Spaceships Stats for Future Armada Vessels

[SCAR]

The Future Armada products from 0’Hour Art & Technology (formerly Ki-Ryn Studios), (available from e23 EDIT: Jan 2014 - Sadly these items are no longer available from e23!) are an excellent series of Spaceship Deck plans. There are currently 18 volumes, providing around 50 spaceships, including variants and support vessels.
The products are primarily deck plans, with descriptive text for the ships backgrounds, deck plans and current owners/crew, and some rendered images. The system specific stats consist of a block of d20 Future stats for the Spaceships and d20 stats for some of the main crew.

Explanations of the d20 spaceship stats can be found here: (http://d20resources.com/future.d20.srd/starships/)

The following are GURPS Spaceships stats for each vessel, group by published volume for easy reference.
Where possible the spaceships use just the core Spaceships rules, but some use systems and rules from Spaceships 7, particular small, half and large systems. The ships are of varying sizes (converted roughly from the Mass and Dimension stats), although many of the small support vessels are larger/more massive to better fit the Spaceships rules. The ships are mostly TL10^, with a few TL9 and TL11. The main Reaction engine used for the spaceships (of any base TL) is the TL10^ Fusion Torch engine with sufficient fuel for planetary landing and take-off, most larger vessels also have a Stardrive system. This design decision should leave sufficient space to easily convert the ships to use alternative engines, no ftl, or contragravity system to suit your own setting and requirements. The weapon systems used are a rough conversion of those listed in the Future Armada stat blocks, swapping those as required should be simple enough.
The Habitat Cabin configurations are directly based on the deck plans, in many cases the occupied cabins are configured with Total Life Support because it makes the numbers fit better.

Direct Links to the Spaceship Posts will be maintained here for quick reference:
01 – Morningstar - Heavy Corvette
02 – Venture - Free Trader
03 – Wayfarer - Scout Ship
04 – Midgard Variants
05 - Jo Lynn - Transport
06 - Exeter - Tramp Freighter
07 - Vanguard Station
08 - Mercury Trio
09 - Drake - Exploration Vessel
10 - Argos III - Deep Space Port
11 - Invictus - Carrier
12 - Gryphon - Mercanary For Hire
13 - Misfortune - Container Ship
14 - Orion - Strike Carrier
15 - Lakota - Armed Courier
16 - Talon - Bounty Hunter
17 - Midnight Rose - Privateer
18 - Cygnus - Science Vessel

Additional Notes:

Custom Components
Conversion Notes

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FA01 - Future Armada: Morningstar (Heavy Corvette)

A well armed military vessel, with a crew of 30, and 2 boarding shuttles.

Morningstar – Heavy Corvette (TL9^) (Streamlined, SM+10 Hull)

Front Hull
[1] Armour – Advanced Metallic Laminate, Hardened
[2!]* Spinal Battery - Forward Facing, EMG, RF
[3]* Defensive ECM
[4!]* Medium Battery – 2x Fixed Lasers, 1x Fixed Launcher
[5]* Medium Battery – 3x Fixed Launchers
[6]* Control Room (5cs)
[Core]* Fusion Power Plant (2 PP)
Central Hull
[1] Armour – Advanced Metallic Laminate, Hardened
[2]* Habitat (60 cabins: 8 Bunkrooms, 4 Cabins, Total Life Support [12], 2 Briefing Rooms, 6 Establishments, 1 Office, 9 Sickbay, 12 Storage (60t))
[3]* Hangar Bay (2x Half-Sized, 150t Hangar Bays)
[4!]* Secondary Battery – 10x Turreted Lasers, Rapid Fire, Hidden
[5!]* Stardrive Engine (FTL-1)
[6]* Fusion Power Plant (2 PP)
[Core!]* Spinal Battery
Rear Hull
[1] Armour – Advanced Metallic Laminate, Hardened
[2] Fuel Tank (500t, Hydrogen)
[3] Fuel Tank (500t, Hydrogen)
[4!]* Spinal Battery
[5]* Fusion Torch, High Thrust (1G/7.5mps)
[6]* Fusion Torch, High Thrust (1G/7.5mps)

Features: Artificial Gravity, Total Automation (15 workspaces*)

Piloting/TL9 (High-Performance Spacecraft)
HT13; Move 2G/15mps; Load 60tons; Occupancy 30ASV; dDR 20 (Hardened); Range x1; Cost $1401.75M

Carries 2x Standard Boarding Launches, and 8x Magnum 2 (4-man) Escape Pods (best modeled as Life Pods from Ultra-Tech p232)

Standard Boarding Launch (SM+6, Unstreamlined)

Front Hull
[1-3] Armour – Light Alloy
[4] Control Room (1cs)
[5!] Major Battery – Fixed Laser
[6] External Clamp
[Core] Fission Power Plant (1PP)
Central Hull
[1-3] Armour – Light Alloy
[4-6] Passenger Seats (16 Seats, 1 Stretcher)
[Core] Cargo Hold (5 tons)
Rear Hull
[1-3] Armour – Light Alloy
[4-5] Fuel Tank (10t Water, 10mps)
[6] Fusion Torch, Water (1G/5mps)
Cost $1.86M

Cargo Variant
Replace the Galley and some Storage (1/3 Habitat) with 1/3 Cargo Hold (SM+9)
Replace the Hangar Bays with Cargo Holds

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FA02 - Future Armada: Venture (Free Trader)

A light freighter, with a crew of 2 (with space for 4 additional crew or passengers), interchangable transport modules for cargo, vehicles or passengers, and a detachable command pod which operates as a shuttle.

