[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 726 – Patrol Rover

[Onno Meyer]

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  Onno Meyer, 2008-09-22

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

  The Patrol Rover is used as a security and law enforcement vehicle on 
worlds with little or no atmosphere. The basic Rover chassis, two units 
with four wheels each, carries extra armor with a low-signature coating. 
The front unit holds a cabin with nine seats, life support, the isotope 
battery, and a laser turret. The rear unit contains the airlock, a brig 
for two prisoners, and equipment lockers. In combat, the large payload 
section becomes a liability, but it helps during routine missions ...
  The Rover fits into Traveller games where contragrav is less effective 
(or more expensive) than described by GURPS Traveller.

Subassemblies: Articulated Body +5, full-rotation Pop Turret +2, eight 
  Off-Road Wheels +3. 
Powertrain: 875-kW all-wheel drivetrain; 1,000-kW RTG; 16 360,000-kWs 
  rechargeable power cells.
Occ: 9 RCS, 1 RCS (half in turret).   Cargo: 380 cf

Armor       F      RL       B       T       U
Body:     4/250   4/250   4/250   4/250   4/250
Turret:   4/250   4/250   4/250   4/250
Wheels:   4/120   4/120   4/120   4/120   4/120

Weaponry
1.6-MJ UV Laser [Tur:F] (1,800 shots) +2.

Equipment:
  Body: Two long-range radios; two long-range radios with scrambler; 
four long-range laser communicators; two 1-mile searchlights; four 
5-mile thermographs; 25-mile radscanner; data recorder; two sets of 
navigation instruments; two IFF; two inertial navigation systems; two 
military GPS; four C5 hardened minicomputers; nine terminals; full fire 
suppression system; ST 320 winch; six-man airlock; two-bunk brig; tire 
inflation system; cramped toilet; small galley; 12x50 man-hour limited 
life system; 12-man full life system; ten crashwebs. Turret: Full 
stabilization and universal mount for UV Laser; 100-mile radar, LPI;
terminal. External: Basic emission cloaking; basic stealth; radiation
shielding; puncture-resistant tires; tow hitch; tow pin.

Statistics
Size: 50'x10'x12'   Payload: 5 tons    Lwt.: 35 tons
Volume: 3,500 cf    Maint.: 20 hours   Price: $1,008,255

HT: 12.   HPs: 3,000 Body, 300 Turret, 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 1,950 cf. Turret is 50 cf, retracts into Body. Wheels are 
1,500 cf (increased volume). Structure is heavy, standard. All-wheel 
steering. Smartwheels. Armor is standard composite. Sealed. Computerized 
controls with duplicate maneuver controls. 29.63 cf of empty space in 
the body. Empty weight is 60,000 lbs. 

Weapon          Weight Volume Cost    Power  WPS VPS CPS TL
1.6 MJ UV Laser 200    4      $20,000 25,600  -   -   -  10

Weapon          Ammo Malf.       Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D  Max    RoF
1.6 MJ UV Laser  -   ver.(crit.) imp. 6d*5   20 21  5,800 17,000 8*

  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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