[gurps] Vehicle outline: TL13 Colonization Support/Disaster ReliefNano-Factory ship (version 2.0)

[Troy Guffey]

Onno Meyer wrote:
> Troy wrote:
>
>> One other key feature is the very large spinal gravity mount. This
>> allows the ship to work as "asteroid tug" and "super-crane". It also
>> has the extra hardware to work as a gravity beam weapon using the
>> same power. If the ship hits you with this, you KNOW you've "been
>> kissed". The energy phasing force lenses make this more versatile.
>
> In Traveller, spinal mounts were built into the hull so they could
> only fire along the axis of the ship. Are you sure about your wording
> here?

Yes, I'm sure that those spinal mounts are what I intended.  The energy 
phasing surface takes the place of a turret, therefore letting you build 
MUCH bigger energy weapons.

>> Reason for the Season:
>> 16 chrysallis machines: 2 elephant, 2 cow, 12 human
>> 512x512x512 main nano-fac tank (big enough to build an /Arleigh/
>> /Burke/-class DDG in the tank)
>
> I still think the ratio between 'crew/medical' and 'hardware' is off.
> The nanofactories dwarf the medical section.

I think it is more likely that people will need hardware items during 
disaster relief or colonization than biological "manufacturing". Those items 
are likely to be quite large.  But doubling the current number/type of 
bio-tanks is not that big a deal.  Also, if you need more chrysallis 
machines, you can just MAKE them.

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