Annic Nova (From Double Adventure #1, GDW 1980)
Free Trader (Non-Standard Classified Type NS18): Using an unorthodox 600 ton frame and hull, (Actually displaces 900 tons)...The ship has 8 staterooms (of non-standard sizes), ...there are no low berths. The ship has two jump drives, (Jump-1, and jump-2 respectively) , but may not sum their power. There are no maneuver drives (The pinnaces may act as tugs to a minor extent); there is no power plant. A stellar collector absorbs and collects energy for internal power and jump drives. Two single turrets each mount a single laser cannon. Cargo bays hold up to 150 tons. The computer is a non-standard model equivalent to a model/3 (Cx-7), but with nearly three times the mass (TL9, genius). The ship is not streamlined.
Two 40 ton pinnaces travel in trailing positions. Each holds 12 tons of fuel (?). One is equipped to carry four passengers for relatively long periods of time; the other can shutle up to 16 passengers or 12 tons of cargo. (Note: why fuel capacity on pinnaces?) I used the standard Pinnace in GT.
Built at TL 10
Note: All GT components have had their Fusion slice removed.
Components marked with a * are detailed at the end. Cost for this design is irrelevant.
Component: Volume Weight Notes
600 ton Hull n/s 600 tons 30
Sealed Hull
Turrets (2) 2 1.65
Armor: DR:100 158
J-Drive (2) 6 81 *See below
J-Drive (3) 9 108 *See below
Energy Bank(TL16) 194 4860 441,825,752MW *See below
Solar Collector (194 external) 2430 389MWS *See below
Bridge (Basic TL10) 2.5 8.6 *See below
Staterooms (8) 32 19.2
Utility 1 11.5
Machine Shop 2 10
Metallurgical Shop 2 10
Electronics Shop 2 10
Sickbay 1 .75
External Cradle (2) 3 37.5 2, rated for 187 stons each.
TL10 Lasers (2) 18.9 667MW/shot
Pinnaces (2) (80 external) 260.
Cargo 150 (750)
Totals: 599/(679) 8,023/8,773
Custom Components:
I designed the ship as closely to the published version as possible. The Energy Bank is a TL16 design which must be an ancient artifact, or something...(The ship is essentially a HUGE energy bank and solar collector with a small habitable crew section.)
Note that I omitted Fire suppression and other “inconsequential” equipment as not displacing, or weighing enough to make a difference in the final design. Due to the nature of the ship, I deemed cost not to be worth the effort of calculating. (Its rather astronomical anyway..)
J-Drive
Standard GT Jump Drive w/o fuel requirements. Jump capacity is rated for 900 dtons.
Power requirements: 270MWS and 360 MWS respectively for each of the two drives. This results in a total of 381,024,000MW for back to back jumps over a 14 day period.
TL 16 rechargeable Energy Bank 441,825,752MW
This assumes a total of 381,024,000MW to run the jump drives for 14 days, 133,400MW to power the lasers for a total of 100 shots each, and 133,400MW to power other ship functions for 60 days. (This assumes an operating ceiling of 11.7MWS for life support, computers, and all other ship functions other than lasers and jump drives.) Warning: excessive use of ships lasers will reduce the endurance of life support functions.
Solar Collector This is a TL10 retractable array, using a 19,452,928sf surface area super-light frame, with advanced materials to support a 9,726,464sf (1km diameter) TL8 solar collector. At 1 AU distance from a class M V star, the collector will generate 389 MW/s, effectively recharging the ships capacitors in 13 days. At 2 AU, typical jump distance, it will produce only 97 MW/s recharging in 52 days. Typical distances will vary, as will actual recharging times.
It takes one hour to deploy the solar collector and the ship may not maneuver during the process or risk damaging the collector.
It has 389,058HP.
Bridge: Reduced computer to TL9, but added Genius option. Same complexity, but bigger and more expensive. Net: +6 cf +389.2 lbs +1.95MCr (Not a major
difference!) Includes Hi-res holo display.
Crew: Pilot/Navigator, Chief Engineer, two mechanics, medic, 2 small craft pilots, 2 gunners.
Design: 600 ton USL hull, DR100, 2 single TL10 Laser Turrets, 6 Jump modules (J-2), 9 Jump modules (J-3), 194 Solar Panel modules, 388 Energy Bank modules, 1 Basic Bridge, 8 Staterooms, 1 Utility, 3 Shops, 1 Sickbay, 3 External Cradle modules, 150 Cargo, 2 40 Ton Pinnace’s.
Statistics: Emass: 8023, Lmass 8773, Cost: Unique, HP: 45k. HT: 5, Size Modifier: +10.
Performance: Accel: .08/.07Gs.
One or both of the Pinnaces may be swivelled, and thrust applied in order to orient the ship. For travel of any great distance, a pinnace must be maneuvered to the aft end of the ship and magnetically moored. (Aparrently the external grapples will not support the stress.)
The canopy collects stellar radiation and stores it in ships accumulators (Energy Bank). The only way to extend the canopy is by controls on the drive deck or observation dome. They Accumulators can store enough energy to power each jump drive once, fire each laser 100 times, as well as maintain internal life support under normal conditions for 60 days.
