[GURPS Spaceships] Small Craft

Diomedes · 07-13-2008, 11:20 PM

Here's a host of TL11 shuttles and auxillaries.

First, a sub-orbital atmospheric cargo carrier.

Code:

Clodhopper
Streamlined
SM+6	(100t)	TL11
		Air Performance
dST:	30	Move:	10/1250		Endurance:	6hr
dHP:	30	Hnd:	0		Cargo Cap:	45t
HT:	12	SR:	4
Occ:	2+18 SV	Airspeed: 2500mph	0.69mps

Cost	Crew	System
Fore Section
200k		[1]	Control Room (2 stations, c7, C/S 6)
30k		[2]	Passenger Seating (6)
30k		[3]	Passenger Seating (6)
30k		[4]	Passenger Seating (6)
30k		[5]	Fuel Tank (5t)
30k		[6]	Fuel Tank (5t)
30k		[c]	Fuel Tank (5t)

Midships Section
1M		[1]	Jet Engines 1G
		[2]	Cargo Hold (5t)
		[3]	Cargo Hold (5t)
		[4]	Cargo Hold (5t)
		[5]	Cargo Hold (5t)
		[6]	Cargo Hold (5t)

Aft Section
		[1]	Cargo Hold (5t)
		[2]	Cargo Hold (5t)
		[3]	Cargo Hold (5t)
		[4]	Cargo Hold (5t)
30k		[5]	Fuel Tank (5t)
30k		[6]	Fuel Tank (5t)
30k		[c]	Fuel Tank (5t)
1.47M

A luxurious planetary yacht:

Code:

Planetary Yacht
Unstreamlined
SM+6	(100t)	TL11

dST:	30	Move:	2/0.15c	Move:	20/175		TTO:	15.6 minutes
dHP:	30	Hnd:	0		Hnd:	0	TTE:	19.5 minutes
HT:	12	SR:	4		SR:	4	TBO:	2.85 minutes
Occ:	14 ASV			Airspeed:	350mph	0.1mps

Cost	Crew	System
Front Section
150k		[1]	Control Room (1 station, c7, C/S 6)
200k		[2-3]	Habitat
			Establishment	
200k		[4-5]	Habitat
			Establishment
		[6]	Cargo Hold (5t)

Center Section
200k		[1-2]	Habitat
			Luxury Cabin
200k		[3-4]	Habitat
			Luxury Cabin
200k		[5-6]	Habitat
			Luxury Cabin
30k		[c]	Hydrox Fuel Tank (5t)

Rear Section
100k		[1]	Habitat
			Crew Cabin
100k		[2]	Habitat
			Crew Cabin
100k		[3]	Habitat
			Bunkroom (4)
100k		[!4]	Reactionless Drive 1G
100k		[!5]	Reactionless Drive 1G
100k		[¡¡6]	MHD Turbine
30k		[c]	Hydrox Fuel Tank (5t)
100k			Artificial Gravity
100k			Gravitic Gompensators
2.01M

Endurance:	108 hr

And an even more luxurious interstellar yacht:

Code:

Interstellar Yacht
Unstreamlined
SM+7	(300t)	TL11		Air Performance

dST:	50	Move:	2/0.15c	Move:	20/175		TTO:	15.6 minutes
dHP:	50	Hnd:	-1	Hnd:	-1		TTE:	19.5 minutes
HT:	12	SR:	5	SR:	5		TBO:	 2.9 minutes
Occ:	23 ASV			Airspeed:	350mph	0.1mps

Cost	Crew	System
Front Section
600k		[1]	Control Room (3 stations, c7, C/S 7)
300k		[2]	Habitat (2)
			Establishment
900k		[3-5]	Habitat (2)
			3 Luxury Cabins
		[6]	Cargo Hold (15t)

