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Onno Meyer, 2016-06-13
Mobile Exploration Base v1.0 (TL08)
Copyright 2016 by Onno Meyer
The Mobile Exploration Base provides shelter and environmental support
for 200 people. Conditions are very cramped, but the hydroponics provide
clean air and fresh food for years at a time.
The main hull has three decks. The hydroponic section is on the upper
deck, where leaded windows provide a little extra light. The middle deck
holds small two-bed cabins, along with the sickbay, the galley, and food
and storage lockers. The lower deck has tiers of bunk beds, the reactor,
the maintenance workshop, and the primary airlock.
The superstructure contains the control room, the radio room, and the
commander's suite with two separate bedrooms. Behind the superstructure
are the shuttle pad for resupply and a crane for refueling.
The reactor needs a dozen fuel rods for $960,000 every two years.
Subassemblies: Body +8, four Tracks +6, Superstructure +6, full-rotation
Open Mount #1 +3, full-rotation Open Mount #2 +0.
Powertrain: 9,600-kW tracked drivetrain; 12,000-kW fission reactor.
Occ: 5 bridge RCS, 150 bunks, 24 cabins, 2 luxury cabins.
Cargo: 2,000 cf.
Armor F RL B T U
Body: 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100
Tracks: 4/150 4/150 4/150 4/150 4/150
Superstructure: 4/100 4/100 4/100 4/100
Equipment:
Body: 9-mile active sonar; six full fire suppression systems; complete
workshop; ST 6,400 winch; operating room; 20-man bar; 5-man airlock;
15-man airlock; 200-man total life system. Superstructure:
Very-long-range radio; very-long-range, tight-beam radio; two sets of
navigation instruments; two inertial navigation systems; autopilot;
advanced radar/laser detector; C4 microframe; three terminals; 10-man
conference room. Open Mount #1: 5-ton crane. Open Mount #2: 250-mile
radar, no targeting. External: Radiation shielding; 2,400-sf landing
pad.
Statistics
Size: 100'x30'x40' Payload: 40 tons Lwt.: 1,000 tons
Volume: 100,000 cf Maint.: 16 man-hours Price: $11,228,800
HT: 11. HPs: 60,000 Body, 12,000 each Track, 12,000 Superstructure,
300 Open Mount #1, 40 Open Mount #2.
gSpeed: 35 gAccel: 2 gDecel: 20 gMR: 0.125 gSR: 6
Ground Pressure Low. 2/3 Off-Road Speed.
wSpeed: 6 wAccel: 0.2 wDecel: 10 wMR: 0.1 wSR: 6
Draft 8.4'. Flotation Rating 1,875 tons.
Design Notes
Body is 60,000 cf, with total compartmentalization. Tracks are 36,000
cf. Superstructure is 3,874 cf. Open Mount #1 is 120 cf, mounted on
Body. Open Mount #2 is 6 cf, mounted on Superstructure. Structure is
extra-heavy, cheap. Armor is cheap metal. Sealed. Mechanical controls.
50.8 cf of empty space in the Body. Empty weight is 1,920,000 lbs.
The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third
printing, July 2010 errata] and VXii (including the armor volume rule)
with the text format from Vehicles Lite.
Next Week: A TL9 sleeper ship.
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