[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 623 – Sharushid Mongoose XII Safari Monocycle

[Onno Meyer]

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  Onno Meyer, 2006-10-02

Sharushid Mongoose XII Safari Monocycle v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL12)
  Copyright 2006 by Onno Meyer

  The Mongoose XII is no effective hunting vehicle, but the monocycle 
has style. For people who fly in a Safari Ship to another planet just 
to add another trophy to their study, style matters.
  The monocycle is a disk with a tire around the outer rim. Gyroscopes 
keep the vehicle (and the hunter within the vehicle) upright and allow 
it to maneuver. This shape would limit the forward visibility and fire, 
so there is a mounting bracket for a big game rifle or similar weapon 
and a boresighted hyperspectral camera. The hunter aims by turning the 
entire vehicle. 

Subassemblies: Body +2, Open Mount -1. 
Powertrain: 5-kW wheelform drivetrain; 5-kW NPU.
Occ: 1 RCS.

Armor    F      RL     B      T      U
Body:   3/15   3/15   3/15   3/15   3/15
  Armor is open frame.

Equipment:
  Body: Medium-range radio; 3-mile PESA; transponder; global 
positioning system; C6 small computer with terminal; crashweb. 
External: Puncture-resistant tire.

Statistics
Size: 6'x3'x6'   Payload: 200 lbs.   Lwt.: 400 lbs.
Volume: 50 cf    Maint.: 107 hours   Price: $35,262.5

HT: 12.   HPs: 75 Body, 20 Open Mount, 15 Tire

gSpeed: 80   gAccel: 4   gDecel: 10   gMR: 1.5   gSR: 1
Ground Pressure Extremely Low. 4/5 Off-Road Speed.

Design Notes
  Body is 48 cf, with wheelform propulsion (no separate wheel). Open 
Mount is 2 cf. Structure is light, expensive. Armor is open frame, 
expensive composite. Computerized controls. 3.66 cf of empty space 
in the body and 2 cf of empty space in the Open Mount. Empty weight 
is 200 lbs.
  The TL12 vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [2nd edition, 
third printing, Dec 2004 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor 
volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. The Traveller 
rules affect the background but not the technology of this design.


Next Week: A Safari Air/Raft.