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, 2014-09-22
Research Ship Mk.IV (Long Endurance 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 upper deck contains the crew quarters -- individual staterooms for the captain, the first mate, and the senior scientist, double staterooms for the others. The bridge is on the lower deck, where it has excellent downward visibility for rough field landings. Behind the bridge are the laboratory, a small conference room with holographic displays, the main airlock, the EVA ready room with stowage lockers, and the engine room in the back. It takes 37 hours at full thrust or 265 minutes coasting to recharge the power cell for one hyperspace entry. Subassemblies: Body +7, four retractable Skids +4. Powertrain: Four 250,000-lb. vectored super reactionless thrusters; 2,500-ton hyperdrive; two 30,000-kW fusion reactors; 900,000,000-kWs rechargeable power cell. Occ: 6 bridge RCS, 6 double-occupancy cabins, 3 double-occupancy luxury cabins, 3 single-occupancy luxury cabins. Cargo: 820 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; four inertial navigation systems; two C7 hardened microframes; twenty terminals; full fire suppression system; science lab (any one science); mini-workshop (engineering); automed; 10-man conference room; 5-man holoventure zone; 6-man airlock with decon showers; forcelock; two 30-man total life systems; grav unit. External: Radiation shielding. Statistics Size: 80'x40'x20' Payload: 10 tons Lwt.: 125 tons Volume: 30,000 cf Maint.: 20 man-hours Price: $16,789,450 HT: 12. HPs: 9,750 Body, 300 each Skid aSpeed: 2,400 aAccel: 80 aDecel: 10 aMR: 2.5 aSR: 5 sAccel: 4 G sMR: 4 FTL Speed: 4 parsecs per day Design Notes Body is 30,000 cf, with lifting body and very good streamlining. Skids are 1,500 cf, retract into Body. Structure is medium, standard. Armor is expensive composite. Sealed. Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 3,479.68 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 230,000 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: A TL9 business jet. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
