[gurps] Onno?? Request for a 3rd Ed. GURPs Vehicle write up

[Roger Burton West]

On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 01:55:55PM -0700, Susan Koziel wrote:
>Hover... not VTOL this time.
>Ummm over city scapes... I mean road ways not over top buildings.

Here you go, a custom TL9 hovercraft intended for shooting up
lightly-armed civilians and the occasional hard target.


Subassemblies: Vehicle +5, Body +5, Turret A [Body] -2, Turret B [Body]
-1, GEV Skirt +4. 

P&P: 9,800-kW super MHD fusion (200 year duration, short term access),
1,500-kW ducted fan (short term access), 1,750-kW ducted lift fan (GEV;
short term access). 

Occ: three normal crew stations (crashweb), 12 roomy passenger seats
(superior access, crashweb), 15-man NBC kit

Armor     F    RL   B    T    U
Body      4/80 4/80 4/80 4/80 4/80
Turret A  4/80 4/80 4/80 4/80 4/80
Turret B  4/80 4/80 4/80 4/80 4/80
GEV Skirt 4/80 4/80 4/80 4/80 4/80

Weaponry       Malf  Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D yds   Max yds    RoF TL
rainbow laser  Ver.  Imp. 3d     17 19  2,800(x50) 5,700(x50) 10  9
plasma blaster Crit. Imp. 5dx10  12 15  470(x50)   950(x50)   1   9

Equipment
All: electrified surface.  Body: two short range radio communicators
(100-mile range; scrambler); three LLTVs (magnification x10); AESA (scan
14, 3-mile range; LPI); two PESAs (scan 14, 3-mile range); multiscanner
(scan 11, 1-mile range); two digital vehicle cameras (infrared,
low-light); two military GPSs; IFF; autopilot; proximity fuse jammer;
six chaff dischargers; six hot smoke dischargers; two small computers
(complexity 3; hardened); full fire suppression system; cargo ramp.

Turret A: short range laser communicator (200-mile range); laser
designator (10-mile range); laser optics detector (3-mile range); 200-kJ
rainbow laser (normal range).

Turret B: 1,000-kJ plasma blaster (normal range); searchlight (5-mile
range); laser spot tracker.  

Statistics
Size: [LxWxH] 43'x10.8'x5.38'
Payload: 3,120 lbs.
Lwt.: 34,273 lbs.
Volume: 2,492 cf
Maint.: 22.7 hours (4.22 mh/day)
Price: $772,951 

HT: 12
HP: 1,209 [Body], 5 [Turret A], 10 [Turret B], 860 [GEV Skirt]. 

Hovercraft Performance: Drag 463, Top Speed 300 mph, hAccel 4 mph/s, hMR
2.75, hSR 5, hDecel 20.


Design Notes: 
TL9 medium frame standard materials [Vehicle].
TL9 DR 80 expensive metal [Vehicle].
Vehicle Features: computerized controls, good streamlining.
GEV Skirt: smart skirt.
Turret A: full rotation.
Turret B: full rotation.
Volume: 1,556 cf [Body], 0.401 cf [Turret A], 1.26 cf [Turret B], 934 cf
[GEV Skirt].
Area: 806 sf [Body], 3.27 sf [Turret A], 6.99 sf [Turret B], 573 sf [GEV
Skirt].