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. With a slight delay, old vehicles appear at http://omeyer.gmxhome.de/GURPSnet_files/summary.html Onno Meyer, 2006-03-13
ArcoTech Fire Engine v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL9) Copyright 2006 by Onno Meyer On very inhospitable planets, populations are often concentrated in a few arcologies. Vehicles for use within these buildings differ from the open country models - size matters, and bigger isn't always better. The Fire Engine is just 1.5 m wide and 3.9 m long. Even so, it has an articulated body to negotiate residential corridors. The front section holds four of the six firemen and a water/foam cannon with a 200 gallon tank. The rear section holds the remaining two firemen and a folding 30' ladder to reach ceiling-mounted utilities and hatches to the next higher level. Unlike most other arcology vehicles, the ArcoTech Fire Engine is sealed against environmental hazards - in this case smoke and foam, not rain. At full speed, the power cells last for 6 hours. A full tank of foam is $200. Subassemblies: Body +4, six standard Wheels +0, full-rotation Open Mount -1. Powertrain: 75-kW wheeled drivetrain; six 270,000-kWs rechargeable E cells. Occ: 2 NCS, 4 NS. Cargo: 15 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 3/6 3/6 3/6 3/6 3/6 Wheels: 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 Weaponry Heavy Water Cannon [OM:F] (400 shots) +0. Equipment Body: Medium-range radio with scrambler; short-range cellular phone; 0.5-mile searchlight; 1x LLTV; 5-mile thermograph; chemical sensor array; C3 small computer with two terminals; compact fire suppression system; 30' ladder; ST 60 winch; emergency lights and siren; six-man NBC kit; six crashwebs. Wheels: Puncture-resistant tires. Statistics Size: 13'x5'x6' Payload: 3,200 lbs. Lwt.: 6,000 lbs. Volume: 360 cf Maint.: 75 hours Price: $71,725 HT: 12. HPs: 450 Body, 38 each Wheel gSpeed: 80 gAccel: 4 gDecel: 15 gMR: 0.5 gSR: 4 Ground Pressure High. Off-Road Speed 1/6. Design Notes Articulated body is 322 cf. Wheels are 36 cf (increased volume). Open Mount is 2 cf. Structure is medium and standard. All-wheel steering and improved brakes. Body armor is standard composite, wheel armor is standard metal. Mechanical controls. There are 36.4 cf of access space. Empty weight is 2,800 lbs. Weapon Weight Volume Cost Power WPS VPS CPS TL Heavy Water Cannon 180 1.6+30 $4,500 - 4.25 N/A $0.5 9 Weapon Ammo Malf. Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D Max RoF Heavy Water Cannon foam crit. spcl. 4d 5 10 90 135 8 The TL9 vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [2nd edition, 3rd printing, Dec 2004 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor volume rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite. The Traveller rules affect the background but not the technology of this design. I used common sense rather than the letter of the rule for the water cannon volume. Next Week: A small maintenance truck. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
