[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 744 – Delgado RangeMaster-10 Buggy

[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, 2009-01-26

Delgado RangeMaster-10 Buggy v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL10)
  Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer

  The RangeMaster is used by Delgado mining operations on airless moons 
in the Spinward Marches. Surplus Rangemasters are often sold to smaller 
companies or individual prospectors, and hence a common sight on many 
worlds.
  The buggy consists of an open steel frame holding four seats, electric 
motors for each wheel, and a small electronics box between the two front 
seats - two radios, a datalink computer, a camera, and a tracking beacon 
(often the first thing a new owner removes). There is no cargo hold, but 
some equipment can be stowed between the rear seats. 
  The power cell lasts for 42 hours at top speed. 

Subassemblies: Body +2, four Off-Road Wheels -1. 
Powertrain: Ruggedized 2.4-kW all-wheel drivetrain; 360,000-kWs 
  rechargeable power cell.
Occ: XCCS, 3 XCS.

Armor      F    RL     B     T     U
Body:     3/6   3/6   3/6   3/6   3/6
Wheels:   3/6   3/6   3/6   3/6   3/6

Equipment:
  Body: Two short-range radios; 1x LLTV; transponder; C3 dedicated, 
dumb, small computer with datalink. 

Statistics
Size: 6'x4'x3'   Payload: 0.4 tons   Lwt.: 0.6 tons
Volume: 60 cf    Maint.: 189 hours   Price: $2,790

HT: 11.   HPs: 75 Body, 11 each Wheel

Performance at 1 G and standard atmosphere:
gSpeed: 30   gAccel: 2   gDecel: 10   gMR: 0.75   gSR: 4
Ground Pressure Low. 1/2 Off-Road Speed.

Performance at 0.16 G and trace atmosphere:
gSpeed: 90   gAccel: 5   gDecel: 10   gMR: 0.75   gSR: 4
Ground Pressure Very Low. 2/3 Off-Road Speed.

Design Notes
  Cheaply made. Body is 50 cf. Wheels are 10 cf. Structure is medium, 
light. Armor is cheap metal (open frame on body). Mechanical controls. 
8.59 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 400 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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