Center Section
600k		[1-2]	Habitat (2)
			2 Passenger Cabins
600k		[3-4]	Habitat (2)
			4 Bunkrooms
300k		[5]	Habitat (2)
			2 Crew Cabins
600k		[6-c]	Habitat (2)
			2 Establishments

Rear Section
15M		[!!1-2]	Super Stardrive FTL-2
1M		[!3]	Hot Reactionless Drive 2G
100k		[4]	Hydrox Fuel Tank (15t)	
100k		[5]	Hydrox Fuel Tank (15t)
150k		[¡6]	Fuel Cell
150k		[¡c]	Fuel Cell
300k			Artificial Gravity

20.6M
Endurance:	5 days

Like my freighter design, reactors require external fuel.
The Super Stardrive is less mass-efficient than RAW; it takes up 10% of the ship.

Diomedes · 07-13-2008, 11:33 PM

Courier Ships, large and small:

Code:

Achilles Class Courier Ship
Streamlined
SM+7	(300t)	TL11		Air Performance

dST:	50	Move:	4/0.15c	Move:	40/2500		TTO:	5.2 minutes
dHP:	50	Hnd:	-1	Hnd:	-1		TTE:	6.5 minutes
HT:	13	SR:	5	SR:	5		TBO:	 43 seconds
Occ:	2+14 ASV		Airspeed:	 5000mph 1.39mps

Cost	Crew	System
Fore Section
300k		[1]	Metallic Laminate Armor, dDR 5
600k		[2]	Control Room (3 stations, c7, C/S 7)
600k		[3]	Enhanced Array C/S 9
300k		[4]	Habitat (2)
			2 Crew Cabins					
300k		[5]	Habitat (2)
300k		[6]	Habitat (2)

Midships Section
300k		[1]	Habitat (2)
300k		[2]	Habitat (2)
300k		[3]	Habitat (2)
300k		[4]	Habitat (2)
300k		[5]	Habitat (2)
100k	1	[6]	Engine Room
100k		[c]	Fuel Tank (15t)

Aft Section
1M		[!1]	Hot Reactionless Drive 2G
1M		[!2]	Hot Reactionless Drive 2G
1M		[!3]	Hot Reactionless Drive 2G
1M		[!4]	Hot Reactionless Drive 2G
15M		[!!5-6]	Super Stardrive FTL-2
10M		[¡¡¡¡c]	Super Fusion Reactor
300k			Artificial Gravity
300k			Gravitic Compensators
33.7M

And the smaller one, Pheidippides class:

Code:

Courier Ship
Streamlined
SM+7	(300t)	TL11		Air Performance

dST:	50	Move:	4/0.15c	Move:	40/2500		TTO:	5.2 minutes
dHP:	50	Hnd:	-1	Hnd:	-1		TTE:	6.5 minutes
HT:	13	SR:	5	SR:	5		TBO:	 43 seconds
Occ:	2+14 ASV		Airspeed:	 5000mph 1.39mps

Cost	Crew	System
Fore Section
100k		[1]	Metallic Laminate Armor, dDR 5
200k		[2]	Control Room (2 stations, c7, C/S 6)
200k		[3]	Enhanced Array C/S 9
100k		[4]	Habitat (1)
			  Crew Cabin					
100k		[5]	Habitat (1)
			  Crew Cabin
100k		[6]	Habitat (1)

Midships Section
100k		[1]	Habitat (1)
100k		[2]	Habitat (1)
100k		[3]	Habitat (1)
100k		[4]	Habitat (1)
100k		[5]	Habitat (1)
30k	1	[6]	Engine Room
30k		[c]	Fuel Tank (5t)

Aft Section
300k		[!1]	Hot Reactionless Drive 2G
300k		[!2]	Hot Reactionless Drive 2G
300k		[!3]	Hot Reactionless Drive 2G
300k		[!4]	Hot Reactionless Drive 2G
5M		[!!5-6]	Super Stardrive FTL-2
3M		[¡¡¡¡c]	Super Fusion Reactor
100k			Artificial Gravity
100k			Gravitic Compensators
10.76M

