Prefab Highport

[DaveChase]

Thanks for the warm welcome back.

30 ton Modules do have their limits.

I also was working on 1000 t module starport/outpost bases but got busy farming again.

Dave Chase

 

[Gray Lensman]

Mobile (Small) Highport

A Mobile Highport used for Colonization Expeditions IMTU

Part One: The Highport

Ship: Starbase 51
Class: Portaport
Type: Mobile Highport
Architect: Gray Lensman
Tech Level: 12
USP
MP-E300162-000000-44000-0 MCr 1,202.790 5 KTons
Bat Bear 44 Crew: 54
Bat 44 TL: 12
Cargo: 1,000.000 Passengers: 30 Emergency Low: 14 Fuel: 50.000 EP:
50.000 Agility: 0 Shipboard Security Detail: 5
Craft: 1 x 30T Ships Boat, 4 x 200T Far Traders
4 x 400T SDB, 4 x 100T Scouts, 1 x 100T Fuel Shuttle
Fuel Treatment: On Board Fuel Purification
Backups: 1 x Model/6 Computer
Architects Fee: MCr 12.028 Cost in Quantity: MCr 962.232

Detailed Description
HULL
5,000.000 tons standard, 70,000.000 cubic meters, Cylinder Configuration
CREW
11 Officers, 43 Ratings
ENGINEERING
Jump-0, 0G Manuever, Power plant-1, 50.000 EP, Agility 0
AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/6 Computer
1 Model/6 Backup Computer
HARDPOINTS
20 Hardpoints
ARMAMENT
12 Triple Beam Laser Turrets organised into 4 Batteries (Factor-4)
8 Dual Plasma Gun Turrets organised into 4 Batteries (Factor-4)
DEFENCES
None
CRAFT
1 30.000 ton Ships Boat
4 200.000 ton Far Traders
4 400.000 ton SDBs
4 100.000 ton Scouts
1 100.000 ton Fuel Shuttle (Crew of 2, Cost of MCr 0.000)
FUEL
50.000 Tons Fuel (0 parsecs jump and 28 days endurance)
No Fuel Scoops, On Board Fuel Purification Plant
MISCELLANEOUS
102.0 Staterooms, 2 Low Berths, 14 Emergency Low Berths, 10 High Passengers
20 Middle Passengers, 1,000.000 Tons Cargo
USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
None
COST
MCr 1,214.818 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr 12.028), MCr 962.232 in Quantity
CONSTRUCTION TIME
148 Weeks Singly, 118 Weeks in Quantity

COMMENTS: Cost and Crew of Carried Craft not counted in the above


Part Two: The Tug

Ship: Portaport Tug
Class: Tugaport
Type: Mobile Highport Jump Tug
Architect: Gray Lensman
Tech Level: 12
USP
PJ-K321262-000000-00000-0 MCr 4,495.092 10 KTons
Bat Bear Crew: 60
Bat TL: 12
Cargo: 500.000 Emergency Low: 15 Fuel: 2,200.000 EP: 200.000 Agility: 1
Shipboard Security Detail: 10
Craft:, 2 x 100T Fuel Shuttle, 1 x 5000T Portaport
Fuel Treatment: On Board Fuel Purification
Backups: 1 x Model/6 Computer
Architects Fee: MCr 44.951 Cost in Quantity: MCr 3,596.074

Detailed Description
HULL
10,000.000 tons standard, 140,000.000 cubic meters, Cylinder Configuration
CREW
12 Officers, 48 Ratings
ENGINEERING
Jump-2, 1G Manuever, Power plant-2, 200.000 EP, Agility 1
AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/6 Computer
1 Model/6 Backup Computer
HARDPOINTS
None
ARMAMENT
None
DEFENCES
None
CRAFT
2 100.000 ton Fuel Shuttles (Crew of 2, Cost of MCr 0.000), 1 5,000.000 ton Portaport (Crew of 0, Cost of MCr 0.000)
FUEL
2,200.000 Tons Fuel (2 parsecs jump and 28 days endurance)
No Fuel Scoops, On Board Fuel Purification Plant
MISCELLANEOUS
46.0 Staterooms, 2 Low Berths, 15 Emergency Low Berths, 500.000 Tons Cargo
USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
None
COST
MCr 4,540.043 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr 44.951), MCr 3,596.074 in Quantity
CONSTRUCTION TIME
160 Weeks Singly, 128 Weeks in Quantity

COMMENTS: Cost and Crew of Carried Craft not counted in the above

 

[rancke]

COST
MCr 4,540.043 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr 44.951), MCr 3,596.074 in Quantity

Someone will have to pay for it. Assuming the colonists are willing to spend 3% of their GWP to pay for such a highport, you'll need a good deal more than a million people to amortize it over 40 years.

(I'm being vague because there are a lot of assumptions buried in my calculations. The actual figure I arrived at was 1.5 million people).


Hans

 

[Gray Lensman]

(I'm being vague because there are a lot of assumptions buried in my calculations. The actual figure I arrived at was 1.5 million people).

Not as Vague as I. Campaign set around time of Terrans discovery of Jump 3, Spreading towards rimward in case things go not so well with the Vilani, No Mention of how Terran Confed financing and building new fleets of Warships to boot. No mention of 5000 Dton tanker to help it cross larger gaps yet. Just think if I would have included cost of the carried craft as well.

On the Other Hand, if I am sending a Colonization Fleet Several Hundred Light Years I may as well send them as fully equipped as possible.

Plus the little things that may help like having SDBs with no Missile capability due to lack of resupply ability. :nonono:

 

[MR TEK]

Type W Barges.

I keep intending to make deckplans of type Ws and X-Boat tenders converted for core modules.

While not quite as useful as purpose built modules, both are much bigger, already have fuel, storage, power, electronics, and can use the manuver drive and jump drive to deliver themselves. For temporary or portable uses the drives can be kept, or they can be sold, increasing internal space even more.

The key advantage of course is that both are surplus. If I recall, a surplus type W at 100 DT costs what one basic purpose built module for a modular cutter costs, and you would need several modules to build anything useful. Add to money earned selling the drives and the cost differences are even more extreme.

For building Ports and bases, the X-Boat tender adds an already build maintenance bay.

Since both have internal bays, the Type W could carry it's own couplers and hardware. The barge could also carry either purpose built standardized cutter modules, or other building blocks to add to it's structure.

Devise a vehicle to land a Type W on an atmosphere or deploy it on a vacuum world, and you also have basic shelter and facilities for a planetary base camp, or even a down-port. You are back to needing an independent transport to deploy, but the initial hardware is still much less expensive.]

Finally, because both units are so inexpensive, and on perpetual imperial contracts, spare parts are unlimited and even major system components and structural members are available virtually everywhere.

Or even best of all, use salvaged barges and tenders as the core, be operational within hours of deployment, and then expand with modules and couplers designed to mate with them.

If there is interest, I can put some sample deckplans together. I already have some scratch notes.

Peace

Mr Tek