[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 727 – Prospecting Rover

[Onno Meyer]

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  Onno Meyer, 2008-09-29

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

  The Prospecting Rover is a modification of an ordinary Transport Rover
for an independent prospector on an airless world. The Rover consists of 
two units with four wheels each, connected by a flexible link. The front 
unit contains the cab, a small cabin with two beds, and hydroponics for 
air and food production. The rear unit holds the airlock, cargo lockers,
a maintenance workshop, an isotope battery, and a fuel enrichment plant 
to refuel the isotope battery from suitable ores. If nothing goes wrong, 
the Prospecting Rover can operate independently for months or years. In 
practice, only foolish or desperate prospectors venture that far from 
civilization - the modifications replaced almost all redundant systems.
  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; three 360,000-kWs 
  rechargeable power cells.
Occ: 2 RCS, double-occupancy cabin.   Cargo: 480 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 8x LLTVs; 2-mile radar; 2-mile 
radscanner; set of navigation instruments; transponder; inertial 
navigation system; global positioning system; C5 hardened minicomputer; 
terminal; full fire suppression system; mechanic mini-workshop; ST 640 
winch; two-man airlock; 20 lb./hour fissionable pellet processor; tire 
inflation system; 2-man total life system. External: Radiation 
shielding; puncture-resistant tires; tow hitch; tow pin; 500 sf solar 
cells.

Statistics
Size: 50'x10'x10'   Payload: 5 tons       Lwt.: 35 tons
Volume: 3,500 cf    Maint.: 5 man-hours   Price: $291,317.5

HT: 11.   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
  Cheaply made. 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. 132.23 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. 


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