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, 2006-12-11
Archvillain's Escape Sub (1920s Version) v1.0 (TL6) Copyright 2006 by Onno Meyer Proper pulp villains always prepare their escape routes - this makes up for the time they waste on explanations of their latest death traps or their plans for world domination. The submarine is battery-powered, with no separate engine for surface cruising. It has four spartan seats for a helmsman, an engineer and two passengers. The two passenger seats face each other to allow small talk between the Evil Overlord and captive heroes. The helmsman navigates by compass bearing or a cleverly telescoping periscope. With air for just six hours, long-range navigation is not much of an issue. The batteries last for two hours at top speed or six hours at 6 mph. Subassemblies: Body +3. Powertrain: 16-kW screw propeller; 129,600-kWs lead-acid batteries. Occ: 2 CCS, 2 CS. Cargo: 10 cf. Armor F RL B T U Body: 4/32 4/32 4/32 4/32 4/32 Equipment: Body: Medium-range radio; 5x telescope in 10' periscope; navigation instruments; autopilot; 4x6 man-hours limited life system. Statistics Size: 15'x6'x6' Payload: 1,000 lbs. Lwt.: 11,000 lbs. Volume: 200 cf Maint.: 71 hours Price: $79,070 HT: 12. HPs: 375 Body wSpeed: 8 wAccel: 0.4 wDecel: 2(2.2) wMR: 0.1 wSR: 2 Draft 3'. Flotation rating 12,500 lbs. uSpeed: 10 uAccel: 0.4 uDecel: 1(1.2) uMR: 0.1 uSR: 2 Submerged draft 6'. Crush depth 84 yards. Design Notes Body is 200 cf with submersible lines. Structure is medium, expensive and submersible. Armor is advanced metal. Mechanical controls. 5.933 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 10,000 lbs. The vehicle uses the design rules from GURPS Vehicles [second edition, third printing, Dec 2004 errata], VXi and VXii (including TL6 submarine lines and the armor volume rule) and the text format from Vehicles Lite. Next Week: A little Traveller grav ambulance. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
