[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 750 – SAR Shuttle

[Onno Meyer]

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  Onno Meyer, 2009-03-09

SAR Shuttle v1.0 (TL10)
  Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer

  The SAR Shuttle is a search and rescue craft for orbital and surface 
starports. It can operate in atmosphere or vacuum, and respond quickly 
with a top speed over Mach 2. 
  The Shuttle has seats for five crew (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, and 
two medics or surgeons) and a dozen survivors, two of them in automeds 
for intensive care. The airlock, large for a craft of this size, holds 
four suited humans at a time. The Shuttle can touch down on water and 
dry land, but a winch is provided for rescues from confined areas. An 
advanced sensor suite helps to locate the accident site. 

Subassemblies: Body +6. 
Powertrain: Two 75,000-lb. vectored super reactionless thrusters; two 
  40,000-kW fusion reactors; twenty 360,000-kWs rechargeable power 
  cells.
Occ: 3 RCS, 12 RS.   Cargo: 50 cf

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

Equipment:
  Body: Two extreme-range radios with scramblers; two medium-range VLF 
radios; four long-range laser communicators; two medium-range sonar 
communicators; two 250-mile AESAs; 5-mile active/passive sonar; two 
250-mile PESAs; 100-mile multiscanner; surveillance sound detector, 
level 10; two flight data recorders; three sets of precision navigation 
instruments; three IFF; three inertial navigation systems; two military 
GPS; terrain-following radar; three C6 hardened microframes with three 
terminals; compact fire suppression system; ST 150 winch; two automeds; 
diagnosis table; four-man airlock; high-security alarm; cramped toilet; 
two 10-man full life systems; 15 crashwebs. External: Radiation 
shielding.

Statistics
Size: 40'x20'x10'   Payload: 2 tons        Lwt.: 50 tons
Volume: 5,000 cf    Maint.: 16 man-hours   Price: $11,252,900

HT: 11.   HPs: 3,000 Body

wSpeed: 55   wAccel: 30   wDecel: 10(25)  wMR: 0.5   wSR: 7
Draft 3.1'. Flotation rating 156.25 tons. 

aSpeed: 1,675   aAccel: 30   aDecel: 10   aMR: 2.5   aSR: 4

sAccel: 1.5 G   sMR: 1.5

Design Notes
  Body is 5,000 cf, with total compartmentalization, underbelly skids, 
lifting body and very good streamlining. Structure is medium, advanced. 
Armor is advanced composite. Self-sealing. Computerized controls with 
duplicate maneuver controls. 38.6 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 
96,000 lbs. 
  The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third 
printing, January 2007 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor volume 
rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. 


Next Week: A flarecraft for comparison to the lifters.