[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 690 – Orbital Microfighter

[Onno Meyer]

  This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the 
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  Onno Meyer, 2008-01-13

Orbital Microfighter v1.0 (TL9)
  Copyright 2008 by Onno Meyer

  In some space exploration scenarios, settlements in the asteroid belt 
and the Lagrange Points might find themselves far from civilization and 
the rule of law. They might turn to improvized spacefighters like this 
one for protection.
  Based on an orbital workpod, this Microfighter excels at close-range 
dogfighting. The arms of the pod hold weaponry - a gatling railgun and 
a missile launcher each - and the navigational radar was replaced by a 
targeting system. It was impossible to apply stealth without a total 
rebuild of the hull, so the Microfighter has to rely on a jammer and 
the background clutter of any base to avoid long-range fire.
  A full load of ammunition is $21,600.

Subassemblies: Body +3, two Arms +0. 
Powertrain: 12,000-lb. vectored fusion rocket; two 3,000-lb. vectored 
  fusion rockets; 270,000-kWs rechargeable power cell.
Fuel: 400 gallons water.
Occ: 1 NCS.

Armor    F      RL     B      T      U
Body:   4/20   4/20   4/20   4/20   4/20
Arms:   4/20   4/20   4/20   4/20   4/20

Weaponry
10mm Gatling [ArL:F] (1,200 rounds) +2.
10mm Gatling [ArR:F] (1,200 rounds) +2.
80mm Revolver Launcher [ArL:F] (6 rounds) +2.
80mm Revolver Launcher [ArR:F] (6 rounds) +2.

Equipment:
  Body: Two long range radios with scramblers; 10-mile AESA; 10-mile 
thermograph; navigation instruments; IFF; inertial navigation system; 
deceptive jammer, rating 2; two C3 small, hardened computers; terminal; 
12 man-hours limited life system. Arms: Full stabilization for 10mm 
Gatlings; ST 900 striker arm motors.

Statistics
Size: 12'x8'x6'   Payload: 1.9 tons   Lwt.: 3.6 tons
Volume: 200 cf    Maint.: 28 hours    Price: $517,850

HT: 12.   HPs: 300 Body, 90 each Arm.

sAccel: 2.5   sMR: 2.5   Delta-V 295,029 mph

Design Notes
  Body is 180 cf. Arms are 10 cf. Structure is standard, medium. Armor 
is advanced composite. Sealed. Tanks are light. Computerized controls. 
There are 21.68 cf of empty space in the body and 4.05 cf in each arm. 
Empty weight is 3,400 lbs.

Weapon           Weight Volume Cost    Power  WPS    VPS     CPS    TL
10mm Gatling     110    2.2    $62,000 10,000  0.033 0.00033 $2(1)  9
80mm Revolver L.  20    0.4       $750   -    10     0.2     $1,400 9
  Ammo type: (1) APS.

Weapon       Ammo Malf. Type Damage  SS Acc 1/2D  Max   RoF
10mm Gatling APS  ver.  cr.  6d*5(2) 20 15  2,400 9,600 100

Weapon       Guid Malf. Type Damage    SS sAccel End RoF Skill
80mm Missile OH   crit. exp. 6d*25(10) 17 280    3   1   16

  The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [2nd edition, 3rd 
printing, Dec 2004 errata] and VXii (including the armor volume rule) 
with the text format from Vehicles Lite.


Next Week: A TL13 starfighter with an aerodynamic force screen.