Diomedes · 07-13-2008, 11:54 PM

A military cargo shuttle:

Code:

Large Orbital Shuttle		Load:	122.6t	dDR:	7
Streamlined			Cargo Capacity:	120t
SM+7	(300t)	TL11		Endurance:	72d
				Air Performance
dST:	50	Move:	2/0.15c	Move:	20/1750		TTO:	15.6 minutes
dHP:	50	Hnd:	-1	Hnd:	-1		TTE:	19.5 minutes
HT:	12	SR:	5	SR:	5		TBO:	2.9 minutes
Occ:	6+20 SV			Airspeed:	3500mph	0.97mps

Cost	Crew	System
Fore Section
600k		[1]	Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor dDR 7
1.5M		[!2]	Major Weapons Battery
			100MJ Fixed Antiparticle (-1,S,4dx5(3))
1.5M		[3]	Medium Weapons Battery
			3x24cm Fixed Missile Launchers (3,L,6dx6(2))
				30 Missiles
		[4]	Cargo Hold (15t)
		[5]	Cargo Hold (15t)
600k		[6]	Control Room (3 stations, c7, C/S 7)

Midships Section
600k		[1]	Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor dDR 7
1.5M		[!2]	Medium Weapons Battery
			3x30MJ Improved UV Laser Turrets (S/L,6d(2))
		[3]	Cargo Hold (15t)
		[4]	Cargo Hold (15t)
		[5]	Cargo Hold (15t)
1.5M		[!6]	Secondary Weapons Battery
			10x2.5cm VRF EM Guns (-7,S,3d+2(2),2)
				14,000 shells
100k		[c]	Passenger Seating (20)
Aft Section
600k		[1]	Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor dDR 7
		[2]	Cargo Hold (15t)
		[3]	Cargo Hold (15t)
		[4]	Cargo Hold (15t)
100k		[5]	Hydrogen Fuel Tank (15t)
1M		[!6]	Hot Reactionless Drive 2G
3M		[¡¡c]	Fusion Reactor
300k			Artificial Gravity
12.3M

Ammunition:
Missiles
24cm	30	3/t	$333k/	$10M
Shells
2.5cm	14,000	5000/t	$20/	$280k
Fuel
Hydrogen	15t	$2000/t	$30k

And a smaller, more heaviily armed one to provide an escort:

Code:

Escort Shuttle		Load:	40.8t	dDR:	10
Streamlined		Cargo Capacity:	40t
SM+6	(100t)	TL11	Endurance:	36d
					Air Performance
dST:	50	Move:	4/0.15c	Move:	40/2500		TTO:	2.9 minutes
dHP:	50	Hnd:	-1	Hnd:	3		TTE:	3.9 minutes
HT:	12	SR:	5	SR:	6		TBO:	1.4 minutes
Occ:	8+18 SV		Airspeed:	5000mph	1.39mps

Cost	Crew	System
Fore Section
1.5M		[1]	Nanocomposite Armor, dDR 10
600k		[!2]	Secondary Weapons Battery
			10x30kJ VRF Fixed Improved UV Lasers (2,C/S,1d-2(2))
600k		[!3]	Secondary Weapons Battery
			4x3MJ Fixed X-Ray Lasers (2,S/L,3d(5))
			2x16cm Fixed Missile Launchers (3,L,6dx4(2))
				10 Missiles
			4x300kJ RF Improved UV Laser Turrets (S,1d+2(2))
		[*4]	Cargo Hold (5t)
60k			/Passenger Seating (6)
		[*5]	Cargo Hold (5t)
60k			/Passenger Seating (6)
		[*6]	Cargo Hold (5t)
60k			/Passenger Seating (6)
200k		[c]	Control Room (2 stations, c7, C/S 6)

