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| TL10 Milkman-class 10,000-ton Robotic Fuel Blimp | (Download GVB File) |
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This is a standard robot tanker used to transport raw jump fuel from gas giant mining operations to the local starport. While there accomodations for crew to meet Imperial regulations, under normal circumstances this non-starship is operated by an RVO program.
Crew: (optional) 8 Total, 5 Bridge Crew, 3 Engineers.
Subassemblies: USL Hull +12.
Powertrain: engineering, 90 maneuver.
Fuel: 9,900 jump fuel tanks.
Occ: bunkroom Cargo: 2-dton hold (5-stons/dton density)
| Armor | F | RL | B | T | U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 |
Equipment
Hull: basic bridge (thermograph, dumb); three Astrogation programs (Jump-0,
complexity-2); three RVO Astrogation programs (Jump-0, complexity-4)-14; three
Autopilot (Normal)-15 RVO programs (complexity 5); three Datalink utility
programs (complexity-1); small utility (250 dton coverage).
Statistics
Size: [LxWxH] 543’x136’x67.9’ Payload: 9,912 tons Lwt.: 14,111 tons
Volume: 10,000 dtons Maint.: 0.497 hours (193 mh/day) Price: MCr1,618
HT: 12 HP: 63,750 [Hull].
sAccel: 0.3 Gs/0.9 Gs empty
Design Notes: TL10 robotic extra light frame standard materials [Vehicle].
TL10 DR 100 expensive metal [Vehicle].
Vehicle Features: computerized controls, sealed, no streamlining.
Hull: total compartmentalization.
Volume: 10,000 dtons [Hull].
Area: 170,000 sf [Hull].
After I designed this, my muse decided to gift me with a design for my customized IFB. It's TL/11 because it's ancestors (my Rochester-class Ferry and the Liverpool-class Dispersed Hull Bulk Freighter [p.T:S97]) were TL/11.
| TL11 Audhumla-class 20,000-ton Jump Tanker | (Download GVB File) |
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Named after the cow whose milk nourished Ymir (the giant who was the ancestor of all living things in Norse mythology), this variant of the Rochester-class Interstellar Ferry was redesigned specifically to service Bifrost Station. The main alteration: twelve 800-dton unpressurized hangar bays were replaced by a single 10,000-dton one. To accommodate this 600 dton expansion, 1,000 dtons of jump fuel tanks were removed from the aft section, with the left over space being filled by:
In the pressurized subhull, the jump drive was enlarged by 50% to handle the added volume of the blimp. This was done by reducing the size of the manuever drive and cargo holds and removing five staterooms. The last, unfortunately, means that the entire crew (including all the officers) is forced to double bunk. While the internal tanks can handle a one parsec jump, the addition fuel needed for a two parsec jump will come from the fuel blimp via feed lines in the external cradle or the hangar bay.
On the Bifrost run, the tank modules will initially contain water which will be "cracked" by electrolysis over the next week. 100 tank modules will be processed in jump with "waste" oxygen being jettisoned to replace the fuel used to get there, the rest in port with the oxygen sold to station life support and 1,000 dtons of LHyd reserved for the trip home.
Crew: 100 Total, 10 Bridge Crew, 3 Flight Crew, 4 Gunners, 22 Engineers, 1 Medics, 60 Service Crew.
Subassemblies: USL Hull +12, Subhull +10, 16xEmpty Turret +5, 4xLoaded Turret +5.
Powertrain: engineering [Subhull], jump-2 jump drive (30,000 dton capacity) [Subhull], 253 half space maneuver [Subhull].
Fuel: three 1,000-ton jump fuel tanks, 125 collapsible tanks, half space collapsible tank, 0 dtons hydrogen (unrefined), 15,000 dtons water.
Occ: ten low-berths [Subhull], 50 staterooms [Subhull] Cargo: 15-dton hold (5-stons/dton density) [Subhull], 60-dton hold
| Armor | F | RL | B | T | U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 |
| Subull | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 |
| Forward Section | 4/100 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Empty Turret | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 |
| Loaded Turret | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 |
| Weaponry | Malf | Type | Damage | SS | Acc | 1/2D mi | Max mi | RoF | TL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250mm missile rack | Crit. | 0d | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 11 | |
| sandcaster | Crit. | 0d | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 11 | |
| turret laser | Crit. | Imp. | 4dx100(2) | 30 | 32 | 23,000 | 69,000 | 1/60 | 11 |
Equipment
Hull: 14,250-ston capacity external cradle; 280 fuel
electrolysis/processors (161 hours in electrolysis mode); 10,000-dton
capacity hangar bay; small entry module. Subhull: 50-ton modular
cutter with passenger module (spacedock); galley; gymnasium; hall
(50-person capacity); office; sickbay; theater; command bridge
(thermograph, dumb); three Astrogation programs (Jump-2, complexity-3);
three Astrogation programs (Jump-0, complexity-2); three Damage Control+4
bonus programs (complexity-4); four Targeting+6 bonus programs
(complexity-5); three RVO Astrogation programs (Jump-2, complexity-6)-15;
three RVO Astrogation programs (Jump-0, complexity-6)-16; three Autopilot
(Jump Space)-16 RVO programs (complexity 6); three Autopilot (Normal)-16
RVO programs (complexity 6); four Gunner-14 RVO programs (complexity 6);
three Library Data utility programs (complexity-1); three Transmission
Profiling utility programs (complexity-3); three Datalink utility programs
(complexity-1); four Double-Fire utility programs (complexity-1); three
utilities (1,500 dton coverage); 6.5-dton safe (5.2 dtons mail); 50-dton
capacity spacedock. Loaded Turret: 250mm missile rack; sandcaster;
turret laser, 390-MJ.
