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Deckplan Challenge - Contest

Here's my entry:
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Ship: Primus-Aleph
Class: Primus
Type: 40TM1Scoutship (Model 1 and Model 2)
Architect: TylersTools
Tech Level: 7
Specifications in brackets are for the Model 2.
</font><blockquote>code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">USP
SC-0601121-000000-00000-0 MCr 51.700 40 Tons
Bat Bear Crew: 2 [3]
Bat TL: 7

Cargo: 6.0* [9.2] Fuel: 5.2* [2.0] EP: 0.400 Agility: 1
Fuel Treatment: Fuel Scoops
Backups: 1 x Model/2 Computer

Architects Fee: MCr 0.517 Cost in Quantity: MCr 41.360
*A 3.2 dton demountable fuel tank was installed in the cargo
hold on the first two maiden voyages (see below).</pre>[/QUOTE]Detailed Description

HULL
40.000 tons standard, 560.000 cubic meters, Flattened Sphere Configuration

CREW
Pilot, 1 Sensors Operator, [1 Mission Specialist]

ENGINEERING
Jump-0, 1G Manuever, Power plant-1, 0.400 EP, Agility 1

AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/2 Computer
1 Model/2 Backup Computer

HARDPOINTS
None

ARMAMENT
None

DEFENCES
None

CRAFT
None

FUEL
5.200 Tons Fuel (0 parsecs jump and 364 days endurance)
[2.00 Tons Fuel (0 parsecs jump and 140 days endurance)]
On Board Fuel Scoops, No Fuel Purification Plant

MISCELLANEOUS
2.0 Staterooms, 2 Acceleration Couches, 6.000 Tons Cargo
[3.0 Staterooms, 3 Acceleration Couches, 9.20 Tons Cargo]

USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
1 Extra Sensors (2.200 tons, Crew 1, Cost MCr 22.000), 1 Stores (4.000 tons, Crew 0, Cost MCr 1.000)
[1 Extra Sensors (1.70 tons, Crew 1, Cost MCr 23.000)]

COST
MCr 52.217 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr 0.517), MCr 41.360 in Quantity

CONSTRUCTION TIME
20 Weeks Singly, 16 Weeks in Quantity

COMMENTS
The first Primus class of spaceship was built by the USA (United States Alliance) soon after gravitic technology was discovered on Novusolum in the Tresastrum trinary system. (These explorations took place about 250 years before the present and about 100 years before Emergence.) Eight ships were built and sent to explore the other two stars 1500 AU's distant in the trinary system. The explorations were set up in a rotation since the trip took about four months. One ship would be enroute,a second would be on station, the third would be returning and the fourth would be in maintainance and refurbishment in preparation for it's journey. Though radio spectrum communications took about eight days to travel the distance between the stars it was welcomed by the crews during their trips. The cargo hold contained a demountable 3.2 dton fuel tank on the maiden voyage of the Aleph and Beth ships in case no suitable refueling source was found in the visited systems. (Though telescopes at Novusolum could detect a 'wobble' in the stars' positions they could not be positive it was caused by orbiting planets. Instead of designing the ships to have a year's supply of fuel, potentially wasting space, a decision to use demountable tanks in the cargo hold was instituted. These seperate tanks could be unused once a suitable gas giant planet was confirmed to exist in the systems.) The remaing cargo space could house several satellites which could be left in orbit around the various planets in the system. During return trips the cargo hold could contain collected samples. The ships do not have artificial gravity and rely on their thrust to proved a gravitational effect during transit. This class of ships were used for about thirty years in various roles after completing six years in exploratory service.

Two different models of the Primus were built. The above specifications are for the Model 1. The Model 2 version has had the extra stores and half a dton of extra sensors removed. An extra crewman, stateroom, and acceleration couch were added. (The area marked as stores in the Model 2 deckplan is considered part of the common area since it contains all three crewman's supplies.) The Aleph, Beth, and Gimel were built as Model 1's; the remainder were built as Model 2's. Model 2 ships do not have facilities to make use of the demountable fuel tanks.
</font><blockquote>code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">Ships in class: Maiden Voyage
Primus-Aleph Lupustellus
Primus-Beth Epopismundus
Primus-Gimel Lupustellus
Primus-Daleth Epopismundus
Primus-He Lupustellus
Primus-Zayin Epopismundus
Primus-Heth Epopismundus
Primus-Teth Lupustellus</pre>[/QUOTE]The Primus-Aleph found gas giants, a planetoid belt and terrestial planets in the Lupustellus system. One of the planets was habitable (E866xxx-x). The Primus-Gimel was the ship that discovered that the planet was inhabited by a primitive (TL 0) civilization of bipedal Canidae. (Efforts by the USA in the World Conference Table (WCT) meetings to protect them from contact quickly failed when ENA (Eastern Nations Alliance) spaceships began to explore and settle colonists. Within twenty years the Canidae civilization would be destroyed and within fifty the race would be extinct, primarily due to ENA actions.)

The Primus-Beth found the Epopismundus system to be something of a puzzle. The only planets found in the system were gas giants, each with a multitude of rings around them and no moons. There were no terrestial planets only planetoid belts. Since all three stars in the Tresastrum system were about the same age the planetary scientists of the day were unable to explain the lack of terrestial planetary formation in the Epopismundus system. (After Emergence the IISS, in conjunction with the Novusolum scientific community, has embarked on research to discover the cause of this. (The IISS is secretly looking for any Ancient artifacts also.))
 
