[gurps] Building a VehicleML

Tom Sparks tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au
Wed Feb 11 03:47:58 CST 2009 

I like your VehicleML
Could a EquipmentML and npcML be created ?
What license are you putting the VehicleML under (GNU GPL, etc)?

tom_a_sparks

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----- Original Message ----
From: Onno Meyer <Onno.Meyer at gmx.de>
To: The GURPSnet mailing list <gurpsnet-l at sjgames.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 11 February, 2009 7:12:29 PM
Subject: [gurps] Building a VehicleML

For years, I have waited with the next generation of my vehicle 
archives. On the one hand, the number of entries makes a modern
format necessary, on the other hand there are so many entries 
that any new format will be outdated by the time I finish the
conversion. 

So I started to think about a generic XML format for vehicles, 
which could be transformed into html or the like. (In the real 
world, I'm turning XML into PDF and a colleague does WordML.)

The key is getting the generic XML right. What do you think 
about this? I haven't done a DTD yet, but the two examples 
should make GT:Starships variant of the format clear.

<vehicles>
<vehicle id="1">
<meta>
  <title>Hyalearl, 100-ton Sulieman-Class Scout/Courier</title>
  <week>698</week>
  <date>2008-03-10</date>
  <copyright>2008</copyright>
  <writer>Onno Meyer</writer>
  <tech>10</tech>
  <background>Traveller</background>
  <version>1.0</version>
</meta>
<writeup rules="GTStarships">
  <intro>
The Hyalearl is a Scout/Courier assigned to the Security Branch of the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service. She is armed with two 500mm missile racks and one 250-MJ laser in the dorsal turret. The starboard cargo bay holds the usual air/raft hangar, but the port bay has been modified with a drop capsule system, low berths and a small surgery. The Scout/Courier is no real special ops craft, but she can jump into tight spots and get out again ...
  </intro>
  <intro>
The ship has heavy compartmentalization. A typical crew consists of a captain/pilot, an astrogator, an engineer and five security troops. The listed payload includes an air/raft, 16 drop capsules, 18 missiles, two EW drones and 40 stons of general cargo.
  </intro>
  <subassemblies>VGSL Hull +8, Turret +5</subassemblies>
  <powertrain>Engineering, 3 Jump Drive, 20 Maneuver</powertrain>
  <fuel>20 Jump Fuel Tank</fuel>
  <occupancy>4 Staterooms, 4 Low Berths</occupancy>
  <cargo>8 dtons</cargo>
  <armors>
    <armor subassembly="All" F="4/200" RL="4/200" B="4/200" T="4/200" U="4/200"/>
  </armors>
  <weapons>
    <weapon count="2" name="500mm Missile Racks" subassembly="Turret" facing="F"/>
    <weapon count="1" name="250-MJ Turret Laser" subassembly="Hull" facing="F"/>
  </weapons>
  <equipments>
    <equipment subassembly="All">Basic Stealth; Basic Emission Cloaking</equipment>
    <equipment subassembly="Hull">Utility; two Fuel Processors; compact, hardened Basic Bridge with Planetary Survey Add-On; Drop Capsule Ready Rack; Drop Capsule Launcher; Spacedock (for one 0.5-dton air/raft); Sick Bay</equipment>
  </equipments>
  <statistics>
    <size>123'x82'x30'</size>
    <payload>71</payload>
    <lwt>379</lwt>
    <volume>100</volume>
    <maint>26 mh/day</maint>
    <price>MCr30.4</price>
    <ht>12</ht>
    <hps> 
      <hp subassembly="Hull">15,000</hp>
      <hp subassembly="Turret">1,200</hp>
    </hps>
    <saccel>2.1 Gs/2.6 Gs empty</saccel>
    <jump>2</jump>
    <aspeed>2,360 mph</aspeed>
  </statistics>
</writeup>
</vehicle>
<vehicle id="2">
<meta>
  <title>Covert System Defense Satellite</title>
  <week>696</week>
  <date>2008-02-25</date>
  <copyright>2008</copyright>
  <writer>Onno Meyer</writer>
  <tech>10</tech>
  <background>Traveller</background>
  <version>1.0</version>
</meta>
<writeup rules="GTStarships">
  <intro>
The CSDS is a low-cost alternative to a crewed System Defense Boat or starfighter. Powered down, the satellite can remain in orbit for a long time. Remote control from a surface base provides fire control data and launch orders, thereby avoiding controversy about armed robots.
  </intro>
  <intro>
The Covert System Defense Satellite has an extra-heavy planetoid hull with total compartmentalization. The exact distribution of armor varies from satellite to satellite. The payload are thirty 500mm missiles.
  </intro>
  <subassemblies>Planetoid Hull +6</subassemblies>
  <powertrain>1 Maneuver</powertrain>
  <occupancy>(only in Cockpit)</occupancy>
  <armors>
    <armor subassembly="All" F="4/793" RL="4/821" B="4/805" T="4/832" U="4/791"/>
  </armors>
  <weapons>
    <weapon count="3" name="500mm Missile Racks" subassembly="Hull" facing="F"/>
  </weapons>
  <equipments>
    <equipment subassembly="Hull">Cockpit</equipment>
  </equipments>
  <statistics>
    <size>25'x20'x10'</size>
    <payload>32</payload>
    <lwt>678</lwt>
    <volume>10</volume>
    <maint>8 mh/day</maint>
    <price>MCr2.86</price>
    <ht>9</ht>
    <hps> 
      <hp subassembly="Hull">12,000</hp>
    </hps>
    <saccel>0.06 Gs</saccel>
  </statistics>
</writeup>
</vehicle>
</vehicles>

