GURPS Spaceships: Battlestar Galactica

[Ommadawn]

Here's my first attempt at making some ships using Spaceships. I chose to stat out three of the Colonial vessels from Battlestar Galactica as an exercise and test of how close I could get the designs seen in the series.

I set the Colonial TL at 9 with superscience including FTL drives, grav compensation and artificial gravity. I included reactionless drives in this tech base as it seems to fit the way the ships work on screen. No huge thrust drives and the smaller ships like Vipers and Raptors are limited by the duration of their fuel driven power supplies.

Comments, critiques and suggestions are all welcome!

Overall, I'm impressed with the simplicity and elegance of the Spaceships design rules too. This is a a fantastic supplement and I can't wait for further releases.

So without further rambling:


Raptor:

Front Systems:
[1] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 5 dDR)
[2] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 5 dDR)
[3] Control Room (C7, Sensor/comms 4, 2 workstations)
[4] Cargo (5 tons)
[5] Defensive ECM
[6] Tactical Sensor Array (Sensor/comms 6)

Center Systems:
[1] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 5 dDR)
[2] External Clamp
[3] Fuel Tank (5 tons hydrogen/oxygen rocket fuel for MHD)
[4] Fuel Tank (5 tons hydrogen/oxygen rocket fuel for MHD)
[5] MHD Turbine Power Plant (2 PP, 24 hours duration with fuel tank, 6 without)
[6] MHD Turbine Power Plant (2 PP, 24 hours duration with fuel tank, 6 without)
[core] Passenger Seating (6 seats)

Rear Systems:
[1] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 5 dDR)
[2!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[3!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[4!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[5] Engine Room (1 workstation)
[6!] Contragravity Lifter
[core!] Stardrive (FTL/jump)


TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR Move LWt. Load SM Occ dDR Range Cost
TL 9^ Raptor class craft 30 -1/4 (1/4 air) 0.3G/c 100 5 +6 2-3+6AV 10/5/5 x1 6.18
Top air speed 1400 mph



Viper:

Front Systems:
[1] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 3 dDR)
[2] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 3 dDR)
[3!] Weapon, Major Battery (Fixed 10Mj Laser x 1)
[4!] Weapon, Major Battery (Fixed 20cm Missile x 1, 7 shots)
[5] Tactical Sensor Array (Sensor/comms 5)
[6] Control Room (C6, Sensor/comms 3, 1 workstation)
[core] Defensive ECM

Center Systems:
[1] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 3 dDR)
[2] MHD Turbine Power Plant (6 hours duration, 2 PP)
[3] MHD Turbine Power Plant (6 hours duration, 2 PP)
[4] MHD Turbine Power Plant (6 hours duration, 2 PP)
[5] MHD Turbine Power Plant (6 hours duration, 2 PP)
[6] External Clamp

Rear Systems:
[1] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 3 dDR)
[2!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[3!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[4!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[5!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[6!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[core!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)

Other:
Emergency Ejection System


TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR Move LWt. Load SM Occ dDR Range Cost(M$)
TL 9^ Viper class fighter 20 -1/4 (3/5 air) 0.6G/c 30 0 +5 1AV 6/3/3 n/a 2.093
Top air speed 1900 mph



Galactica:

Front Systems:
[1] Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate (hardened,100 dDR)
[2] Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate (hardened,100 dDR)
[3] Cargo Hold (15k tons)
[4] Habitat (700 cabins, 50 Luxury Cabins, 20 Bunkrooms, 10 Cells, 10 Briefing rooms, 5 Establishments, 10 Labs, 10 Minifacs, 50 Offices, 10 Sickbays, 375 tons steerage cargo)
[5] Tactical Array (Comm/sensor 13)
[6] Defensive ECM
[core] Control Room (C10, Comm/sensor 11, 30 control stations)

Center Systems:
[1] Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate (hardened,100 dDR)
[2] Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate (hardened,100 dDR)
[3!] Secondary Laser Beam Battery (10 x 10Gj Turrets)
[4!] Secondary Laser Beam Battery (10 x 10Gj Turrets)
[5!] Medium Missile Launcher Battery (3 x 64cm Turrets)
[6] Hanger Bay (10k capacity, 1k tons/minute)

Rear Systems:
[1] Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate (hardened,100 dDR)
[2] Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate (hardened,100 dDR)
[3] Fusion Reactor power plant (2 PP, 50 years)
[4] Fusion Reactor power plant (2 PP, 50 years)
[5!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[6!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[core!] Stardrive Engine (FTL/Jump drive)

Other:
Grav Compensator
Artificial Gravity
Total Life Support


TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR Move LWt. Load SM Occ dDR Range Cost(M$)
TL 9^ Battlestar 500 -3/5 0.2 G/c 300,000 15,000 +13 480ASV 200 x1 26830


Crew:
Bridge 30
Gunnery 90
Hanger Crew 30
Tech/Engineering 210
Flight 120

[Mateus]

Originally Posted by Ommadawn

Here's my first attempt at making some ships using Spaceships. I chose to stat out three of the Colonial vessels from Battlestar Galactica as an exercise and test of how close I could get the designs seen in the series.