Statistics
Size: [LxWxH] 684’x171’x85.5’ Payload: 225,589 tons Lwt.: 238,395 tons
Volume: 20,000 dtons Maint.: 0.336 hours (286 mh/day) Price: MCr3,549
HT: 11 HP: 210,000 [Hull], 7,500 [Subhull], 600 each [16xEmpty Turret], 600 each [4xLoaded Turret].
sAccel: 0.1 Gs/1.0 Gs empty Jump: 2
Design Notes: TL11 super light frame standard materials [Subhull].
TL11 light frame standard materials [Vehicle].
TL11 DR 100 expensive metal [Hull].
TL11 DR 100 expensive metal [16xEmpty Turret].
F TL11 DR 100 expensive metal [Forward Section].
TL11 DR 100 expensive metal [4xLoaded Turret].
TL11 DR 100 open frame expensive metal [Vehicle].
Payload Cost: MCr9.01
Vehicle Features: computerized controls, no streamlining.
Empty Turret: full rotation.
Loaded Turret: full rotation.
Subhull: retractable, total compartmentalization, sealed.
Volume: 20,000 dtons [Hull], 1,400 dtons [Subhull], 3 dtons [16xEmpty Turret], 3 dtons [4xLoaded Turret].
Area: 280,000 sf [Hull], 50,000 sf [Subhull], 800 sf [16xEmpty Turret], 800 sf [4xLoaded Turret].
Empty Space: 3 dtons [16xEmpty Turret].
The sAccel of this ship varies widely with its current load. Here are some examples:
| From | To | Payload (dtons) | LMass (stons) | sAccel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| home highport | jump point out | 15,000 water, no blimp | 238,395 | 0.053 Gs |
| home highport | jump point out | 15,000 water + loaded blimp | 252,506 | 0.050 Gs |
| jump point in | Bifrost Station | 12,000 LHyd + 3,000 water | 70,395 | 0.180 Gs |
| Bifrost Station | jump point out | 1,000 LHyd, no blimp | 14,395 | 0.878 Gs |
| Bifrost Station | jump point out | 1,000 LHyd + empty blimp | 18,606 | 0.680 Gs |
| jump point in | home highport | dry fuel tank + empty blimp | 14,606 | 0.866 Gs |
| jump point in | home highport | dry fuel tank, no blimp | 10,395 | 1.217 Gs |
The "home highport" is probably Anduril, Joyeuse or Gram, or maybe Orcrist (the atmosphere may be exotic, but apparently not the oceans). Not Colada though; according to p.T:ST73, "any world with a hydrographic percentage of 40% or less" is likely to have "restrictions on using water as fuel" and Colada (barely) fits in this category, although the starport is on the coast north of Feornyelseborg.
| TL9 Heimdal-class 400-ton Patrol Cruiser | (Download GVB File) |
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Named after the Norse god that guards the rainbow bridge, the Hiemdal-class is the Sword World Confederation's equivalent of the Imperial Rudra-class Type T patrol cruiser, and is used exclusively by the Confederation Patrol for customs inspections, piracy suppression, and starport defense duties. It typically carries a Werrick-class 20-ton Military Launch modified for combat boardings in space and a Skraaling APC (p.T:SW124) to assault criminal ground positions. With many Confederation downports being situated on or near a seacoast (p.T:SW99), a favored tactic is to lie in wait 400 feet below the ocean's surface (its rated test depth) guarding the port's approach/departure lanes. This ship is usually commanded by a junior officer (an Overhode or Leutnant, often in his first independant command) and due to the limited space, everybody (even the commander) double bunks.
Crew: 32 Total, 15 Bridge Crew, 3 Flight Crew, 4 Gunners, 4 Engineers, 1 Medics, 3 Troops, 2 Service Crew.
Subassemblies: SL Hull +9, 2xLaser Turret +5, 2xMissile Turret +5.
Powertrain: engineering, two combination contragravity systems, jump-2 jump drive (400 dton capacity), 135 Isp 30,000,000, delta-V 7,120,918 mph, rocket drives (44.1 hrs duration).
