Hello fellow Travellers,
Loren asked for a very small Jumpcapable ship. Okay, here is the
TL-15 Emergency Jumppod, capable of Jump-2. This is a nice design
as a lifeboat, though it is very expensive for a ship of only
8 tons displacement.
Enjoy,
Juergen
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Emergency Jumppod 8t TL-15 Jump-2
Volume(in kl) Weight(in t) Power(in MW) Price(in MCr)
free Volume: 9 tons 112.000
Hull:Cylinder SL, 1cm Thick, Hull: 1.760 26.400 0.000 0.039424
Bonded SD, TL-15, AV: 28 IS: 0.063 0.945 0.000 0.001411 Size: Micro
Jump Drive: Jump-2 3.360 11.200 0.000 1.680000
Fuel 1 Jump-2 16.800 0.000 0.000 0.000
Electronics:
Control Systems (TL-15) 0.112 0.0112 ---- see workstations ---
Computers: 2x TL-15 Std 14.000 2.800 1.100 12.000
Flight Avionics TL 8+ 0.001 0.001 0.100 0.020
Radio (30,000km) TL 15 0.001 0.002 1.000 0.030 10m^2 Ant.
Passiv EMS (30,000 km) TL-15 0.200 0.400 0.020 0.400
Ant.: AA:0.1 m^2 AD:5m ? 0.005 0.005 0.000 0.005 fixed Array
0.1m^2
Power Plant 6.6 MW TL-15 1.100 2.200 (6.600) 0.220
Power Plant Fuel 1 year 0.660 0.0462 0.000 0.000
Maneuver Drive 1g 0.400 0.400 4.000 0.004 0.4m^2 Surfa
ce
Contra Grav Lifters TL-15 2.400 1.600 0.800 0.240
Ext.Life Support 0.896 0.896 0.023 0.056
1 Air Locks 3.000 0.200 0.001 0.005
1 Workstations 7.000 0.200 0.008 0.016
2 Emergency low berth 56.000 4.000 0.004 0.200
8 g-turns fuel(.5 kl/gturn) 4.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Cargo: 0.242 0.000 0.000 0.000
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51.3064 t 6.256 MW 14.916835 MCr
loaded mass: 51.3064 + 1.456 (Fuel) + 0.242 (Cargo) = 53.0044 t
To buy a full Fuel tank refined: 2537.5 Cr
Crew: Maneuver 2 (but pod is full automatic and requires no crew, only one workstation provided for maintenance)
Fuel: 20.8 kl + 0.66 kl Power Plant Fuel
Antenna area: 10.1 m^2, Maneuver Drive: 0.4m^2;
Emergency Jumppod 8t TL-15 Jump-2
General Data:
Displacement: 8 Hull Armor: 28
Length: 13.2 meters Volume: 112 kl
Price: 14.917 MCr Target Size: MC
Configuration: Cylinder SL Tech Level: 15
Mass(Loaded/Empty): 53.0044/51.3064
Engineering Data:
Power Plant: 6.6 MW Fusion Power Plant(6.6 MW/hit), 1 year duration
Jump Performance: 2
G-Rating: 1G(4 MW/G), Contra-Grav lifters(0.8 MW)
G-Turns: 8, 0.5 kl fuel each
Maint: 4 (no maintenance troubleshooting computer)
Electronics:
Computer: 2 TL-15 Model St (0.55 MW each)
Commo: 30,000km radio(1 hex; 1 MW)
Avionics: TL-8+ Avionics
Sensors: Passiv EMS fixed array 30,000km (1 hex; 0.02 MW),
Controls: 1 Workstation
Armament: none
Accomodations:
Life Support: Extended (0.023 MW)
Crew: none
Crew Accomodations: 1 Workstations
Passenger Accommodations: 2 Emergency Low Berth
Cargo: 0.242 kl
Air Locks: 1
Notes:
The Jumppod is the last resort of a misjumped ship. It can carry up to 8
persons in two emergency low berth. It is capable of one Jump 2 and has
hardly enough fuel to land on a planet. The operation profile of the pod
is simple:
Get the eight passengers in the emergency low berth and start the launch
sequence. Be sure to enter a correct Jump destination in the pods computer,
before the launch. When the pod is started, the computer takes over. In
the destination system, the computer searches for the next planet and
heads for an orbit. In orbit, the distress beacon is started. Once a
reply gets in, the computer asks for remote control assuming enough fuel
is left. If this is the case, a remote operator can land the pod. If not
enough fuel is left, the computer asks for a rescue mission.
While the computer waits for a reply on the distress signal, only low berthes
and the radio are powered. All other systems are powered down to save power
plant fuel. The computer only comes alive, when the radio gets an reply.
The radio sends only 1 hour out of 24. The power requirements for recieving
are 1/100 of those for sending. So the overall power requirement is 0.015 MW
per hour. Which stretches the life expectancy in this low power mode to more
than 400 years.
No damage table provided.
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Juergen Kirsch
Institut fuer Informatik, Universitaet Bonn
Germany
[email removed]