I set the Colonial TL at 9 with superscience including FTL drives, grav compensation and artificial gravity. I included reactionless drives in this tech base as it seems to fit the way the ships work on screen. No huge thrust drives and the smaller ships like Vipers and Raptors are limited by the duration of their fuel driven power supplies.

Comments, critiques and suggestions are all welcome!

Overall, I'm impressed with the simplicity and elegance of the Spaceships design rules too. This is a a fantastic supplement and I can't wait for further releases.

So without further rambling:


Raptor:

Front Systems:
[1] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 5 dDR)
[2] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 5 dDR)
[3] Control Room (C7, Sensor/comms 4, 2 workstations)
[4] Cargo (5 tons)
[5] Defensive ECM
[6] Tactical Sensor Array (Sensor/comms 6)

Center Systems:
[1] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 5 dDR)
[2] External Clamp
[3] Fuel Tank (5 tons hydrogen/oxygen rocket fuel for MHD)
[4] Fuel Tank (5 tons hydrogen/oxygen rocket fuel for MHD)
[5] MHD Turbine Power Plant (2 PP, 24 hours duration with fuel tank, 6 without)
[6] MHD Turbine Power Plant (2 PP, 24 hours duration with fuel tank, 6 without)
[core] Passenger Seating (6 seats)

Rear Systems:
[1] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 5 dDR)
[2!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[3!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[4!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[5] Engine Room (1 workstation)
[6!] Contragravity Lifter
[core!] Stardrive (FTL/jump)


TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR Move LWt. Load SM Occ dDR Range Cost
TL 9^ Raptor class craft 30 -1/4 (1/4 air) 0.3G/c 100 5 +6 2-3+6AV 10/5/5 x1 6.18
Top air speed 1400 mph



Viper:

Front Systems:
[1] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 3 dDR)
[2] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 3 dDR)
[3!] Weapon, Major Battery (Fixed 10Mj Laser x 1)
[4!] Weapon, Major Battery (Fixed 20cm Missile x 1, 7 shots)
[5] Tactical Sensor Array (Sensor/comms 5)
[6] Control Room (C6, Sensor/comms 3, 1 workstation)
[core] Defensive ECM

Center Systems:
[1] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 3 dDR)
[2] MHD Turbine Power Plant (6 hours duration, 2 PP)
[3] MHD Turbine Power Plant (6 hours duration, 2 PP)
[4] MHD Turbine Power Plant (6 hours duration, 2 PP)
[5] MHD Turbine Power Plant (6 hours duration, 2 PP)
[6] External Clamp

Rear Systems:
[1] Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (hardened, 3 dDR)
[2!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[3!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[4!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[5!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[6!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[core!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)

Other:
Emergency Ejection System


TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR Move LWt. Load SM Occ dDR Range Cost(M$)
TL 9^ Viper class fighter 20 -1/4 (3/5 air) 0.6G/c 30 0 +5 1AV 6/3/3 n/a 2.093
Top air speed 1900 mph



Galactica:

Front Systems:
[1] Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate (hardened,100 dDR)
[2] Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate (hardened,100 dDR)
[3] Cargo Hold (15k tons)
[4] Habitat (700 cabins, 50 Luxury Cabins, 20 Bunkrooms, 10 Cells, 10 Briefing rooms, 5 Establishments, 10 Labs, 10 Minifacs, 50 Offices, 10 Sickbays, 375 tons steerage cargo)
[5] Tactical Array (Comm/sensor 13)
[6] Defensive ECM
[core] Control Room (C10, Comm/sensor 11, 30 control stations)

Center Systems:
[1] Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate (hardened,100 dDR)
[2] Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate (hardened,100 dDR)
[3!] Secondary Laser Beam Battery (10 x 10Gj Turrets)
[4!] Secondary Laser Beam Battery (10 x 10Gj Turrets)
[5!] Medium Missile Launcher Battery (3 x 64cm Turrets)
[6] Hanger Bay (10k capacity, 1k tons/minute)