Midships Section
1.5M		[1]	Nanocomposite Armor, dDR 10
		[2]	Cargo Hold (5t)
		[3]	Cargo Hold (5t)
		[4]	Cargo Hold (5t)
10k		[5]	External Clamp
		[!6]	Medium Weapons Battery
			3x3MJ Improved UV Laser Turrets (S/L,3d(2))

Aft Section
1.5M		[1]	Nanocomposite Armor, dDR 10
		[2]	Cargo Hold (5t)
		[3]	Cargo Hold (5t)
30k		[4]	Hydrogen Fuel Tank (5t)
1M		[!5]	Hot Reactionless Drive 2G
1M		[!6]	Hot Reactionless Drive 2G
10M		[¡¡¡¡c]	Super Fusion Reactor
100k			Artificial Gravity
500k			Wings

18.81M

Ammunition
	Missiles	16cm	10/t	$100k/	$1M
Fuel
	Hydrogen	5t	24d	$2000/t	$10k

* These systems are reconfigurable between cargo and passenger space.

Diomedes · 07-13-2008, 11:58 PM

A troop landing shuttle:

Code:

Assault Shuttle			Load:	16.7t	dDR:	5
Streamlined			Cargo Capacity:	15t
SM+6	(100t)	TL11		Air Performance

dST:	30	Move:	1/0.15c	Move:	10/1250		TTO:	13.6 minutes
dHP:	30	Hnd:	0	Hnd:	4		TTE:	17.6 minutes
HT:	12	SR:	4	SR:	5		TBO:	 5.7 minutes
Occ:	17		Airspeed:	2500mph	0.69mps
Cost	Crew	System

Front Section
200k		[1]	Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor, dDR 5
200k		[2]	Control Room (2 stations, c7, C/S 6)
30k		[3]	Passenger Seating (6)
600k		[!4]	Major Weapons Battery
			100MJ Fixed Plasma Cannon (-3,C/S,4dx5(2))
600k		[!5]	Major Weapons Battery
			24cm Fixed Missile Launcher (3,L,6dx6(2))
				10 Missiles
600k		[!6]	Medium Weapon Battery
	3		3x10MJ Improved Laser Turrets (S,4d(2))

Center Section
200k		[1]	Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor, dDR 5
10k		[2]	Hangar Bay, (3t/3t)
10k		[3]	Hangar Bay, (3t/3t)
10k		[4]	Hangar Bay, (3t/3t)
10k		[5]	Hangar Bay, (3t/3t)
10k		[6]	Hangar Bay, (3t/3t)
30k		[c]	Fuel Tank, 5t

Rear Section
200k		[1]	Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor, dDR 5
10k		[2]	External Clamp
1M		[3]	Defensive ECM
600k		[4]	Medium Weapons Battery
	3		3x5cm RF Gun Turrets (-10,C,7d(2),3)
				1050 shells
600k		[5]	Medium Weapons Battery
	3		3x5cm RF Gun Turrets (-10,C,7d(2),3)
				1050 shells
100k		[!6]	Standard Reactionless Drive 1G
50k		[¡¡c]	MHD Turbine
500k			Wings

5570k		3878k Ammo+4000 Fuel=7878k Comsumables

2100 5cm shells	5.25 tons	525k
10 Missiles	3.33 tons	3.3M
Fuel:	5t	Hydrox (60 hours)	$800/ton	$4000
Cargo Cap:	15t

Diomedes · 07-14-2008, 12:07 AM

A civilian cargo shuttle, and an armed version:

Code:

Small Orbital Shuttle	Load:	66.4t	dDR:	1/0/0
Streamlined		Cargo Cap: 	65t
SM+6	(100t)	TL11	Endurance: 120h
					Air Performance
dST	30	Move:	0.1/0.15c	Move:	10/395	TTO:	150 minutes
dHP	30	Hnd:	-1		Hnd:	5	TTE:	175 minutes
HT	12	SR:	4		SR:	5	TBO:	 57 minutes
Occ:	14 SV				Airspeed:	790mph	0.22mps


