Question: As RTG life-spans are unaffected by usage, would escape pods with RTGs usually be hooked into the station power system either as a supplemental or backup power supply? How much impact would this likely have on the power systems of either stations or ships?(I suspect it could range from trivial for large cargo haulers to massive for cruise ships)
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 12:05 AM, Onno Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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, 2016-04-18 > > Escape Pod Mk.III v1.0 (TL10) > Copyright 2016 by Onno Meyer > > The Escape Pod is used to evacuate orbital stations or spacecraft near > inhabited worlds. It has room for five persons, air/water recyclers, and > food for ten days. Usually the computers select a drop zone sooner than > that -- the Escape Pod is very cramped. The Mk.III has improved engines > and armor for aerobraking maneuvers at higher speed. > A full load of provisions is $300. > > Subassemblies: Body +3. > Powertrain: 600-lb. standard reactionless thruster; 360-kW RTG. > Occ: 5 CS. Cargo: 5 cf. > > Armor F RL B T U > Body: 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 > > Equipment: > Body: Very-long-range radio; four x6 LLTVs; 2-mile radscanner; set of > navigation instruments; transponder; inertial navigation system; three > C4 hardened small computers; compact fire suppression system; 10,000-lb. > vehicular parachute; 5-man full life system; 50 man-days of provisions. > External: Radiation shielding; 125 sf solar cells. > > Statistics > Size: 10'x6'x5' Payload: 1,200 lbs. Lwt.: 6,000 lbs. > Volume: 250 cf Maint.: 49 hours Price: $166,250 > > HT: 12. HPs: 375. > > sAccel: 0.1 G sMR: 0.1 > > As Glider: > aSpeed: 380 aAccel: 0 aDecel: 0.5 aMR: 0.125 aSR: 3 > Stall Speed: 135 Glide Ratio: 8:1 > > Design Notes > Body is 250 cf, with lifting body, underbelly skids, and very good > streamlining. Structure is medium, expensive. Armor is expensive > composite. Sealed. 8.05 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 4,800 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: The Mark IV. > _______________________________________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l > _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
