[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 706 – Cyborg Scoutship

[Onno Meyer]

  This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the 
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  Onno Meyer, 2008-05-04

Cyborg Scoutship v1.0 (TL10)
  Copyright 2008 by Onno Meyer

  A sufficiently advanced technology might be able to transplant a human
brain into a starship. What that tells us about the society best remains 
unsaid, but the plot possibilities are obvious ...
  The Cyborg Scoutship has a hyperdrive for interstellar flight and twin 
fusion engines for orbital and atmospheric operations. Her reaction mass
allows a delta-V of 85 km/s, which is sufficient for several landings on 
earthlike worlds. The ship has quarters for up to eight passengers and a 
maintenance crewman, with supplies for three months. 
  The engines use 4,000 gallons of reaction mass per hour. It takes 17 
hours to recharge the power cells for a hyperspace entry, or 5 seconds 
to recharge one laser pulse. A full load of provisions is $5,400. 

Subassemblies: Body +6, three retractable Skids +2, full-rotation Pop 
  Turret +0. 
Powertrain: Two vectored 100,000-lb. fusion ram-rockets; 50-ton 
  hyperdrive; two 500-kW RTGs; fifty 360,000-kWs rechargeable E power
  cells.
Fuel: 4,000 gallons water.
Occ: Single-occupancy cabin, four double-occupancy cabins.
Cargo: 120 cf.

Armor       F      RL       B       T       U
Body:     4/100   4/100   4/100   4/100   4/100
Skids:     4/25    4/25    4/25    4/25    4/25
Turret:   4/100   4/100   4/100   4/100   4/100

Weaponry
672-kJ Laser Cutter [Tur:F] (11,905 shots) +2.

Equipment:
  Body: Two extreme range radios; two long range laser communicators; 
two 1,000-mile AESAs; two 1,000-mile PESAs; 200-mile multiscanner; 
1,000x astronomical LLTV; medium-resolution planetary survey array; 
precision navigation instruments; two IFF; four inertial navigation 
systems; two global positioning systems; three C6 hardened microframe 
computers; five terminals; full fire suppression system; 2-man airlock 
with decon shower; refueling probe; two 10-man full life systems; 900 
man-days of provisions; cyborg brain. Turret: Full stabilization and 
universal mount for Laser Cutter. External: Radiation shielding.

Statistics
Size: 45'x25'x10'   Payload: 20 tons      Lwt.: 50 tons
Volume: 6,000 cf    Maint.: 8 man-hours   Price: $6,897,520

HT: 11.   HPs: 3,000 Body, 150 each Skid, 30 Turret

aSpeed: 1,935   aAccel: 40   aDecel: 10   aMR: 2.5   aSR: 4

sAccel: 2   sMR: 2   Hyperspeed: 0.2 parsecs/day   delta-V: 191,821 mph

Design Notes
  Body is 6,000 cf, with very good streamlining and lifting body. Skids 
are 300 cf, retract into body. Turret is 6 cf, retracts into body. 
Structure is robotic, medium and standard. Armor is advanced composite. 
Tanks are light and self-sealing. Sealed. Computerized controls. There 
are 17.9 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 60,000 lbs.

Weapon              Weight Volume Cost   Power  WPS VPS CPS TL
672-kJ Laser Cutter 70     1.4    $3,500 30,240  -   -   -  10

Weapon              Ammo Malf. Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D  Max   RoF 
672-kJ Laser Cutter  -   v(c)  imp. 13d    25 12  1,400 2,800 20

  The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third 
printing, Dec 2004 errata], Robots, VXi and VXii (including the armor 
volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite.


Next Week: A schooner for Traveller.