Cost	Crew	System
Front Section
20k		[1]	Steel Armor, dDR 1
200k		[2]	Control Room (c7, C/S-7, 2 stations)
30k		[3]	Passenger Seating (6 seats)
30k		[4]	Passenger Seating (6 seats)
		[5]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[6]	Cargo Bay, 5t

Center Section
		[1]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[2]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[3]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[4]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[5]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[6]	Cargo Bay, 5t
30k		[c]	Hydrox Fuel Tank, 5t

Rear Section
		[1]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[2]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[3]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[4]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[5]	Cargo Bay, 5t
50k		[!6]	Reactionless Engine 0.1g
50k		[¡c]	Fuel Cell

500k			Winged
100k			Artificial Gravity

1.1M

Cargo Capacity:	65t
6.25t	9.2hr/t
24 Round trips/tank

Fuel:	Hydrox	1.25t	$800/t	$1000

Code:

Small Orbital Shuttle 2	Load:	65.8t	dDR:	1/0/0	Piloting (Aerospace)
Streamlined		Cargo Cap:	65t
SM+6	(100t)	TL11	Endurance:	5d
					Air Performance
dST:	30	Move:	0.1/0.15c	Move:	1/395	TTO:	150 minutes
dHP:	30	Hnd:	-1		Hnd:	5	TTE:	175 minutes
HT:	12	SR:	4		SR:	5	TBO:	 57 minutes
Occ:	8 SV				Airspeed:	790mph	0.22mps

Cost	Crew	System
Front Section
20k		[1]	Steel Armor, dDR 1
200k		[2]	Control Room (c7, C/S-7, 2 stations)
30k		[3]	Passenger Seating (6 seats)
		[4]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[5]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[6]	Cargo Bay, 5t

Center Section
		[1]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[2]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[3]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[4]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[5]	Cargo Bay, 5t
600k		[!6]	Medium Weapons Battery
			3x10MJ Improved Laser Turrets (S, 4d)
30k		[c]	Hydrox Fuel Tank, 5t

Rear Section
		[1]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[2]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[3]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[4]	Cargo Bay, 5t
		[4]	Cargo Bay, 5t
50k		[!6]	Reactionless Engine 0.1G
50k		[¡c]	Fuel Cell
500k			Winged
100k			Artificial Gravity
1.58M
Cargo Capacity:	65t


24 round trips/tank or 5 days 16hr/t	48min/100lbs.
Fuel:	Hydrox	6.25t	$800/t	$5000

Diomedes · 07-14-2008, 12:11 AM

A pint-sized shuttle, and a boring-but-necessary fuel shuttle:

Code:

Minishuttle		Load:	15.9t	dDR:	2/0/0
Streamlined		Cargo Cap: 15t	Endurance:	60hr
SM+5	(30t)	TL11			Air Performance
dST:	20	Move:	2/0.15c		Move:	20/1750	TTO:	6.4 minutes
dHP:	20	Hnd:	0		Hnd:	4	TTE:	8.4 minutes
HT:	12	SR:	4		SR:	5	TBO:	2.9 minutes
Occ:	1+8 SV				Airspeed:	3500mph 0.97mps

Cost	Crew	System

Fore Section
30k		[1]	Metallic Laminate Armor, dDR 2
60k		[2]	Control Room (1 station, c6, C/S 5)
150k		[!3]	Major Weapons Battery
			10MJ Fixed Improved UV Laser (2,S/L,4d(2))
10k		[4]	Passenger Seating (2)
10k		[5]	Passenger Seating (2)
10k		[6]	Passenger Seating (2)

