400 ton X-Boat Station (deck plan and images)

[Beerfume]

Latest entry for my A-Z Blog Challenge: X is for X-Boat Station.

 

[casquilho]

Very well done. Thank You for sharing this with us.

 

[Whipsnade]

Another excellent design and deckplan. I'm sorry Beerfume is getting to the end of the alphabet because that means we won't be getting any more free stuff!

I've always thought that the classical 1000dTon tender design was "too much ship" for the job. This design fixes that issue and adds more color to x-boat operations.

Thanks again for sharing!

 

[LeperColony]

Great work, as always!

 

[whartung]

Another excellent design and deckplan. I'm sorry Beerfume is getting to the end of the alphabet because that means we won't be getting any more free stuff!

There's always the Greek alphabet…

"λ is for λaser Pistol!"

or something

 

[Swiftbrook]

Excellent.

 

[Beerfume]

I'm sorry Beerfume is getting to the end of the alphabet because that means we won't be getting any more free stuff!

I'll still be posting stuff, but not quite as frequently.

 

[boomslang]

Latest entry for my A-Z Blog Challenge: X is for X-Boat Station.

I like it; it is a very efficient and useful design that makes sense as a supplement to those big, expensive Type XTs that would otherwise be lumbering around all over a planetary system.

Also, I am sure that the fact that it resembles an electric ice cream maker refilling an ice cream cone is the purest of coincidences.

 

[Beerfume]

I am sure that the fact that it resembles an electric ice cream maker refilling an ice cream cone is the purest of coincidences.

I have no idea what you are talking about. Check out the updated image.

 

[mike wightman]

I like this a lot - thank you for putting all of this out there to share.

It just so happens I have a use for this design this very weekend.

 

[Selandia]

Another excellent design and deckplan.
...
I've always thought that the classical 1000dTon tender design was "too much ship" for the job. This design fixes that issue and adds more color to x-boat operations.

Thanks again for sharing!

Right,

the economical running pf the x-boat network would require more than the 1,000 dton Tender and a J-4 Xboat.

So he still has XL station (large with main hangar for X-boat repair and small bay for utility craft alond well established route.

X-shutle to ferry back to XL-Station individual X-boat that can't be repaired locally,

X Tug, to haul to or from XL station X-Boat in need of in-system repositionning

Of course the jack of all trade Tender is still present and a more up to date design would be welcome

The big challenge would be an integrated X-boat station and Scout base for asteroid world where there is no point to have a "dirtside" base. Of course, a large asteroid may be dragged out to be used as hull..

have fun

Selandia

A Tender capable to hangar X-boat and remains as such for the habilit

 

[Beerfume]

Well this is embarrassing... It was just been pointed out to me that the X-boat Station I posted two years ago is not really 200 dtons. It's actually 400. Seems kind of obvious now when you consider it has 170 tons of fuel. The maneuver drive and power plant are calculated correctly for a 400 ton ship per CT Book 2, it was just a dumb typo. Thanks to blog reader D M for pointing it out.

I've updated all related images and PDFs, including the 25mm plans, the 15mm plan PDF collection, and the most recent +100 ton variant (now 500 tons), so if you are a stickler for errata, it has been corrected.

The updated original post (and revised 25mm PDF) can be found here.
The updated collection of 15mm deck plans can be found here.
The updated 500 ton variant (no deck plans) can be found here.