Re: [gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 753 – Post-Apocalyptic Catamaran (TL7)

[Knapp]

How about are REALLY big commit, provided anyone lived? :-)

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Onno Meyer <Onno.Meyer at gmx.de> wrote:
>  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
> 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, 2009-03-30
>
> Post-Apocalyptic Catamaran v1.0 (TL7)
>  Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer
>
>  No reasonable disaster could flood the entire surface of Earth without
> a change of plate tectonics and geological timeframes, but a water world
> is a good adventure background.
>  The Post-Apocalyptic Catamaran is a converted sailing yacht. She might
> have had radios and GPS at some point, but those are long gone, replaced
> by large crossbows to launch harpoons or other darts. An electric winch
> helps undersized crews - there should be a deck hand in addition to the
> helmsman.
>  A full load of ammunition and provisions is $2,850 (at listed prices).
>
> Subassemblies: Body +5, Mast +1, two full-rotation Open Mounts -1.
> Powertrain: 1,000-sf bermuda and jib rig; 25 sf solar cells; 2,000-kWs
>  lead-acid battery.
> Occ: 1 XRCS, 2 cabins.   Cargo: 120 cf
>
> Armor    F    RL     B     T     U
> Body:   3/9   3/9   3/9   3/9   3/9
> Mast:   3/6   3/6   3/6   3/6   3/6
>
> Weaponry
> Two Scorpions [OM:F] (150 darts each) +0.
>
> Equipment:
>  Body: Navigation instruments; ST 30 winch; 375 man-days of provisions.
>
> Statistics
> Size: 30'x20'x60'   Payload: 4 tons    Lwt.: 10 tons
> Volume: 2,000 cf    Maint.: 54 hours   Price: $34,470
>
> HT: 11.   HPs: 750 Body, 80 Mast, 20 each Open Mount
>
> wSpeed: 20   wAccel: 3   wDecel: 1   wMR: 0.1   wSR: 4
> Draft 2.2'. Flotation Rating 52 tons.
>
> Design Notes
>  Cheaply made (to represent wear and tear). Body is 1,983.66 cf, with
> catamaran hull and average hydrodynamics. Mast is 12.5 sf. Open Mounts
> are 1.92 cf each. Structure is standard, light. Body armor is standard
> composite, mast armor is standard metal. Waterproofed. 13.98 cf empty
> space. 300 darts are stowed in the Body. Empty weight is 12,000 lbs.
>
> Weapon   Weight Volume Cost   Power WPS VPS  CPS TL
> Scorpion 80     1.6    $2,000   -   1   0.02 $2  7
>
> Weapon   Ammo  Malf. Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D Max RoF
> Scorpion solid crit. imp. 5d+1   20 6   420  525 1/32
>
>  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 big transport ship.
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Douglas E Knapp

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