Fuel: 20 fuel tanks, 80 jump fuel tanks.
Occ: bunkroom, low-berth, 16 staterooms Cargo: 11-dton hold (5-stons/dton density)
| Armor | F | RL | B | T | U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull | 4/400 | 4/400 | 4/400 | 4/400 | 4/400 |
| Laser Turret | 4/400 | 4/400 | 4/400 | 4/400 | 4/400 |
| Missile Turret | 4/400 | 4/400 | 4/400 | 4/400 | 4/400 |
| Weaponry | Malf | Type | Damage | SS | Acc | 1/2D mi | Max mi | RoF | TL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| turret laser | Crit. | Imp. | 4dx40 | 30 | 33 | 14,000 | 42,000 | 1/60 | 9 |
| 250mm missile rack | Crit. | 0d | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 9 |
Equipment
All: basic emission cloaking (-5 spotting modifier); basic stealth
(-5 spotting modifier). Hull: armory; brig; emergency aid station;
basic bridge (hardened); enhanced communication system; enhanced sensor
system; two fuel processors (11.4 hr); Skraaling APC; 1.5-dton capacity
spacedock; 20-dton capacity vehicle bay; Werrick-class 20-ton Military
Launch. Laser Turret: three turret lasers, 101-MJ. Missile
Turret: three 250mm missile racks.
Statistics
Size: [LxWxH] 188'x46.9'x23.4' Payload: 276 tons
Lwt.: 1,897 tons
Volume: 400 dtons Maint.: 1.57 hours (61.1 mh/day) Price: MCr162.
HT: 12 HP: 37,500 [Hull], 1,200 each [2xLaser Turret], 1,200 each [2xMissile Turret].
sAccel: 2.0 Gs/2.3 Gs empty Jump: 2 aSpeed: 3,170 mph uSpeed: 30 mph Crush Depth: 0.155 mi
Design Notes:
TL9 medium frame standard materials [Vehicle].
TL9 DR 400 expensive metal [Vehicle].
Payload Cost: MCr11.6
Vehicle Features: computerized controls, sealed, underbelly skid,
very good streamlining.
Air Features: lifting body.
Underwater Features: submersible.
Hull: total compartmentalization.
Laser Turret: full rotation.
Missile Turret: full rotation.
Volume: 400 dtons [Hull], 3 dtons [2xLaser Turret], 3 dtons
[2xMissile Turret].
Area: 25,000 sf [Hull], 800 sf [2xLaser Turret], 800 sf [2xMissile
Turret].
| TL9 Heidrun-class 400-ton Fuel Shuttle | (Download GVB File) |
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The Heidrun-class Fuel Shuttle is named after the goat in Valhalla that gives mead from her udders instead of milk. This refers to its role in providing a parent vessel (or fleet) with unrestricted refueling capabilty: it not only can refine gas giant atmosphere in flight, but with 4,800 tons of contragravity lift can also fill its main tank with water and deliver it to orbit (sAccel is 0.163 G in this mode, and it can't take off vertically from worlds with more than 1.14 G local gravity) where it can be "cracked" by electrolysis into LHyd (450 dtons) and LOX (225 dtons). Like many Sword World vessels it uses a total conversion rocket rather than reactionless thrusters, and has a separate fuel tank to feed it for 5.21 hours (more enough for a standard gas giant skimming run, and it can be refilled from the main tank if necessary).
Crew: Captain/Pilot, Navigator/Pilot, Sensors/Comm Operator/Cargomaster, Engineer.
Subassemblies: SL Hull +9.
Powertrain: small engineering, combination contragravity system (300 tons lift), three contragravity (4,500 tons lift), 20 ST, Isp 30,000,000, delta-V 465,278 mph, rocket drives (5.21 hrs duration).
Fuel: half space fuel tank, 300 jump fuel tanks.
Occ: life support module (5 people supported) Cargo:
| Armor | F | RL | B | T | U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 | 4/100 |
Equipment
Hull: basic bridge (compact, thermograph, dumb); half space fuel
electrolysis/processor (refine GG atmo: 200 hours).
Statistics
Size: [LxWxH] 186'x46.4'x23.2' Payload: 301 tons
Lwt.: 703 tons
Volume: 400 dtons Maint.: 2.41 hours (39.8 mh/day) Price: MCr68.8
HT: 12 HP: 18,750 [Hull].
sAccel: 1.1 Gs/2.0 Gs empty aSpeed: 1,550 mph
Design Notes:
TL9 light frame standard materials [Vehicle].
TL9 DR 100 expensive metal [Vehicle].
Vehicle Features: computerized controls, sealed, very good
streamlining.
Air Features: lifting body, air speeds not clamped.
Volume: 400 dtons [Hull].
Area: 25,000 sf [Hull].
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