TEST 1

MiniCraft.pdf


Looks like it doesn't like PDF files.

Does anyone know if there is a way to disply a multi-page PDF on here without converting it to a larger JPG file or lower resolution GIF file?

How do you add files to the fLibrary as requested in the earlier posts for this contest?

So far the process has been far from intuitive.
:(
Thanks,
Arthur Thomas Pollard
atpollard at yahoo dot com
 
atpollard,
I don't think you can add files to the fLibrary right now. In Rav's post at the start of the contest he said you have to be willing to have the entry posted to the fLibrary once it's back in operation. Just email the entry to Ravs and if you have to go with conversion of the PDF to some image file.
 
Hi,

atpollard, you could host your pdf on a file hosting site like photobucket and post the link here. That would be fine.

Cheers

Ravs
 
atpollard, your jpg links are all dead. Trying to follow them gets me to a Yahoo login screen. I *think* you can still use Yahoo for this, but you need to check the image settings.
 
AT,
Ah, that's probably why you're haveing trouble posting the images up here, you're trying to link to what's probably a locked from public viewing yahoo group. From what I understand of it, if the yahoo group is not set up to allow public viewing of it's files section then you can't link to it to show your work to the public.

As a suggestion you can create an account and post your images to http://www.flickr.com/, make them public and then link back to here. It's free, part of the yahoo group of services, allows for good bandwidth, and it works 'cuz it's what I use (and I'm far, far from being internet savy).
 
[Its time to cut my losses. With my new computer in the shop AGAIN, I have been forced to pull 'old faithful' out of retirement. Windows ME on a Celeron Processor with 32 MB of Ram and a Dial-up connection just isn't going to cut it for transfering and translating DWG, PDF and JPG files to a new host and replacing all of the links.]


DESIGN CONTEST ENTRY:

All of the following Minicraft are part of one contest entry. They are variations on a theme designed to explore the possibility of creating a vehicle capable of fitting into an Air Raft Bay (3m x 3m x 6m) but with the performance of a small craft.

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Aww ... that's cute.


That's got to be a size record, right? or have you designed smaller with your rules?
 
Originally posted by the Bromgrev:
Aww ... that's cute.


That's got to be a size record, right? or have you designed smaller with your rules?
That is the smallest that I have designed so far and the Midget is intended to serve as an expensive "mini-van" type of vehicle. There are two sporty 2 dTon Mini Craft (a 3G "stallion" class and a 4G "phoenix" class). A high performance 5G "wraith" class is in the works (if I can ever get the compound curves into a shape I like) and I have a few preliminary hand sketches of a 6G "diablo" class.

When I get my CT CD ROM and study the Striker rules in detail, I have this vision for a sub 1 dTon, 1-2 seat, 6G "motorcycle" like craft (perhaps with an airframe for higher maneuverability). If I can find good rules for reaction thrust drives, I might be able to boost the acceleration to 12G (6G percieved plus 6G inertial compensation). I see it more like a formula 1 racer than a "fighter" - fast but delicate. Could make an interesting "ship's boat" for the "small package" trade.

Arthur
 
Heck, Striker lets you, with a bit of squinting, replicate the idea behind the old GA-ATV to silly extremes. Nothing quite like a wheeled vehicle the size of a large motorcycle that can reach orbit accidentally on bumpy roads...
 
The Midget has "no inertial compensation" but does have two seats facing backwards. Hopefully those seats rotate forward, or that's going to be a rough ride...
 
Originally posted by GypsyComet:
The Midget has "no inertial compensation" but does have two seats facing backwards. Hopefully those seats rotate forward, or that's going to be a rough ride...
The Pilot seat and two front seats rotate 360 degrees.
 
Very nice!

I look forward to seeing your other designs! I really like the variation in different design concepts that have been posted so far.

Ravs
 
Originally posted by atpollard:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by GypsyComet:
The Midget has "no inertial compensation" but does have two seats facing backwards. Hopefully those seats rotate forward, or that's going to be a rough ride...
The Pilot seat and two front seats rotate 360 degrees. </font>[/QUOTE]Cool.

I used to do the really small craft in a system published pre-Striker(!) in Space Gamer many years ago.
 
Originally posted by Andrew Boulton:
I think it would be better to use MT or FF&S rather than a mutant hybrid.
I would, except that there aren't enough hours in the day to gather all of the errata needed to make them work. ;) For what it is worth, try designing a 2dTon, 2G, 5 passenger ship with any system. I bet the Engineering section will be about the same size and I bet the cost will be in the millions of credits. The systems aren't all that different. This is roughly HG TL 10 without the arbitrary 1 dTon limits. Everything else is candy.
 
Originally posted by atpollard:
When I get my CT CD ROM and study the Striker rules in detail, I have this vision for a sub 1 dTon, 1-2 seat, 6G "motorcycle" like craft (perhaps with an airframe for higher maneuverability). If I can find good rules for reaction thrust drives, I might be able to boost the acceleration to 12G (6G percieved plus 6G inertial compensation). I see it more like a formula 1 racer than a "fighter" - fast but delicate. Could make an interesting "ship's boat" for the "small package" trade.
Space Chopper! :D
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