[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 691 – Hyperfighter

[Zan Lynx]

On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 14:37 +0100, Onno Meyer wrote:
> This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the 
> GURPSnet mailing list. I grant the permission for all non-commercial 
> 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, 2008-01-21
> 
> Zan asked about force fields to replace wings:
> 
> Hyperfighter v1.0 (TL13)
>   Copyright 2008 by Onno Meyer
> 
>   The fighter spacecraft has a sufficiently advanced technology for most 
> science fiction games - a force screen, contragrav and engines that defy 
> physics as we know it ...
>   The Hyperfighter is built around the engine room with a fusion reactor
> and twin engines. The cockpit is sandwiched between two missile bays and 
> the nose gun. In flight, the force screen generator provides stealth and 
> aerodynamic streamlining to the boxy hull. On the ground, the nanotech 
> hull forms hatches and steps as required.
>   It takes nine hours to recharge the power cells after each hyperspace 
> jump, or 36 minutes for a minimum-speed entry.

Neat!

Thank you.
-- 
Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org>