[gurps] [Vehicle] TL8 "Proxy-soldier"

[DataPacRat]

>From the source material: "Proxy-soldiers ... We'll be in the ships
and these robots will go ashore. ... It is a robot that we control. We
get into these suits and it is just like being there. The experience
is so real that you forget that you're back in a special facility ...
We wear this special suit and helmet that allows us to see and hear
the environment where the robot is located. It is based on the old
Waldo concept of a mechanical arm and it moves like we move. There's
about a twentieth of a second delay between making a movement and the
robot repeating it, but you get kind of used to it ... we're suspended
in the air like a puppet"

So, basically, we want a remote-controlled robot that can do the
things an infantry soldier can do. I grabbed the suggested maximum
human sizes from G:Robots, and stuffed the frame full of what would
fit. It doesn't have built-in weapons, it uses the same hand-held guns
a soldier would use. It's a bit heavier than a soldier, this first
draft is 750 lbs, but at only $90k each, it's a lot easier to replace
a Proxy-soldier than a living infantryman.

Any comments, criticism, suggestions, questions, flamage?

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TL8 Proxy-soldier RC infantry-robot

Crew: 0 total. 0 crew stations covering vehicle maneuvering system, 2
communicators, navigation aid, 3 sensors.

Subassemblies: Vehicle +0, Right Arm -3, Left Arm -3, Body -1, Head
-2, 2xLegs -1.

P&P: 381,818-kWs advanced battery, 8,727-kWs advanced battery [Head],
2.5-kW legged drivetrain (no access space) [2xLegs].

Fuel:

Occ: 	Cargo:

Armor     F    RL   B    T    U
Right Arm 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10
Left Arm  3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10
Body      3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10
Head      3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10
Legs      3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10

Weaponry Malf Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D yds Max yds RoF TL
talon    -    Imp. 11d+2  0  0   0        0       -   8

Equipment
All: basic chameleon (-3 spotting modifier); self-sealing hull; 26.3
sf electrified surface; basic emission cloaking (-4 spotting
modifier); radical sound baffling (-8 hearing modifier); basic stealth
(-4 spotting modifier).  Right Arm: arm motor (ST:50); long talon
(retractable).  Left Arm: arm motor (ST:50); long talon (retractable).
 Body: long range radio communicator (1,000-mile range; scrambler);
medium range laser communicator (200-mile range).  Head: PESA (scan
11, 1-mile range); surveillance sound detector (sound level 18);
gyrobalance; AESA (scan 11, 1-mile range); inertial compass; small
robot brain (complexity 2, +0 DX; hardened).

Statistics
Size: [LxWxH] 5.86'x1.47'x0.733'	Payload: 0 lbs.	Lwt.: 750 lbs.

Volume: 6.3 cf	Maint.: 67.1 hours (1.43 mh/day)	Price: $88,868

HT: 10	HP: 6 [Right Arm], 6 [Left Arm], 17 [Body], 5 [Head], 12 each [2xLegs].
Ground Performance: Speed Factor 9, Top Speed 25 mph, gAccel 10 mph/s,
gDecel 20 mph/s, gMR 3, gSR 2, Ground Pressure 596 lbs./sf, Off Road
Speed 25 mph.

Underwater Performance: Drag 54, Top Speed 3 mph, uAccel 0.3 mph/s,
uMR 0.75, uSR 4, uDecel (powered) 10 mph/s, ( 10.1 mph/s), Draft 2.44
ft, Test Depth 30 yds, Crush Depth 60 yds.


Design Notes:
TL8 robotic medium frame expensive materials (Using greater of volume
or surface area) [Vehicle].
TL8 DR 10 advanced laminate [Vehicle].
Operating Duration:  1 D 8 H 5 S.
Vehicle Features: computerized controls, no streamlining.
Legs: improved suspension.
Head: limited rotation.
Volume: 0.2 cf [Right Arm], 0.2 cf [Left Arm], 2.5 cf [Body], 0.4 cf
[Head], 1.5 cf [2xLegs].
Area: 2.05 sf [Right Arm], 2.05 sf [Left Arm], 11.1 sf [Body], 3.26 sf
[Head], 7.86 sf [2xLegs].
Empty Space: 0 cf [Head].
Ground Performance:;

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Thank you for your time,
-- 
DataPacRat         VA3BOS
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and you are responsible for using them." -- Qur'an 17:36, Khalifa
translation.