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Vehicle Design Challenge

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Best Traveller Vehicle Design

  • jec10: <i>Hydra</i> Imperial GFV

    Votes: 12 44.4%

  • the Bromgrev: Solomani "Space Chopper"

    Votes: 8 29.6%

  • Employee #2-4601: Panstellar TR-7-29 General-Purpose Tractor

    Votes: 4 14.8%

  • Employee #2-4601: Panstellar TRBD-7-29 General-Purpose Tractor/Bulldozer

    Votes: 2 7.4%

  • Employee #2-4601: Panstellar MBD-7-29 Military Tractor/Bulldozer

    Votes: 1 3.7%

  • Employee #2-4601: Panstellar FBD-9-30 Construction Vehicle

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    27
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Pickles

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The Vehicle Design Challenge is here! And, as usual, most of you have flunked as a consequence of missing the deadline. :rolleyes:

Luckily, there are enough entries to vote on, thanks to the ever-prolific Employee #2-4601, jec10 and yours truly.

This is a simple one: just vote for your favourite design!
 
JEC10 PRESENTS

Hydra Imperial GFV (Tech Level 10)

The Hydra GFV emphasives firepower and speed at the expense of protection, endurance, and sensor capacity. The 4-man crew consist of a commander, a driver and two gunners. Highly automated, the main turret contains a 100MW pulse laser, with a cupola mounted twin-barrel autocannon for PD work. The Plasma-A guns are in side sponsons, and cannot be fired within 5 degrees of straight forward or straight back.

Height: 2.0m (+0.7m Turret). Width: 5.5m. Length 4.0m. Total volume: 139.14m3. Weight: 338 tons (loaded)

Price: MCr10.54

Movement: Maximum 1980 kph. Cruise 1485 kph. NOE 140 kph.
Movement Effects on Fire: No effect.
Armour: Chassis - front: 51; rear: 36; sides: 42; belly: 36; deck: 36. Turret - front: 51; rear: 36; sides: 42; belly: 36; deck: 36.
Target Size DMs: Low +4. High +1.
Power: 216 MW fusion powerplant. Fuel Capacity: 10,000 litres. Endurance: 31 hours.
Obscuration/Sensors: 20 anti-laser aerosols. 6 smoke dischargers. Laser sensor (6+).
Communicators: 5000pwr radio. 1000pwr laser comm.
Radar: 20pwr targeting radar.
Visual/ECM/Computers: Image enhancement. Thermal imaging. Extensive ECM. Map Box.
Equipment: Sealed Environment. Life support.

Weapons:
1 x TL-10, 100Mw, PL [8 lens], VM, Stp-0, DF-3/4/5.5, Pen-57/49/41, HB:+3, Sig:+3, Trgts-4, Crew-1, (turret mnt)

1 x TL-10, 2cm, 2-brrl, HV, VM, Stp-2, Acc: 1/-3, ROF-400, DF-1.5/2.5/4, PD, Sig:+1, AFB:+5/+4/+2, Trgts-16, Crew-1 w/autoloader, (cupola mnt) 1600 rounds carried

2 x TL-10, Plasma-A, Rng(Pen)/Brst(Pen): Eff-126(44)/1(28), Lng-252(31)/1(15), Ext-504(6)/-, (chassis mnt)
 
THE BROMGREV PRESENTS

Solomani Grav Bike (Tech Level 13)

The grav bike is a small, one-man reconnaissance vehicle, popularly known as a "Space Chopper". It is lightly armed with a single pintle-mounted 4cm RAM automatic grenade launcher, and carries three spare 20-round drums. It has extensive electronics and countermeasures capablitity for a vehicle of its size.

Height: 1.5m. Width: 1.0m. Length 4.0m. Total volume: 6.0m3. Weight: 9 tons

Price: MCr1.77

Movement: Maximum 3000 kph. Cruise 2250 kph. NOE 170 kph.
Movement Effects on Fire: No effect.
Armour: Chassis front/rear/sides/belly:2 . Chassis deck: 0 (open-topped)
Target Size DMs: Low +1. High 0.
Power: 2 MW fusion powerplant. Fuel Capacity: 300 litres. Endurance: 100 hours.
Obscuration/Sensors: 10 prismatic aerosols. 6 smoke dischargers. Laser sensor (3+).
Communicators: 5000pwr radio. 500pwr radio jammer. Radio direction finder (+9).
Radar: 50pwr targeting radar. 5000pwr terrain-following radar. 5000pwr counterbattery radar (0/2+(10)). 5000pwr radar jammer. Radar direction finder (+10)
Visual/ECM/Computers: Image enhancement. Thermal imaging. Extensive ECM. Map Box. Battle computer.
Equipment: Life Support.
Cargo: 1m3

Weapons:
One pintle-mounted 4cm RAM automatic grenade launcher with a total of 100 rounds.
 
Panstellar TR-7-29 General-Purpose Tractor (Tracked; Tech Level 7)
The vehicle has a crew of 1 (Driver).

Height: 2m. Width: 3m. Length: 4m. Total volume: 16m3 (approximately 1 ship dtons). Weight: 19.15 tons.

