[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 730 – Utility 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, 2008-10-20

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

  The Utility Rover can carry up to four humans on worlds with little or 
no atmosphere. An airlock in the rear allows access to the Rover without 
loss of cabin pressure. A small area between the seats allows one or two 
persons at a time to suit up. The life support has bottled air for up to 
75 hours, but the quarters of the Rover are only suitable for missions 
of a day or less.
  The Rover fits into Traveller games where contragrav is less effective 
(or more expensive) than described by GURPS Traveller. 

Subassemblies: Body +4, four Off-Road Wheels +1. 
Powertrain: 125-kW all-wheel drivetrain; 125-kW RTG; two 360,000-kWs 
  rechargeable power cells.
Occ: 4 RCS.   Cargo: 60 cf

Armor      F      RL     B      T      U
Body:     4/25   4/25   4/25   4/25   4/25
Wheels:   4/25   4/25   4/25   4/25   4/25

Equipment:
  Body: Two long-range radios; medium-range laser communicator; four 
5x LLTVs; 5-mile radscanner; navigation instruments; transponder; two 
global positioning systems; four C4 hardened, small computers; four 
terminals; compact fire suppression system; two-man airlock; tire 
inflation system; two 4x37.5 man-hour limited life systems. External: 
Radiation shielding; puncture-resistant tires; tow hitch; tow pin; 180 
sf solar cells.

Statistics
Size: 12'x8'x8'   Payload: 1 ton     Lwt.: 5 tons
Volume: 500 cf    Maint.: 63 hours   Price: $99,887.5

HT: 12.   HPs: 600 Body, 113 each Wheel

gSpeed: 90   gAccel: 4   gDecel: 15   gMR: 1   gSR: 5
Ground Pressure Moderate. 1/3 Off-Road Speed.

Design Notes
  Body is 400 cf. Wheels are 100 cf (increased volume). Structure is 
medium, cheap. Improved suspension. Smartwheels. Armor is cheap metal. 
Sealed. Computerized controls. 41.81 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 
8,000 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. 


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