Rear Systems:
[1] Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate (hardened,100 dDR)
[2] Armor, Advanced Metallic Laminate (hardened,100 dDR)
[3] Fusion Reactor power plant (2 PP, 50 years)
[4] Fusion Reactor power plant (2 PP, 50 years)
[5!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[6!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)
[core!] Stardrive Engine (FTL/Jump drive)

Other:
Grav Compensator
Artificial Gravity
Total Life Support


TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR Move LWt. Load SM Occ dDR Range Cost(M$)
TL 9^ Battlestar 500 -3/5 0.2 G/c 300,000 15,000 +13 480ASV 200 x1 26830


Crew:
Bridge 30
Gunnery 90
Hanger Crew 30
Tech/Engineering 210
Flight 120

Man, I am not a great fan of Battlestar Galactica, so I'm not the better person to give you the feed back. For you make a fine job.

[Anaxander]

An excellent start! You are to be commended, but I'd replace the her lasers with a large amount of good ole guns, per the series.

But dang it, now I'm gotta make a baseship...

[thtraveller]

Also see this thread for existing discussion on some BSG ships including Viper, Raptor and the Galactica.

[thtraveller]

Originally Posted by Ommadawn

Comments, critiques and suggestions are all welcome!

Raptor:

[3] Control Room (C7, Sensor/comms 4, 2 workstations)

TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR Move LWt. Load SM Occ dDR Range Cost
TL 9^ Raptor class craft 30 -1/4 (1/4 air) 0.3G/c 100 5 +6 2-3+6AV 10/5/5 x1 6.18
Top air speed 1400 mph

I get C5 for the control room.

I get $6.48M.

Load is technically 5.9 for with 0.9 or the occupants.

[thtraveller]

Originally Posted by Ommadawn

Viper:

[6] Control Room (C6, Sensor/comms 3, 1 workstation)

[core!] Rotary Reactionless Thruster (0.1G)

TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR Move LWt. Load SM Occ dDR Range Cost(M$)
TL 9^ Viper class fighter 20 -1/4 (3/5 air) 0.6G/c 30 0 +5 1AV 6/3/3 n/a 2.093

Again my complexity is lower at C4.

Technically a drive cannot go in a core slot, even a reactionless one.

I get $2.213M

[thtraveller]

Originally Posted by Ommadawn

Galactica:

Front Systems:
[4] Habitat (700 cabins, 50 Luxury Cabins, 20 Bunkrooms, 10 Cells, 10 Briefing rooms, 5 Establishments, 10 Labs, 10 Minifacs, 50 Offices, 10 Sickbays, 375 tons steerage cargo)

[core] Control Room (C10, Comm/sensor 11, 30 control stations)

TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR Move LWt. Load SM Occ dDR Range Cost(M$)
TL 9^ Battlestar 500 -3/5 0.2 G/c 300,000 15,000 +13 480ASV 200 x1 26830[/FONT]

Habitat: I get 1200 ton steerage cargo with Total LS on the cabins.

Complexity C8

Hnd is -4

Cabins add up to 1580 ASV

Max Load is technically 15000 cargo + 10000 hangar + 158 occupants + 1200 steerage cargo.

I get $28545M

[Ommadawn]

Thanks for the feedback and comments. I'll check my figures and play with the designs a bit I think. I did make some assumptions about the designs to fit the feel and flavour of the setting and ships rather than following design specs slavishly (hence my use of slower reactionless drives with powerplants that ran out of fuel).

I'll update soon and post some more designs. :)

[jbalsle]

Originally Posted by Ommadawn

Here's my first attempt at making some ships using Spaceships. I chose to stat out three of the Colonial vessels from Battlestar Galactica as an exercise and test of how close I could get the designs seen in the series.

I set the Colonial TL at 9 with superscience including FTL drives, grav compensation and artificial gravity. I included reactionless drives in this tech base as it seems to fit the way the ships work on screen. No huge thrust drives and the smaller ships like Vipers and Raptors are limited by the duration of their fuel driven power supplies.

Comments, critiques and suggestions are all welcome!
[3!] Weapon, Major Battery (Fixed 10Mj Laser x 1)
[3!] Secondary Laser Beam Battery (10 x 10Gj Turrets)

I'm assuming that these are the stats for the old BSG, though I don't remember Raptors in the original BSG. For the new BSG, you'd need to replace the lasers with EM Mass Drivers/Rail Guns/Gauss Guns for the big ships and possibly even chemically propelled mass drivers for the fighters. The reinvisioned ships use slug-throwers, not laser weapons.