[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 680 – Hybrid Starfighter

[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 
a website or the like. My site is down for rebuilding, but sooner or 
later the old stuff should reappear at   omeyer.gmxhome.de
  Onno Meyer, 2007-11-04

Hybrid Starfighter 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 and isotope battery.
  The Hybrid Starfighter has a boxy hull with the cockpit in front, the 
tiny cabin and life support module in the center and the engine room in 
the rear. It is armed with a 25mm gatling and ten Advanced Medium Range 
Space to Space Missiles on external racks. A variant replaces the cargo 
locker with life support for a third crewman, at the cost of even more 
spartan accommodations. 
  The atmospheric performance of the Hybrid Starfighter is marginal. In 
a game, it could represent either a first generation design, soon to be 
replaced by much faster craft, or a second generation fighter optimized 
for independent deep space operations - just the thing for Our Heroes. 
  A full load of ammunition and provisions is $1,131,200.

Subassemblies: Body +4. 
Powertrain: TL12 20,000-lb. vectored reactionless thruster; TL12 100-ton 
  hyperdrive; TL12 60,000-lb. contragrav generator; 1,250-kW nuclear 
  power unit; 36,000,000-kWs rechargeable power cell.
Occ: 2 NCS, 1 bunk.   Cargo: 20 cf

Armor     F      RL       B       T       U
Body:   4/120   4/120   4/120   4/120   4/120

Weaponry
25mm Gatling [Bod:F] (2,400 rounds) +2.

Equipment:
  Body: Full stabilization for 25mm Gatling; two long range radios with 
scrambler; two long range, tight-beam radios with scrambler; long range 
laser communicator; 500-mile multimode radar, LPI; 200-mile thermograph; 
200x astronomical LLTV; flight data recorder; two sets of precision 
navigation instruments; two IFF; two inertial navigation systems; two 
military GPS; terrain-following radar; two HUDWACs with pupil scanners; 
5-mile laser rangefinder; two advanced radar/laser detectors; deceptive 
jammer, rating 6; 64 aircraft decoy dischargers, flares; 64 aircraft 
decoy dischargers, chaff; two C4 genius, hardened minicomputers; two 
terminals; compact fire suppression system; 2-man full life system; 400 
man-days of provisions. External: Radical IR cloaking; radical stealth; 
radiation shielding; ten 1,000-lb. hardpoints.

Statistics
Size: 24'x8'x6'    Payload: 7 tons        Lwt.: 25 tons
Volume: 1,000 cf   Maint.: 13 man-hours   Price: $7,717,700

HT: 9.   HPs: 900 Body

aSpeed: 600   aAccel: 8   aDecel: 10   aMR: 2.5   aSR: 5

sAccel: 0.4   sMR: 0.4   Hyperspeed: 0.8 parsecs per day

Design Notes
  Body is 1,000 cf, with underbelly skids and fair streamlining. 
Structure is medium and expensive. Armor is advanced composite. Sealed. 
Computerized controls with dual maneuver controls. There are 8.91 cf of 
empty space. 2,400 rounds of 25mm APDU are stowed in the body. Empty 
weight is 36,000 lbs.

Weapon       Weight Volume Cost    Power WPS   VPS     CPS         TL
25mm Gatling 210    4.2    $15,000 8     1      0.0067      $12(1) 8
250mm AMRSSM N/A    N/A    N/A       -   1,000 20      $110,000    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

Weapon       Guid Malf. Type Damage    SS sAccel End      RoF Skill
250mm AMRSSM OH   crit. exp. 6d*67(10) 20 60     16       N/A 21

  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 FTL cruiser.