GURPS Spaceships Design Spreadsheet

[DaltonS]

Originally Posted by ericbsmith

A total circumference of 1 mile means it has a diameter of about 1/3 of a mile, which corresponds to SM+15. But, as you say, that's not necessarily the best way of looking at it. Spaceships is largely a mass-based design system, and I'm not sure of any way of getting a reasonable mass for such a structure.

Are there any rules about converting system masses into deck plan areas or volumes? I may be able to reverse that then work out the armor mass from the surface area and thickness. There will be no high energy systems so power wouldn't be an issue and propulsion would be limited to station keeping (ha!) and spin control. The docking bay in the hub is constantly open to space on both ends so support vessels can enter one side (matching the station's spin like they did in the movie, Blue Danube Waltz optional), transfer passengers (by docking tube) and cargo (by module) and move out the other side as quickly as possible. I won't call it a hangar bay since they don't hangar round. 8D The tricky system will be the "ballast tanks" used to keep mass in the wheel evenly distributed so it doesn't wobble. (It might not fall down but it could break up.)

Dalton “Don't stop the wheel, I don't want to get off!” Spence