[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 728 – SAR Rover

[Onno Meyer]

  This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the 
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redistribution of my work, but I would like to know if you put it on 
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  Onno Meyer, 2008-10-06

SAR Rover v1.0 (TL10)
  Copyright 2008 by Onno Meyer

  The SAR Rover is a variant of the basic Transport Rover for Search And 
Rescue on worlds with little or no atmosphere. It consists of two linked 
units with four wheels each. The forward unit mounts the cab with twelve
seats, the power plant, and the life support. The rear unit contains an 
enlarged airlock and the medical gear - two automeds and an examination 
table. Other upgrades include a bulldozer blade and improved sensors.
  The Rover fits into Traveller games where contragrav is less effective 
(or more expensive) than described by GURPS Traveller. The cover of VXii
could represent a Rover with additional trailers.

Subassemblies: Articulated Body +5, eight Off-Road Wheels +3. 
Powertrain: 875-kW all-wheel drivetrain; 1,000-kW RTG; 16 360,000-kWs 
  rechargeable power cells.
Occ: 12 RCS.   Cargo: 380 cf

Armor       F      RL       B       T       U
Body:     4/120   4/120   4/120   4/120   4/120
Wheels:   4/120   4/120   4/120   4/120   4/120

Equipment:
  Body: Two long-range radios; two long-range radios with scramblers; 
long-range laser communicator; four 8x LLTVs; 5-mile radar; 50-mile 
thermograph; 5-mile geophone; 5-mile radscanner; two sets of navigation 
instruments; two transponders; inertial navigation system; two global 
positioning systems; four C5 hardened minicomputers; 12 terminals; full 
fire suppression system; ST 1,600 winch; two automeds; diagnosis table; 
six-man airlock; tire inflation system; cramped toilet; small galley; 
24x50 man-hour limited life system; 12-man full life system. External: 
Radiation shielding; bulldozer blade; puncture-resistant tires; tow 
hitch; tow pin; 400 sf solar cells.

Statistics
Size: 50'x10'x10'   Payload: 5 tons    Lwt.: 35 tons
Volume: 3,500 cf    Maint.: 21 hours   Price: $892,060

HT: 12.   HPs: 3,000 Body, 600 each Wheel

gSpeed: 80   gAccel: 4   gDecel: 15   gMR: 1   gSR: 6
Ground Pressure High. 1/4 Off-Road Speed.

Design Notes
  Body is 2,000 cf. Wheels are 1,500 cf (increased volume). Structure 
is heavy, standard. All-wheel steering. Smartwheels. Armor is standard 
metal. Sealed. Computerized controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 
1.13 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 60,000 lbs. 
  The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third 
printing, Dec 2004 errata], VXi and VXii (the armor volume rule) with 
the text format from Vehicles Lite. 


Next Week: The basic model.