Venture – Free Trader (TL9^)
Streamlined, SM+8 Hull
Front Hull
[1-2] Small Upper Stage (SM+6 Command Pod, includes 40t Cargo. See below
[3] Armour – Advanced Metallic Laminate
[4] Medium Battery – 2x Fixed Launchers, 1x Uninstalled (15t cargo)
[5!] Medium Battery – 2x Turreted Lasers, 1x Uninstalled (15t cargo)
[6] Habitat (6 cabins: 1 Bunkroom, 2 Cabins, 1 (small) Establishment, 1x Workshop, 1x Sickbay)
[Core!] Stardrive Engine (FTL-1)
Central Hull
[1] Armour – Advanced Metallic Laminate
[2-4] Cargo Hold (150 tons total)
[5-6] Fuel Tank (100tons, Hydrogen)
[Core] Fission Power Plant (1PP)
Rear Hull
[1] Armour – Advanced Metallic Laminate
[2-4] Cargo Hold (150 tons total)
[5] Engine Room (1 workspace)
[6] Fusion Torch – High Thrust (1G/7.5mps)

Features: Artificial Gravity

Piloting/TL9 (High-Performance Spacecraft)
HT13; Move 1G/15mps; Load 370tons; Occupancy 6ASV; dDR 10; Range x1; Cost $55.82M
(Cost includes Small Upper Stage – Command Pod)

The Small Upper Stage is the Command Pod, which doubles as a shuttle; The Venture also carries 10x Xuanguan (1-man) Escape Pods (best modelled as Drop Pods from Ultra-Tech p232)

Venture – Command Pod (TL9^)
Unstreamlined, SM+6 Hull
Front Hull
[1] Armour – Advanced Metallic Laminate
[2!] Major Battery – Fixed Laser
[3-6] Cargo Hold (20 tons total)
[Core] Control Room (CS2, Complexity 5, CS Array Level 4)
Central Hull
[1] Armour – Advanced Metallic Laminate
[2] Passenger Seats (6 seats)
[3-6] Cargo Hold (20 tons total)
[Core] Fission Power Plant (1PP)
Rear Hull
[1] Armour – Advanced Metallic Laminate
[2-4] Fuel Tank (15 tons, Hydrogen)
[5-6] Fusion Torch – High Thrust (2G, 7.5mps)

Features: Artificial Gravity

Piloting/TL9 (High-Performance Spacecraft)
HT12; Move 2G/22.5mps; Load 40tons; Occupancy 2+6SV; dDR 7; Range -; Cost $5.92M

The two Cargo Holds [C2-4] and [R2-4] are designed to be modular so one or both can be replaced with
a) Hanger Module: 3x Hangar Bays (+$300K, 150t Cargo converts to 90 tons Hangar)
b) Passenger Module: 2x Habitat (2x Luxury Cabins with Total Life Support and 20t Storage) + 1 Cargo Hold (50 tons) (+$1M, -80t Cargo each)

Note: The Passenger Modules could have 3x Habitat Systems, with 3x Luxury Cabins and 30t Storage total, but the Deck Plans have 2 Cabins


Volatus – Fast Courier Variant
Change the Medium Battery [F4] to be 2x Turreted Lasers (now a High-Energy System, +$0)
Replace both sets of Cargo Holds [C2-4] and [R2-4] (-$0, -300t Cargo) with:

3x Fuel Tanks [C2-4] (+$900K, 37.5mps deltaV)
1x (now 2 total) Fission Power Plant [R2] (+$3M, +1PP)
2x (now 3 total) Fusion Torch – High Thrust [R3&4] (+$40M, => 3G Thrust)

Total: Cost additional +$43.9M; -300t Cargo (now 70t); Now 3G/37.5mps deltaV

[Dammann]

What a nice project! I look forward to seeing your work progress.

[SCAR]

Originally Posted by Dammann

What a nice project! I look forward to seeing your work progress.

Thanks. I basically have Spaceships stats for all of the volumes and vessels, they mostly just need writing up in a suitable format for the forums. One volume a day (2 to 4 vessels) seemed like a safe schedule to aim for.

[vierasmarius]

Originally Posted by SCAR

Thanks. I basically have Spaceships stats for all of the volumes and vessels, they mostly just need writing up in a suitable format for the forums. One volume a day (2 to 4 vessels) seemed like a safe schedule to aim for.

Looks like you've already got a system that's working well for you, but you may still be interested in Eric Smith's Spaceship Design Spreadsheet. I've found that it seriously cuts down the time it takes to design and write up spaceships, and it includes a handy output sheet already formatted for display on the forums.

Anyways, love this project! I'm not familiar with the ships in question, but it's always nice to see more complete spaceship designs.

[adimar]

Originally Posted by SCAR

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Morningstar – Heavy Corvette (TL9^) (Streamlined, SM+10 Hull)
[1] Armour – Advanced Metallic Laminate, Hardened

I'm not familiar with the Future armada vessels but isn't just one armor layer awfully thin for a combat spacecraft.
I use 2 layers at the minimum (Usually 3),
if the spaceship has a spinal battery than at least 3 or even 4 in the front.

Adi

[SCAR]

Originally Posted by adimar

I'm not familiar with the Future armada vessels but isn't just one armor layer awfully thin for a combat spacecraft.
I use 2 layers at the minimum (Usually 3),
if the spaceship has a spinal battery than at least 3 or even 4 in the front.

Adi

Quite probably - however, these GURPS Spacecraft stats are built to match the designs, deckplans and notes for the vessels, and this particular ship has a lot of weapons, and there just isn't the space to put more armour on the ship.
The actual d20 stats with the Morningstar says it uses Vanadium Armour, which in d20 terms means the armour is 1/8th of the ships weight (round down); reading that as Mass (which is more sensible anyway), that's 20/8 = 2.5 Armour Systems, so 3 Armour Systems is actually an increase in Armour Mass over the given stats.