[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 741 – Stealth Shuttlepod, Single Seat Version

[Onno Meyer]

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  Onno Meyer, 2009-01-05

Stealth Shuttlepod, Single Seat Version v1.0 (TL11)
  Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer

  The Stealth Shuttlepod carries one person from an orbiting starship 
to the surface of a planet and up again, if possible without detection 
by local sensor arrays. The spaceframe has a wedge shape with a single 
seat atop the power cells and engine. The canopy slides up and forward 
to allow easy access. The cargo compartment can be reached through the 
open canopy or in flight from the pilot seat (with some contortions). 
  The power cells last for 149 minutes at full thrust, or for several 
weeks in orbit or on the ground.

Subassemblies: Body +2. 
Powertrain: 4,000-lb. vectored super reactionless thruster; four 
  450,000-kWs rechargeable power cells.
Occ: 1 CCS.   Cargo: 10 cf

Armor     F      RL       B       T       U
Body:   4/125   4/125   4/125   4/125   4/125

Equipment:
  Body: Long-range radio with scrambler; medium-range laser communicator 
with scrambler; 5-mile AESA, LPI; two 5-mile PESAs; 5-mile radscanner; 
surveillance sound detector, level 5; IFF; inertial navigation system; 
two C5 hardened small computers; neural induction field; high-security 
alarm; 0.01 kT self-destruct; 1-man full life system. External: Radical 
emission cloaking; radical sound baffling; radical stealth; intruder 
chameleon; radiation shielding.

Statistics
Size: 7'x4'x4'   Payload: 400 lbs.   Lwt.: 2,000 lbs.
Volume: 50 cf    Maint.: 33 hours   Price: $371,875

HT: 12.   HPs: 300 Body

aSpeed: 1,340   aAccel: 40   aDecel: 22   aMR: 5.5   aSR: 2

sAccel: 2 G   sMR: 2

Design Notes
  Body is 50 cf, with underbelly skids, lifting body and very good 
streamlining. Structure is heavy, expensive and responsive. Armor is 
expensive metal. Self-sealing. Computerized controls. 0.4 cf of empty 
space. Empty weight is 1,600 lbs. 
  The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third 
printing, Dec 2004 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor volume 
rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. 


Next Week: The two-man variant.