[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 735 – Stealth Shuttle

[Onno Meyer]

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  Onno Meyer, 2008-11-24

Stealth Shuttle v1.0 (TL11)
  Copyright 2008 by Onno Meyer

  The Stealth Shuttle is used for covert contact operations on primitive 
worlds. She has active and passive stealth systems to cover sight, sound 
and much of the EM spectrum. The cabin seats a pilot, a copilot, and ten 
passengers. Cargo can be stowed between the passenger seats. The Shuttle 
mounts two point defense lasers and a rotary launcher for six drones or 
missiles. 
  The antimatter reactor takes 1.6 seconds to recharge one laser pulse.

Subassemblies: Body +5. 
Powertrain: Two 150,000-lb. vectored super reactionless thrusters; 
  150-WTF warp drive; 25,000-kW antimatter reactor; 40 450,000-kWs 
  rechargeable power cells.
Occ: 2 RCS, 10 RS.   Cargo: 50 cf

Armor      F        RL         B         T         U
Body:   4/3,000   4/1,500   4/1,500   4/1,500   4/1,500

Weaponry:
1.44-MJ X-Ray Laser [Bod:F] (2,344 shots) +2.
1.44-MJ X-Ray Laser [Bod:B] (2,344 shots) +2.
200mm Rotary Launcher [Bod:F] (6 rounds) +2.

Equipment:
  Body: Full stabilization and cyberslave mounts for 1.44-MJ X-Ray 
Lasers; two extreme-range radios with scramblers; four long-range laser 
communicators with scramblers; two medium-range neutrino communicators 
with scramblers; two 1,000-mile AESAs, LPI; 3,600-lightsecond FTL radar; 
two 1,000-mile PESAs; 1,000-mile multiscanner; surveillance sound 
detector, level 10; two sets of precision navigation instruments; four 
IFF; four inertial navigation systems; two military GPS; two 
terrain-following radars; two HUDWACs with pupil scanners; two advanced 
radar/laser detectors; deceptive jammer, rating 14; 40 aircraft decoy 
dischargers; two C7 hardened microframes; two terminals; two neural 
induction fields; full fire suppression system; two forcelocks; 
high-security alarm; 1 kT self-destruct; cramped toilet; two 12-man full 
life systems; grav unit; 12 crashwebs. External: Radical emission 
cloaking; radical sound baffling; radical stealth; intruder chameleon; 
radiation shielding; deflector field.

Statistics
Size: 25'x20'x10'   Payload: 2 tons        Lwt.: 50 tons.
Volume: 2,500 cf    Maint.: 19 man-hours   Price: $15,177,050

HT: 12.   HPs: 7,200 Body

aSpeed: 3,355   aAccel: 60   aDecel: 16   aMR: 4   aSR: 4

sAccel: 3 G   sMR: 3   FTL Speed: 3 parsec/day

Design Notes
  Body is 2,500 cf, with total compartmentalization, underbelly skids, 
lifting body and very good streamlining. Structure is extra-heavy, 
expensive and responsive. Armor is advanced laminate. Self-sealing. 
Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 39.2 cf of empty 
space. Empty weight is 96,000 lbs. 

Weapon                Weight Volume Cost    Power  WPS VPS CPS  TL
200mm Rotary Launcher 200    4       $2,500   -    100 2   var. 11
1.44-MJ X-Ray Laser   100    2      $40,000 76,800  -   -   -   11

Weapon              Ammo Malf. Type Damage  SS Acc 1/2D   Max    RoF
1.44-MJ X-Ray Laser  -   v(c)  imp. 6d*4(2) 20 35  13,000 39,000 20*

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


Next Week: A little 200mm drone.