[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 685 – Hybrid Recon Spacefighter

[Onno Meyer]

  This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the 
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redistribution of my work, but I would like to know if you put it on 
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  Onno Meyer, 2007-12-9

Hybrid Recon Spacefighter v1.0 (TL8/12)
  Copyright 2007 by Onno Meyer

  Many science fiction backgrounds mix near future technology with a few 
breakthroughs to allow interstellar travel. The craft described here has 
a contragrav unit, a STL engine, and a FTL engine, all violating physics 
as we know it, and an optimistic power storage cell.
  The Recon Spacefighter carries a pilot, a co-pilot, two observers, and 
specialized sensors for orbital surveys. It is armed with a 25mm gatling 
cannon for air and space combat. The fighter mounts a rechargeable power 
cell storing 15 MWh. The power is consumed at a rate of 1 MW in n-space, 
0.48 MW in hyperspace and 4.8 MWh for each hyperspace entry.
  In a game, the Recon Spacefighter justifies a mix of ground and space 
adventures for a small group of heroes. In theory, there are two flight 
crew and two dismount crew, but in practice both teams do both jobs. 
  A full load of ammunition is $14,400.

Subassemblies: Body +4. 
Powertrain: TL12 18,000-lb. vectored reactionless thruster; TL12 48-ton 
  hyperdrive; TL12 24,000-lb. contragrav generator; 54,000,000-kWs 
  rechargeable power cell.
Occ: 2 RCS, 2 RS.

Armor     F      RL       B       T       U
Body:   4/100   4/100   4/100   4/100   4/100

Weaponry
25mm Gatling [Bod:F] (1,200 rounds) +2.

Equipment:
  Body: Full stabilization for 25mm Gatling; very long range radio with 
scrambler; long range radio with scrambler; long range, tight-beam radio 
with scrambler; long range laser communicator; 100-mile multimode radar, 
LPI; 250-mile thermograph; 200x astronomical LLTV; low-res planetary 
survey array; flight data recorder; low-light digital recon camera; 
chemical sensor array; 1,000-yd. laser chemscanner; precision navigation 
instruments; two IFF; two inertial navigation systems; terrain-following 
radar; two HUDWACs with pupil scanners; 5-mile laser rangefinder; laser 
spot tracker; two advanced radar/laser detectors; deceptive jammer, 
rating 8; 24 aircraft decoy dischargers, flares; 24 aircraft decoy 
dischargers, chaff; two C4 genius, hardened minicomputers; two 
terminals; compact fire suppression system; 4 man-days limited life 
system. External: Radical IR cloaking; modest sound baffling; radical 
stealth; basic chameleon; radiation shielding.

Statistics
Size: 24'x8'x6'   Payload: 1 ton        Lwt.: 10 tons
Volume: 500 cf    Maint.: 6 man-hours   Price: $21,346,880

HT: 12.   HPs: 600 Body

aSpeed: 1,300   aAccel: 18   aDecel: 10   aMR: 2.5   aSR: 3

sAccel: 0.9   sMR: 0.9   Hyperspeed: 0.96 parsecs per day

Design Notes
  Finely made. Body is 500 cf, with very good streamlining, underbelly 
skids, and a lifting body. Structure is medium and advanced. Armor is 
advanced composite. Sealed. Computerized controls with dual maneuver 
controls. There are 5.29 cf of empty space. 1,200 rounds of 25mm APDU 
are stowed in the body. Empty weight is 18,000 lbs.

Weapon       Weight Volume Cost    Power WPS   VPS    CPS    TL
25mm Gatling 210    4.2    $15,000 8     1     0.0067 $12(1) 8
  Ammo type: (1) APDU.

Weapon       Ammo Malf. Type Damage  SS Acc 1/2D  Max   RoF 
25mm Gatling APDU ver.  cr.  6d*5(3) 20 14  1,400 5,900 80

  The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [2nd edition, 3rd 
printing, Dec 2004 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor volume 
rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. All components except 
for those listed as TL12 are TL8.


Next Week: A little naval warbot for Hal.