[spaceships]Norn-class Interplanetary Spin Liner (TL9)

[thtraveller]

An economic passenger spin liner with an Earth-Mars travel time of five weeks - to fulfil the role of the Meizi interplanetary liner using 4th edition design rules.

It is built on a 10,000 ton (SM +10) unstreamlined hull, Length 75 yards, Diameter 35 yards.

Design:

Front Hull (0.2G spin gravity)
[1] Metallic Laminate Armor dDR 20
[2-6] Habitat (128 cabins, 60 luxury cabins, 120 nanostasis capsules, 1 office, 1 briefing room, 8 establishments: [2 gym, 2 casino, 2 restaurant, 2 shops], 3 bed sickbay with one automed, 5 tons steerage cargo)
[core] Control Room (Complexity 7, Comm/sensor 8)

Central Hull
[1-6] Fuel Tank (each: 500 tons hydrogen, 16.8 mps)
[core] Cargo (500 tons)

Rear Hull
[1-3] Fusion Rocket (0.015G/151.2 mps)
[4-6] Fuel Tank (each: 500 tons hydrogen, 16.8 mps)

TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR HT Move LWt. Load SM Occ dDR Range M$
PILOTING/TL10 (Low-Performance Spacecraft)
9 Norn spin-liner 150 -4/5 13 0.015G/151.2 mps 10,000 554.6[1] +10 376ASV 20/0/0 408.1

[1] Includes 120 individuals in suspended animation.

Cruising Velocity 0.07 AU/day, Burn Endurance 19 days.

Example Trip Time: Earth-Mars (median distance 1.8 AU) = 35 days

Economics:
Advance ticket price:
- Standard passenger (2 per cabin): $36K
- Luxury Passenger (2 per cabin): $72K
- Nanostasis passengers $26K (includes medical fees)
- Cargo: $7K per ton.

Design note: There are no spin pods in the basic G:Spaceships so a 0.2G spinning hull is presented here.