[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 694 – Sternmetal Type 12c Minerbot

[Onno Meyer]

  This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the 
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  Onno Meyer, 2008-02-10

Sternmetal Type 12c Minerbot v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL10)
  Copyright 2008 by Onno Meyer

  The Sternmetal Minerbot series is used on inhospitable planets. The 
Type 12a sets explosive charges, the Type 12b removes the ore and the 
Type 12c lays tracks in the newly cleared tunnel. A central computer 
coordinates a swarm of semi-independent robots.
  Each Type 12c Minerbot carries three two-yard sections of track. It 
uses two manipulator arms to set them on the ground and to expand the 
rails it uses. A spotlight and two cameras allow binocular vision in 
dark tunnels.  
  Each two-yard section of electrified track is 400 lbs. and $2,000.

Subassemblies: Body +2, four Railway Wheels –1, two Arms -1. 
Powertrain: 6.25-kW wheeled drivetrain; 7.5-kW contact power.
Cargo: 30 cf open.

Armor      F      RL     B      T      U
Body:     3/12   3/12   3/12   3/12   3/12
Wheels:   3/12   3/12   3/12   3/12   3/12
Arms:     3/12   3/12   3/12   3/12   3/12

Equipment
  Body: Medium cellular phone; 0.5-mile searchlight; two 1x LLTVs; small 
robot brain, IQ 7, DX 10. Arms: ST 25 arm motors.

Statistics
Size: 8'x4'x4'   Payload: 1,200 lbs.   Lwt.: 1 ton
Volume: 50 cf    Maint.: 167 hrs.      Price: $14,372.5

HT: 12.   HPs: 113 Body, 23 each Wheel, 30 each Arm.

gSpeed: 80   gAccel: 4   gDecel: 10   gMR: 0.5   gSR: 4
Ground Pressure High. No Off-Road Performance.

Design Notes
  Body is 36 cf. Wheels are 10 cf (increased volume). Arms are 2 cf 
each. Structure is medium, cheap, robotic. Armor is cheap metal. Sealed. 
4.64 cf of empty space in the Body and 1.83 cf of empty space in each 
Arm. Empty weight is 800 lbs.
  The vehicle uses the design rules from GURPS Vehicles [2nd edition, 
3rd printing, Dec 2004 errata], VXi, VXii (the armor volume rule) and 
the text format from Vehicles Lite. The Traveller background affects 
the design decisions, not the technology.


Next Week: A sensor station for Traveller.