Proneutron
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This is a 15 ton 3 person "RV". Just something as background or for players to encounter maybe. Funny typo in description in spreadsheet.
15 ton small craft (RV) Cepheus/SRD/MgT1
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Similar concept to this little runabout I built for the Distant Scout variant of my Shugushaag J5 600Td freighter/yacht:
Carried Craft:
Dory: Using a 10-ton (needle) hull, the Dory has 3-G acceleration, 1 ton of fuel, seats 2 including the pilot, and can carry 4Td of cargo[1] or eight passengers[2] or two modular small-craft staterooms[3]. It has a Model/1 computer[4] in place of a small craft bridge and has three fixed-mount sandcasters[5]. The craft costs MCr8.6, plus MCr0.3 for the modular cabins and seating. It is TL-13.
Notes:
[1] Specifically, an Air/Raft will fit.
[2] 8 Ea. Demountable seats occupy 2 tons when stored outside of craft.
[3] 2 Ea. Modular cabins occupy 4 tons when stored outside of craft.
[4] Treat as Model/0 for combat purposes.
[5] There is insufficient power for energy weapons. Sandcaster dispensers can also launch drones or cubesats (if so loaded).
(The Dory was designed under High Guard Second Edition.)
This was meant as a micro-Cutter since the Shugs are really short on payload space. It'll shuttle the Air/Raft, or the ship's crew to the surface, or be a very mobile 2-person outpost. It's just that it can only do one of those at a time.
As usual for this sort of design exercise, it gives up a lot of potential capability for the sake of being as small as possible. With this drive package (minimum HG drives of 1Td each, 1Td fuel) it could have been 4G if it were 1Td smaller (ditch the sandcasters), or can still be 3G at up to 12.5Td (add an additional 2.5Td cargo or something).
Carried Craft:
Dory: Using a 10-ton (needle) hull, the Dory has 3-G acceleration, 1 ton of fuel, seats 2 including the pilot, and can carry 4Td of cargo[1] or eight passengers[2] or two modular small-craft staterooms[3]. It has a Model/1 computer[4] in place of a small craft bridge and has three fixed-mount sandcasters[5]. The craft costs MCr8.6, plus MCr0.3 for the modular cabins and seating. It is TL-13.
Notes:
[1] Specifically, an Air/Raft will fit.
[2] 8 Ea. Demountable seats occupy 2 tons when stored outside of craft.
[3] 2 Ea. Modular cabins occupy 4 tons when stored outside of craft.
[4] Treat as Model/0 for combat purposes.
[5] There is insufficient power for energy weapons. Sandcaster dispensers can also launch drones or cubesats (if so loaded).
(The Dory was designed under High Guard Second Edition.)
This was meant as a micro-Cutter since the Shugs are really short on payload space. It'll shuttle the Air/Raft, or the ship's crew to the surface, or be a very mobile 2-person outpost. It's just that it can only do one of those at a time.
As usual for this sort of design exercise, it gives up a lot of potential capability for the sake of being as small as possible. With this drive package (minimum HG drives of 1Td each, 1Td fuel) it could have been 4G if it were 1Td smaller (ditch the sandcasters), or can still be 3G at up to 12.5Td (add an additional 2.5Td cargo or something).
Proneutron
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VERY flexible 10 tonner
Thanks!
mike wightman
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I like all these variations on the small craft that are everywhere in the setting but very rarely get the 'screen time' they deserve.
Nice work from both of you.
Nice work from both of you.
Proneutron
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Thanks Mike.
Glad to be able to contribute something productive!
Proneutron
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Proneutron
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It's a Small Craft. The smallest you can get is 10dt or 20 dt in some versions of Trav. Like in star ships, the smallest is 100t. This is the equivalent of a 150t starship.
mike wightman
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You can get smaller with HG'80 - there are a couple of canonical fighters less than 10t IIRC.
The smallest I can come up with is 4.5tons - 1t each for m-drive, pp, fuel and computer, plus the half ton for pilot couch.
I'm not sure if there is a CE version of HG'80 yet.
The smallest I can come up with is 4.5tons - 1t each for m-drive, pp, fuel and computer, plus the half ton for pilot couch.
I'm not sure if there is a CE version of HG'80 yet.
Proneutron
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CE is based on MgT SRD. There is such a HG and you can only go down to 10 tons before vehicle rules kick in. Most Trav versions cut off at 10 or 20
Condottiere
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Currently, it's implied that it's ten tonnes, though my take on it is that as long as it has one complete hull point, it's a spacecraft.
Proneutron
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Depends on the rule set. CE/MgT is 10 tons. Anything below is a vehicle and not a space ship.
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I'd have said 5.5Td, but I was thinking fighter rather than one-man speedster.
You win.
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Condottiere
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Which is why cutters accelerated at four gee, ship's boats at six gee, and the captain's gig at ten gee.
Proneutron
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Why what?
AnotherDilbert
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Apart from the gig most standard LBB2 small craft has the performance an A drive would reasonably give it.
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