission, from geophysical surveys to xenoarchaeological digs. The design is as small as possible for the scientific payload, at the expense of living quarters and a great deal of efficiency -- the people who make such decisions usually don't ride in small Research Ships. She has a cylindrical hull which flares out into a lifting body. From nose to tail, there are the cockpit, a tiny cubicle for the captain, a crew bunkroom, the main airlock and the EVA ready room, the lab, a bunkroom for the scientists, and finally the engine room. It takes 163 hours at full thrust or 5 hours coasting to recharge the power cell for one hyperspace entry. Subassemblies: Body +6, three retractable Skids +3. Powertrain: Three 160,000-lb. vectored super reactionless thrusters; 1,200-ton hyperdrive; 28,000-kW fusion reactor; 432,000,000-kWs rechargeable power cell. Occ: 4 bridge RCS, 18 bunks. Cargo: 120 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 Skids: 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 Equipment: Body: Two extreme-range radios; very-long-range tight-beam radio; very-long-range laser communicator; two 1,500-mile AESAs; two 1,500-lightsecond FTL radars; two 1,500-mile PESAs; 1,000-mile multiscanner; two x1,000 astronomical instruments; high-resolution planetary survey array; 100-lightsecond FTL emergence detector; 100-lightsecond FTL scan detector; two flight recorders; two sets of precision navigation instruments; two transponders; two inertial navigation systems; two C7 hardened microframes; ten terminals; full fire suppression system; science lab (any one science); mini-workshop (engineering); automed; 4-man airlock with decon showers; forcelock; two 20-man total life systems; grav unit. External: Radiation shielding. Statistics Size: 100'x25'x12' Payload: 3 tons Lwt.: 60 tons Volume: 9,000 cf Maint.: 17 man-hours Price: $12,208,350 HT: 12. HPs: 4,500 Body, 200 each Skid aSpeed: 2,450 aAccel: 80 aDecel: 12 aMR: 3 aSR: 4 sAccel: 4 G sMR: 4 FTL Speed: 4 parsecs per day Design Notes Body is 9,000 cf, with lifting body and very good streamlining. Skids are 450 cf, retract into Body. Structure is medium, standard. Armor is expensive composite. Sealed. Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 275.57 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 114,000 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: Quarters along the lines of the Navy manual. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
