[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 658 – Diadem Industries SkyFlash Grav Speeder

[Onno Meyer]

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  Onno Meyer, 2007-06-04

Diadem Industries SkyFlash Grav Speeder v1.0 (GURPS Traveller late TL9)
  Copyright 2007 by Onno Meyer

  The SkyFlash represents the best technology available in border areas 
like the Sword Worlds or Arden. Imperials would call the subsonic flyer 
an air/raft, not a speeder ...
  The SkyFlash has two seats for a pilot and a passenger in front and a 
bench for two additional passengers in the rear. A sliding door on each 
side allows easy access to the cabin. The speeder has twin CG units and 
thrusters and a single isotope battery, with a rechargeable power cell 
as backup for 32 minutes. 

Subassemblies: Body +3. 
Powertrain: Two 1,200-lb. vectored reactionless thrusters; two 6,000-lb. 
  contragrav units; 145-kW RTG; 270,000-kWs rechargeable E power cell.
Occ: 1 RCS, 3 RS.   Cargo: 10 cf.

Armor    F      RL     B      T      U
Body:   3/10   3/10   3/10   3/10   3/10

Equipment:
  Body: Two long-range radios; 5x LLTV; 16-mile radar, no targeting; 
transponder; global positioning system; two C3 small computers with 
one terminal; 4-man NBC kit. 

Statistics
Size: 12'x6'x5'   Payload: 0.5 tons   Lwt.: 2 tons
Volume: 250 cf    Maint.: 72 hours   Price: $77,772.5

HT: 12.   HPs: 375 Body

aSpeed: 600   aAccel: 12   aDecel: 14   aMR: 3.5   aSR: 3
CG Lift 3 Gs.

Design Notes
  Body is 250 cf, with underbelly skids, very good streamlining and 
lifting body. Structure is medium and cheap. Armor is cheap composite. 
Sealed. Computerized controls. There are 1.075 cf of empty space. Empty 
weight is 3,000 lbs.
  The late TL9 vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [2nd edition, 
3rd printing, Dec 2004 errata], Traveller, T:S, VXi and VXii (the armor 
volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite.


Next Week: An armed variant.