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. The files at omeyer.gmxhome.de are down until I fix the automatic PDF generation, which should be one of these days - see sourceforge.net/projects/gurpsml Onno Meyer, 2009-08-24
Delgado Bluefin VII Lifeboat v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL7) Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer The Bluefin VII has been designed for worlds rich in metal and poor in petrochemicals, where wooden planks and gas engines are impractical. The waterworld Rangent in the Spinward Marches has recently started license production. The lifeboat has a fuel cell powering the small screw, and six oars in case the hydrogen runs out. The coxwain in the stern controls the engine and a small radio. A locker in the bow holds food and water for perhaps three days, and perhaps a flare gun if it wasn't pilfered. The hydrogen tanks, stowage locker and engine compartment are distributed to provide some buoyancy in case the boat gets swamped. At full power, the fuel cell burns 4.5 gallons of hydrogen per hour. A full load of fuel and provisions is $424. Subassemblies: Body +4. Powertrain: Six oars; 30-kW light screw propeller; 30-kW fuel cell; 900-kWs lead-acid batteries. Fuel: 400 gallons hydrogen (fire 13). Occ: 7 XCCS, 13 XCS. Armor F RL B T U Body: 2/3 2/3 2/3 0/0 2/3 Equipment: Body: Medium-range radio; 64 man-days of provisions. Statistics Size: 24'x6'x3' Payload: 2.5 tons Lwt.: 4 tons Volume: 400 cf Maint.: 125 hours Price: $25,502.5 HT: 12. HPs: 300 Body Engine: wSpeed: 10 wAccel: 0.8 wDecel: 5(5.4) wMR: 0.25 wSR: 4 Oars: wSpeed: 5 wAccel: 0.1 wDecel: 5 wMR: 0.25 wSR: 4 Draft 1.5'. Flotation Rating 11.4 tons. Design Notes Body is 400 cf, with mediocre lines and heavy compartmentalization. Structure is light, standard. Armor is standard composite. Waterproofed. Mechanical controls. 2.15 cf of empty space. Empty weight is 3,000 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. GURPS Traveller affects the design decisions, but not the available technology at this TL. Next Week: A floating port. _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
