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, 2015-11-02
Delgado Bee-class Freight Train v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL8) Copyright 2015 by Onno Meyer Delgado uses fission power on some worlds with marginal ecosystems and tainted atmospheres. The weight of the reactor increases the traction of the engine, and the nuclear waste can be dumped on some barren moon. The Bee is used for fast freight trains with a dozen cars at up to 150 kph. Freight Engine The Bee-class Engine has two bogies with two axles each. The electric motors are powered by a lead-cooled fast reactor. There is only one cab, but the drive-by-wire system makes it possible to mount sensors on the last car of the train for reverse operations. The Bee has a workstation for the engineer and a jump seat for a conductor. Subassemblies: Body +6, eight Railway Wheels +4. Powertrain: 4,500-kW rugged all-wheel drivetrain; 4,750-kW rugged fission reactor; 48,000-kWs advanced battery. Occ: 1 bridge RCS, 1 folding CS. Cargo: 80 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/48 4/48 4/48 4/48 4/48 Wheels: 4/48 4/48 4/48 4/48 4/48 Equipment: Body: Whistle; two medium-range radios; 5-mile searchlight; 5-mile low-res imaging radar; two C3 minicomputers; terminal; full fire suppression system; two 1-man airlocks; 2-man full life system. External: Two tow hitches. Statistics Size: 60'x11'x15' Payload: 2,000 lbs. Lwt.: 200,000 lbs. Volume: 8,000 cf Maint.: 11 man-hours Price: $4,968,840 HT: 12. HPs: 12,000 Body, 3,000 each Wheel. gSpeed: 100 gAccel: 3 gDecel: 10 gMR: 0.25 gSR: 6 Ground Pressure High. No Off-Road Speed. Design Notes Performance was calculated with 480 tons of towed weight. Body is 4,000 cf, articulated, with heavy compartmentalization and good streamlining. Wheels are 4,000 cf (increased volume). Structure is cheap, extra-heavy. Armor is cheap metal. Sealed. Computerized controls. 717.9 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 198,000 lbs. Mail Car The Mail Car has a small post office, a mail safe, and a general cargo section. The computer terminals and the satcom unit in the office can be used to download Xboat messages. The safe could hold anything from the payroll of an entire mine town to irrelevant government statistics. Subassemblies: Body +6, eight Railway Wheels +3. Powertrain: 125-kW RTG; 100,000-kWs advanced battery. Cargo: 1,300 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 Wheels: 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 100 cf cargo: +4/200 +4/200 +4/200 +4/200 +4/200 Equipment: Body: Long-range lasercom; C3 minicomputer; three terminals; compact fire suppression system; 10-man conference room; two 5-man airlocks; high-security alarm; normal toilet; 10-man full life system. External: Two tow hitches. Statistics Size: 90'x11'x12' Payload: 28,000 lbs. Lwt.: 100,000 lbs. Volume: 10,000 cf Maint.: 28 hours Price: $521,700 HT: 12. HPs: 7,500 Body, 750 each Wheel gSpeed: * gAccel: * gDecel: * gMR: * gSR: * Ground Pressure High. No Off-Road Speed. * Use towing vehicle's statistics after adding towed weight. Design Notes Body is 8,000 cf, articulated, with good streamlining. Wheels are 2,000 cf (increased volume). Structure is cheap, heavy. Body and Wheel armor is cheap metal, cargo component armor is expensive metal. Sealed. 2,864.8 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 72,000 lbs. Both vehicles 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. The Traveller rules affect the background and design choices, but not the technology of the vehicles. Next Week: A passenger train. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