Midships Section
		[1]	Cargo Hold (1.5t)
		[2]	Cargo Hold (1.5t)
		[3]	Cargo Hold (1.5t)
		[4]	Cargo Hold (1.5t)
		[5]	Cargo Hold (1.5t)
		[6]	Cargo Hold (1.5t)
10k		[c]	Hydrox Fuel Tank (1.5t)

Aft Section
10k		[1]	Passenger Seating (2)
		[2]	Cargo Hold (1.5t)
		[3]	Cargo Hold (1.5t)
		[4]	Cargo Hold (1.5t)
		[5]	Cargo Hold (1.5t)
100k		[!6]	Hot Reactionless Drive 2G
30k		[¡¡c]	MHD Turbine
150k			Wings
30k			Artificial Gravity
600k

Code:

Fuel Shuttle	Load:	53.3t	dDR:	2/0/0
Streamlined	Cargo Capacity:	45t/135t Fuel
SM+7 (300t)	TL11

dST:	50	Move:	2/0.15c		Move:	20/1750	TTO:	15.6 minutes
dHP:	50	Hnd:	-1		Hnd:	-1	TTE:	19.5 minutes
HT:	12	SR:	5		SR:	5	TBO:	 2.9 minutes
Occ:	3+80 SV				Airspeed:	3500mph	0.97mps

Cost	Crew	System
Front Section
60k		[1]	Steel Armor, dDR 2
550k		[2]	Control Room (2 stations, c7, C/S 7)
100k		[3]	Passenger Seating (20)
100k		[4]	Passenger Seating (20)
100k		[5]	Passenger Seating (20)
100k		[6]	Passenger Seating (20)

Center Section
100k		[1]	Fuel Tank (15t)
100k		[2]	Fuel Tank (15t)
100k		[3]	Fuel Tank (15t)
100k		[4]	Fuel Tank (15t)
100k		[5]	Fuel Tank (15t)
100k		[6]	Fuel Tank (15t)
100k		[c]	Fuel Tank (15t)

Rear Section
100k		[1]	Fuel Tank (15t)
100k		[2]	Fuel Tank (15t)
		[3]	Cargo Hold (15t)
		[4]	Cargo Hold (15t)
		[5]	Cargo Hold (15t)
1M		[¡6]	Hot Reactionless Drive 2G
1.5M		[¡c]	Fusion Reactor (derated)
300k			Artificial Gravity

4.71M

Adina · 07-14-2008, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diomedes

A troop landing shuttle:

6 passengers, and a 15 ton vehicle? Is this a vehicle lander?

Why all the weapons? Since this is a subcraft you can have either the mothership or dedicated fighters/gunboats provide fire support.

Note that DR5 is vulnerable to TL11 rifles and to light antitank weapons at TL6.

Not trying to be nitpicky but I'm not quite sure what the role of this craft is.

Keep'em coming!

Jeff

Diomedes · 07-14-2008, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmurrell

Not trying to be nitpicky but I'm not quite sure what the role of this craft is.

Keep'em coming!

Jeff

This was one of the earlier ships I made; I later revisited the concept with a full-sized assault ship.

So, to get technical, the role of this ship was "drawing board."

There'll be others, including two half-assed fighters, and a bunch of full-up starship designs.

~~Peter Knutsen~~ · 07-15-2008, 11:39 AM

Why do you use those annoying frame-things, or whatever they're called? I actually haven't read your designs, because of that, although I'm fairly sure I'll get around to it eventually.

Diomedes · 07-15-2008, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter Knutsen

Why do you use those annoying frame-things, or whatever they're called? I actually haven't read your designs, because of that, although I'm fairly sure I'll get around to it eventually.

If you know a better way to provide columns on the forum, I would be delighted to hear it.

07-15-2008, 11:39 AM	#9
~~Peter Knutsen~~ Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Europe	Re: [GURPS Spaceships] Small Craft Why do you use those annoying frame-things, or whatever they're called? I actually haven't read your designs, because of that, although I'm fairly sure I'll get around to it eventually.

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