GURPS Spaceships Design Spreadsheet

[ericbsmith]

Originally Posted by DaltonS

[*]What is the difference between a "Dual Standard" and "Large" module?

A "Standard" module is -1 SM smaller than the ship and takes up either the entire Front or Center section of the ship. A "Large" module is -0.5 SM smaller than the ship and takes up both the Front and Center sections of the ship. A "Dual Standard" is exactly what it sounds like - it is two "Standard" modules each -1 SM smaller than the ship and it takes up the Front and Center sections of the ship.

Originally Posted by DaltonS

[*]How long does it take to attach/detach modular sections?

I could make up some numbers for this, but my made up numbers aren't going to be any better than your made up numbers.

Originally Posted by DaltonS

[*]Can a "ship" module be tele-operated after separation from a control room in the other section(s)?

I don't see why not. It would need an engine and a Control Room (with or without control stations), but a module could certainly be designed to be an independent ship designed to operate on it's own or to be tele-operated. Think, for instance, the Enterprise-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Or the Prometheus Class from Star Trek Voyager.

Originally Posted by DaltonS

[*]Could a module have an "Extradimensional Interface" (SS7 p.8) to reduce its external size and mass so it could attach to a smaller main ship?

Dunno. Depends on how you think Extradimensional Interfaces work. I don't see why a module couldn't have an ExDI, the main issue with calculating performance is whether or not the ExDI stuffs the mass away into the extra dimension or not. If the SM+1/+9 ship still has the mass of a SM+9 ship then it's going to be extremely difficult for it to be mounted on a SM+1.5 or SM+2 ship, since it'll act like an anchor slowing it down (unless the larger ship also has an ED interface, packing away enough engines to push the SM+1/+9 ship)