  This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the 
GURPSnet mailing list. I grant the permission for all non-commercial 
redistribution of my work, but I would like to know if you put it on 
a website or the like. My site is down for rebuilding, but sooner or 
later the old stuff should reappear at   omeyer.gmxhome.de
  Onno Meyer, 2008-03-10

Hyalearl, 100-ton Sulieman-Class Scout/Courier v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL10)
  Copyright 2008 by Onno Meyer

  The Hyalearl is a Scout/Courier assigned to the Security Branch of the 
Imperial Interstellar Scout Service. She is armed with two 500mm missile 
racks and one 250-MJ laser in the dorsal turret. The starboard cargo bay 
holds the usual air/raft hangar, but the port bay has been modified with
a drop capsule system, low berths and a small surgery. The Scout/Courier 
is no real special ops craft, but she can jump into tight spots and get 
out again ...
  The ship has heavy compartmentalization. A typical crew consists of a 
captain/pilot, an astrogator, an engineer and five security troops. The 
listed payload includes an air/raft, 16 drop capsules, 18 missiles, two 
EW drones and 40 stons of general cargo.

Subassemblies: VGSL Hull +8, Turret +5.
Powertrain: Engineering, 3 Jump Drive, 20 Maneuver. 
Fuel: 20 Jump Fuel Tank. 
Occ: 4 Staterooms, 4 Low Berths.   Cargo: 8 dtons

Armor     F       RL      B       T       U
All:    4/200   4/200   4/200   4/200   4/200

Weaponry: 
250-MJ Turret Laser [Turret].
2x500mm Missile Racks [Turret].

Equipment
All: Basic Stealth; Basic Emission Cloaking. Hull: Utility; two Fuel 
  Processors; compact, hardened Basic Bridge with Planetary Survey 
  Add-On; Drop Capsule Ready Rack; Drop Capsule Launcher; Spacedock 
  (for one 0.5-dton air/raft); Sick Bay.

Statistics
Size: 123'x82'x30'   Payload: 71 stons   Lwt.: 379 stons
Volume: 100 dtons    Maint.: 26 mh/day   Price: MCr30.4

HT: 12.   HPs: 15,000 [Hull] 1,200 [Turret]

sAccel: 2.1 Gs/2.6 Gs empty   Jump: 2   aSpeed: 2,360 mph


  This is a weekly posting with GURPS vehicles (and the like) to the 
GURPSnet mailing list. I grant the permission for all non-commercial 
redistribution of my work, but I would like to know if you put it on 
a website or the like. My site is down for rebuilding, but sooner or 
later the old stuff should reappear at   omeyer.gmxhome.de
  Onno Meyer, 2008-02-25

Covert System Defense Satellite v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL10)
  Copyright 2008 by Onno Meyer

  The CSDS is a low-cost alternative to a crewed System Defense Boat or 
starfighter. Powered down, the satellite can remain in orbit for a long 
time. Remote control from a surface base provides fire control data and 
launch orders, thereby avoiding controversy about armed robots. 
  The Covert System Defense Satellite has an extra-heavy planetoid hull 
with total compartmentalization. The exact distribution of armor varies 
from satellite to satellite. The payload are thirty 500mm missiles.

Subassemblies: Planetoid Hull +6.
Powertrain: 1 Maneuver. 
Occ: (only in Cockpit)

Armor     F       RL      B       T       U
All:    4/793   4/821   4/805   4/832   4/791

Weaponry
  3x500mm Missile Racks [Hull:F].

Equipment
  Hull: Cockpit.

Statistics
Size: 25'x20'x10'   Payload: 32        Lwt.: 678 stons
Volume: 10 dtons    Maint.: 8 mh/day   Price: MCr2.86

HT: 9.   HPs: 12,000 [Hull]

sAccel: 0.06 Gs
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