Annatar Giftbringer
Emperor Mongoose
Greetings,
So I decided to test the new vehicle design rules yesterday. This was all done during coffee breaks and other down time while at work - the system really is that simple to use! (In fact, it took much longer to write this than to design the vehicle!)
I decided to build a mini G/carrier, one that might actually fit the vehicle bay of a patrol corvette
As you'll notice, it's not quite finished yet, I need to add computer, sensors, fire control and stuff like that, but this is why I've got for now:
G/carrier, light
TL: 15
Skill: flyer (grav)
Agility: +1
Speed: fast
Range: 2.500
Spaces: 16
Hull: 32
Shipping: 8 dton
Traits:
Crew: 2+8 10 spaces
Armour: 24 (4+20) 1 space
Equipment:
vacuum protection
Life support, short 1 space
Orbital comms 1 space
Decreased speed x1 -1 space
Decreased fuel x2 -2 spaces
Small turret 1 space
Gauss cannon 4 spaces
Free space/cargo: 250 kg/1 space
Comments: I decided to make it TL 15 to match its larger cousin, the Rakatama.
Size-wise the bay aboard the Type T is designed to hold an 8 dt vehicle, so I went with that. I also have a budget of 5 Mcr available.
According to High Guard: deployment shuttle a marine section usually consists of 2x four man squads and a two man specialist team. The corvette carries 8 marines. This could mean 2x four man teams and no specialists, or one squad plus two specialist teams - possibly two vehicle crew and two boarding specialists.
I decided to make room for 10 Crew & passengers in my carrier, so it can carry an entire section. For vehicles stationed aboard corvettes two seats could be removed to free up 0,5 tons of cargo space, unless the G/Carrier is piloted by ship's crew (in which case all 8 passenger seats would be needed for the marines).
The Rakatama class G/carrier is limited to the fast speed band, so it will suffice for my design too. I also decided to halve its range. This is a craft meant to be stationed aboard spaceships, presumably deployed for short missions only. Should a situation require it to travel fast or far it will fit within the cargo bay of the ship's boat (or the ship itself can carry it, being streamlined and all).
It is very portable, as said above one can fit within the cargo space of a boat, and two inside a pinnace! (The perfect companion for Kinnunir cruisers perhaps?)
To my surprise I discovered that the regular G/carrier (the Rakatama) isn't vacuum proof! I guess it never has been, and I've just assumed that it is... ah well. I'm not sure this one needs to be either, and the same goes for the orbital comms equipment, but I figured since this one is meant to be deployed aboard ships it might need both these systems - plus it only costs 2 spaces and a bunch of credits
It is a bit lightly armoured, merely somewhat resistant to small arms fire. This can easily be remedied by using the last free space to install another 20 points of armour, perhaps a good idea?
When it comes to weapons I toyed around a bit with various autocannon and missile combos, but ultimately the gauss cannon looked like a good choice, with high rate of fire as well as high damage. Anti-tank missiles are always good to have, of course (either the smaller tac variant or the large ones from vehicle handbook) but with the intended role of deploying troops from a patrol ship it should rarely get involved with heavy armour, and besides it has the corvette nearby for fire support when needed.
The gauss cannon might be a tad excessive, and thus risk being swapped for some form of autocannon and either two tac launchers or a single anti-tank missile though, haven't quite decided that yet - or better yet: a 2 space hard-point or bay so missile loads can be chosen for each mission.
Anyways, that's what I've got so far. I'll be looking at sensors and electronics soon, as well as cost, to see what I can fit, but I think I'm off to a good start
Comments are very welcome at this stage
So I decided to test the new vehicle design rules yesterday. This was all done during coffee breaks and other down time while at work - the system really is that simple to use! (In fact, it took much longer to write this than to design the vehicle!)
I decided to build a mini G/carrier, one that might actually fit the vehicle bay of a patrol corvette
As you'll notice, it's not quite finished yet, I need to add computer, sensors, fire control and stuff like that, but this is why I've got for now:
G/carrier, light
TL: 15
Skill: flyer (grav)
Agility: +1
Speed: fast
Range: 2.500
Spaces: 16
Hull: 32
Shipping: 8 dton
Traits:
Crew: 2+8 10 spaces
Armour: 24 (4+20) 1 space
Equipment:
vacuum protection
Life support, short 1 space
Orbital comms 1 space
Decreased speed x1 -1 space
Decreased fuel x2 -2 spaces
Small turret 1 space
Gauss cannon 4 spaces
Free space/cargo: 250 kg/1 space
Comments: I decided to make it TL 15 to match its larger cousin, the Rakatama.
Size-wise the bay aboard the Type T is designed to hold an 8 dt vehicle, so I went with that. I also have a budget of 5 Mcr available.
According to High Guard: deployment shuttle a marine section usually consists of 2x four man squads and a two man specialist team. The corvette carries 8 marines. This could mean 2x four man teams and no specialists, or one squad plus two specialist teams - possibly two vehicle crew and two boarding specialists.
I decided to make room for 10 Crew & passengers in my carrier, so it can carry an entire section. For vehicles stationed aboard corvettes two seats could be removed to free up 0,5 tons of cargo space, unless the G/Carrier is piloted by ship's crew (in which case all 8 passenger seats would be needed for the marines).
The Rakatama class G/carrier is limited to the fast speed band, so it will suffice for my design too. I also decided to halve its range. This is a craft meant to be stationed aboard spaceships, presumably deployed for short missions only. Should a situation require it to travel fast or far it will fit within the cargo bay of the ship's boat (or the ship itself can carry it, being streamlined and all).
It is very portable, as said above one can fit within the cargo space of a boat, and two inside a pinnace! (The perfect companion for Kinnunir cruisers perhaps?)
To my surprise I discovered that the regular G/carrier (the Rakatama) isn't vacuum proof! I guess it never has been, and I've just assumed that it is... ah well. I'm not sure this one needs to be either, and the same goes for the orbital comms equipment, but I figured since this one is meant to be deployed aboard ships it might need both these systems - plus it only costs 2 spaces and a bunch of credits
It is a bit lightly armoured, merely somewhat resistant to small arms fire. This can easily be remedied by using the last free space to install another 20 points of armour, perhaps a good idea?
When it comes to weapons I toyed around a bit with various autocannon and missile combos, but ultimately the gauss cannon looked like a good choice, with high rate of fire as well as high damage. Anti-tank missiles are always good to have, of course (either the smaller tac variant or the large ones from vehicle handbook) but with the intended role of deploying troops from a patrol ship it should rarely get involved with heavy armour, and besides it has the corvette nearby for fire support when needed.
The gauss cannon might be a tad excessive, and thus risk being swapped for some form of autocannon and either two tac launchers or a single anti-tank missile though, haven't quite decided that yet - or better yet: a 2 space hard-point or bay so missile loads can be chosen for each mission.
Anyways, that's what I've got so far. I'll be looking at sensors and electronics soon, as well as cost, to see what I can fit, but I think I'm off to a good start
Comments are very welcome at this stage