Packet Freighter Picture (WIP)
- Thread starter Thunderbolt
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Reasonable.
Thunderbolt
SOC-12
Noooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've just completed the draft deckplans as PDF for perusal:
http://www.cambrianmoons.com/download/skipjack-draft.pdf
M1, J3, PP3, Comp 3, Cone Config, Armour 1, Purifiers, 2 AirRafts, Scoops
Pilot, Nav, Medic, 3 Engineers, 8 passengers, 1 steward
The big intake reminds me of the runner up in the JSF cookoff.
http://www.aviastar.org/air/usa/boeing_x-32.php
It's ok, and M-1 is standard for traders (M-2 might be reasonably accessible, but there's often no reason for it).
Thunderbolt
SOC-12
Version 1 is complete!
Ship has 7 hardpoints, but no weapons are fitted. This is mostly because I focused so much on the core design, I didn't think about where the turrets would go.
The cargo is a double deck zone, and when the ship is in water, can be flooded to allow cargo to float into the bay. Perhaps in a later iteration of the model, I can model the doors in properly along with some popup turrets.
Enjoy.
http://www.cambrianmoons.com/download/skipjack-v1.pdf
Ship has 7 hardpoints, but no weapons are fitted. This is mostly because I focused so much on the core design, I didn't think about where the turrets would go.
The cargo is a double deck zone, and when the ship is in water, can be flooded to allow cargo to float into the bay. Perhaps in a later iteration of the model, I can model the doors in properly along with some popup turrets.
Enjoy.
http://www.cambrianmoons.com/download/skipjack-v1.pdf
Andrew Boulton
The Adminator
Very nice!
Actually, there's almost never any use for jump-1, the biggest exception being ships that are solely employed jumping back and forth between the same two worlds. There may be a few clusters of worlds where a jump-1 trader can be sure of always getting cargo for somewhere within jump-1 range, but whenever cargo has to be moved more than one parsec, jump-2 (or jump-3) will be both cheaper and faster than sending it by jump-1. (And jump-4 won't be that much more expensive than jump-1 that it won't be worth considering in order to get it there four time faster). That much-touted stable of free traders, going from one end of a main to another, is certainly not an economically sound business practice for jump-1 ships.
Unless, that is, it doesn't have to pay off a loan. A jump-1 tramp merchant can compete, provided it's a 40+ year old paid-up ship that used to be employed on a jump-1 back-and-forth route and now, not being hampered by crippling bank charges, can afford to undercut the competition and charge the same for two jumps that a new ship would have to charge for one.
Hans
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^ Yes, very well done!
Evil Steve
SOC-10
I'll join the bellowing herd...Awsome! The Submarine appearance is brilliant.
I was wondering if you had a purpose in mind for those 8 hatch-like sections at the bow, midline just ahead of the star.
Missle ports, like a Soviet boomer?
PS may I use her in my campaign?
I was wondering if you had a purpose in mind for those 8 hatch-like sections at the bow, midline just ahead of the star.
Missle ports, like a Soviet boomer?
PS may I use her in my campaign?
Thunderbolt
SOC-12
The grey nose cone and the first dark band are where the bow doors are located. If I had thought about it harder, I would have modeled those properly earlier in the design process.
If you mean the ridge running along the top, that's just for artistic reasons to make it look a little more interesting.
Of course!
Thunderbolt
SOC-12
I've just realised that you were looking at the first draft picture.!!
The panels you refer to are the original cargo doors, but once I realised how big the cargo area was, changed it so that the nose section was the doors.
The PDF download has an updated version of the design.
Sorry about the confusion!
The panels you refer to are the original cargo doors, but once I realised how big the cargo area was, changed it so that the nose section was the doors.
The PDF download has an updated version of the design.
Sorry about the confusion!
Evil Steve
SOC-10
No confusion, I just was curious. The looked nifty.
Now to grab the PDF. Hopefully that's an Adobe format, rather than the initials for Planetary Defence Force.
Now to grab the PDF. Hopefully that's an Adobe format, rather than the initials for Planetary Defence Force.
ThunderChilde
SOC-13
I know you do good work, been a follower of cambrianmoons for a few years, but this is very cool indeed. Not to mention usable by us pleabes.
Ty Thunderbolt
Ty Thunderbolt
I'd love to see a PDF of this with T5 numbers.
Quick Ship Profile: F-7A13 Vx: QL Cx: A1 E2 G1 P1 S1
Quick Ship Profile: F-7A13 Vx: QL Cx: A1 E2 G1 P1 S1
Code:
SkipJack-class Freighter
(700) Airframe hull 78.0
1 + Floatation hull 1.0
1 + Submergence hull 2.0
1 Landers & Lifters 2.0
1 Scoops and Purifier 2.0
20 Standard Bridge 1.0
- Adv Model/5 fib 2.4
- Semi-Organic S3 Brain 1.2
Sensors-3, Gunner-3
1 Adv LR Surface Comm-11 1.5
1 Adv Vd Antenna EMS-14 1.0
- Std Vd Surface Visor-14 1.0
35 Jump-3 drive F 35
7 Maneuver-1 drive D 14
16 Adv Power-3 plant F 48
189 Fuel (3 pc, 4 wks) -
3 Adv Triple Beam Laser-12 x 3 4.5
1 Adv Triple Sandcaster-11 3.3
3 Adv Triple Missile-10 x 3 3.6
- SDense Armor-9 -
21 Fast launch in minimal hangar 9.1
32 Passenger staterooms (8) -
6 Senior officer stateroom (1) -
16 Ratings quarters (4) -
3 Ship's Locker -
342 Cargo -
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MCr 211.6
Code:
Name Owner Shipyard Keel Laid Down First Flight Disp
Skipjack 182-1090 027-1091 InSvc
Scombridae 039-1092 247-1092 InSvc
Auxis 112-1093 313-1093 Lost
- 205-1094 - Scrap
Euthynnus 169-1095 026-1096 InSvc
Katsuwonus 351-1096 189-1097 InSvc
Orca 183-1097 022-1098 Dx
Sardis 103-1098 314-1099 InSvc
Bonito 346-1099 196-1100 InSvc
Atlantis 330-1100 167-1001 InSvc
Tonggol 204-1102 049-1103 InSvc
Ada 225-1102 076-1103 InSvc
Pelagic 041-1103 264-1103 InSvc
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