Cargo Space: 3m3. Towing Capacity: Up to 105 tons of trailer or towed cargo. Passengers: None. Price: Cr29,290.

Movement: Road, 90kph/75cm; cross-country, 54kph/45cm.

Armor: Chassis front, rear and sides 12, belly and deck 8.

Target Size DMs: +2 low.

Equipment: 500-power radio; TL-5 Searchlight.

Power: 0.5 megawatt Improved Internal Combustion plant consumes 250 liters fuel per hour; fuel capacity is 2,000 liters, enough for 8 hours.

Weapon: None Installed.
 
Panstellar TRBD-7-29 General-Purpose Tractor/Bulldozer (Tracked; Tech Level 7)

The vehicle has a crew of 1 (Driver).

Height: 2m. Width: 3m. Length: 4m. Total volume: 16m3 (approximately 1 ship dtons). Weight: 20.15 tons.

Cargo Space: 3m3. Towing Capacity: Up to 104 tons of trailer or towed cargo. Passengers: None.

Price: Cr32,090.

Movement: Road, 85kph/71cm; cross-country, 51kph/43cm.

Armor: Chassis front, rear and sides 12, belly and deck 8.

Target Size DMs: +2 low.

Equipment: 500-power radio; TL-5 Searchlight; Bulldozer Blade (Armor 12); Crane (2-ton lifting capacity).

Power: 0.5 megawatt Improved Internal Combustion plant consumes 250 liters fuel per hour; fuel capacity is 2,000 liters, enough for 8 hours.

Weapon: None Installed.
 
Panstellar MBD-7-29 Military Tractor/Bulldozer (Tracked; Tech Level 7)

The vehicle has a crew of 3 (Driver, Gunner and Commander).

Height: 2m. Width: 3m. Length: 4m. Total volume: 16m3 (approximately 1 ship dtons). Weight: 23.45 tons.

Cargo Space: 1m3. Towing Capacity: Up to 101 tons of trailer or towed cargo. Passengers: None.

Price: Cr43,660.

Movement: Road, 75kph/63cm; cross-country, 45kph/38cm.

Movement Effect on Fire: Move less than 1/2, EFP -2; move more than 1/2, FFP –2, no EFP.

Armor: Chassis front, rear, sides and belly 20, deck 15. Turret front, rear and sides 12.

Target Size DMs: +2 low, +1 high.

Equipment: 500-power radio; TL-5 Searchlight; 5 Smoke Dischargers (turret); Bulldozer Blade (Armor 12); Crane (2-ton lifting capacity).

Power: 0.5 megawatt Improved Internal Combustion plant consumes 250 liters fuel per hour; fuel capacity is 2,000 liters, enough for 8 hours.

Weapon: The heavy machine gun mounted in the remote mount (turret) may engage four targets and has a signature DM of +3; 1,600 rounds are carried for it in the turret, enough for 20 fire phases.
 
Panstellar FBD-9-30 Fusion-powered Construction Vehicle (Tracked; Tech Level 9)

The vehicle has a crew of 2 (Driver and Laser Operator).

Height: 2m. Width: 3m. Length: 4m. Total volume: 16m3 (approximately 1 ship dtons). Weight: 23.1 tons.

Cargo Space: 3m3. Towing Capacity: Up to 224 tons of trailer or towed cargo. Passengers: None.

Price: Cr224,669.

Movement: Road, 159kph/133cm; cross-country, 95kph/79cm.

Movement Effect on Fire: move more than 1/2, EFP -2.

Armor: Chassis front, rear, sides and belly 20, deck 15. Turret front, rear and sides 12.

Target Size DMs: +2 low, +1 high.

Equipment: 5,000-power radio; TL-5 Searchlight; TL-9 Map Box; Bulldozer Blade (Armor 12); Crane (2-ton lifting capacity); Sealed Environment with Life Support for 2.

Power: 2 megawatt Fusion plant consumes 3 liters fuel per hour; fuel capacity is 100 liters, enough for 33 hours.

Weapon: The 1 megawatt input, single lense pulse laser in the remote (turret) mount may engage one target and has a signature DM of +0. Its range and penetration are given below. The laser is mostly used as a drill or welder, but may be used as a weapon as well.

Effective, 0.6km/60cm (28); long 1km/1000cm (20); extreme, 2.5km/250cm (12).
 
Thank you mysterious moderator ... :cool:

Roll Up! Roll Up!

Only three weeks left to cast your vote!
 
Thanks, Aramis! Ooh, shiny new blue boards!

Looks like jec10 is going for a solid win, there. Good thing Mr. Pollard missed the deadline by a hair, or he would no doubt have swept the board with his fancy graphics.

Hey, now, there's an idea - next time, we can do a double challenge. First, a text-only design competition. Then, a competition to produce graphics for the winner. How does that grab you?

Damn, I think I've just volunteered for something again ...
 
As a USAF Civil Engineer team member I am kind of bias for construction equipment, especially one with a laser cannon on it. The Panstellar got my vote.
 
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