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  Onno Meyer, 2009-09-21

SpinDevCorp SeaBus Medium DSV v1.0 (GURPS Traveller TL7)
  Copyright 2009 by Onno Meyer

  The SeaBus Deep Submergence Vehicle is used on many frontier worlds in 
the Spinward Marches. Usually SeaBusses are assembled from imported kits
including the isotope battery and the titanium hull. 
  The DSV has a two seats for the helmsman and navigator and two benches 
for eight passengers. Cargo is stowed under those benches and in lockers 
next to the airlock. The rear of the DSV contains the power systems and 
the life support. Safety regulations and the spartan interior limit the 
SeaBus to trips of 12 hours or less, but this is often ignored on poor 
worlds.

Subassemblies: Body +4. 
Powertrain: Two 35-kW ducted propellers; 75-kW RTG; 36,000-kWs lead-acid 
  batteries.
Occ: 2 CCS, 8 CS.   Cargo: 50 cf.

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

Equipment:
  Body: Long-range radio; medium-range sonar communicator; two 1-mile 
searchlights; two 1-mile passive sonars; set of navigation instruments; 
sonar positioning system; compact fire suppression system; two-man 
airlock; two 10x12 man-hour limited life systems.

Statistics
Size: 16'x8'x10'   Payload: 3,000 lbs.    Lwt.: 48,000 lbs.
Volume: 800 cf     Maint.: 14 man-hours   Price: $8,642,400

HT: 12.   HPs: 3,600 Body

uSpeed: 6   wAccel: 0.6   uDecel: 10   uMR: 0.25   uSR: 2
Submerged Draft 12'. Flotation Rating 25 tons. Crush depth 1,260 yards.

Design Notes
  Body is 800 cf, with submersible hull. Structure is extra-heavy and 
advanced. Armor is advanced metal. 49 cf of empty space in the Body. 
Empty weight is 45,000 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 DSV with manipulator arms.
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