Date: Sun, 20 Nov 1994 01:01:21 -0600 Subject: TL13 K'kree Merchant Quite a while back, I said that the rules changes in TNE made it impossible to build a starship for the K'kree. I think that I've found a way to get around the problems now. Here's the result: a K'kree merchant vessel, inspired by the designs in the GDW K'kree alien module. TL13 K'kree Xeekr'kir! ("Merchant") BATTLE RIDER AK Xeekr'kir! -- -2 -- TL-13 -- -- -- -- A:6 P:5 J2 G1* AV:1 -- -- 31 BRILLIANT LANCES/FF&S GENERAL Displacement: 6000 tons Hull Armor: 29 Length: 80 meters Volume: 84000 cu. meters Target Size: M Tech Level: 13 Config'n.: Dome/Disc SL Price: MCr 3550.83 Mass (Loaded/Empty): 27831*/25977 metric tonnes *loaded mass may increase if accomodations exchanged for cargo ENGINEERING Power Plant: 1224 MW Fusion (94 MW/hit), 1 year duration Jump Performance: 2 (12600 kL hydrogen fuel) G-Rating: 1G Fusion Rkt (-1200 MW/G), CG Lifters (600 MW), 0.05G HEPlaR (30 MW/0.01G) G-Turns: 40 (124 with jump fuel), 150 kL ea. (Fusion Rkt) OR 16 (49.6 with jump fuel), 375 kL ea. (HEPlaR) [HEPlaR burns 2.5 Fusion Rkt G-turns per G-turn] Maint: 1125 ELECTRONICS Computer: 3 x TL13St (0.45 MW ea.) Commo: 1 x 300 Mm radio (10 hex, 10 MW) Avionics: TL10+ Avionics Sensors: 1 x PEMS fixed array 150 Mm (5 hex, 0.5 MW ea.) 1 x AEMS 180 Mm (6 hex, 20 MW ea.) Controls: 4 x K'kree Bridge Workstations, twelve other K'kree workstations. ARMAMENT None. Armed variants typically mount twelve hardpoints. ACCOMODATIONS Life Support: Extended (14.28 MW); jump fuel tankage not supported Artificial Grav (5G, 420 MW) Crew: Working Crew: 17 (1 x Maneuver, 12 x Engineering, 3 x Command, 1 x Medical) Retinue: 54 (9 x Maintenance, 45 x Supernumerary) Accomodations: 71 x K'kree Accomodations (0.012 MW ea.) Cargo: 552.65 cubic meters, 154 cargo hatches Airlocks: 60 (K'kree Airlocks) SYSTEMS LS 27H; ELS 14H; JD 76H; PP 13H; FRkt 67H; CG 12H; AG 17H; HEPlaR (3h); PEMS (2h); KSR 1H ea.; AEMS (2h); Others (1h) FRkt == Fusion Rkt; KSR == K'kree Accomodations DAMAGE TABLES: AREA SURFACE INT. EXPLOSION 1 1-6: Antenna 1-9: Elec., 10-20: Quarters 2 1-18: Quarters, 19-20: Hold 3-5 Quarters 6-11 1-11: CH, 12-15: AL Quarters 12-15 1-12: CH, 13-17: AL 1-8: Quarters, 9-20: Hold 16,18 1-9: Engineering, 10-20: Hold 17,19 1-8: Engineering, 9-20: Hold 20 Engineering DESIGNER'S NOTES: K'kree Accomodations 672 kL; 48 tons; 0.012 MW; MCr 1. K'kree Airlocks 36 kL; 2.4 tons; 0.012 MW; MCr 0.06; 20 square meters. K'kree Workstations (TL13) 168/84 kL; 0.2 tons; MCr 0.002. For each K'kreer! not carried, 672 cubic meters of cargo may be carried instead. Presumably, the open quarters have some sort of concealed "blast door" system in the ceiling or floor to seal off small portions of the ship if the hull is somehow breached. The Xeekr'kir! was intended only for travel by small herds within K'kree civilization. Unlike human starships, civilian K'kree ships that travel within the Two Thousand Worlds often carry no navigator, but rely on the use of pre-recorded jump co-ordinates available from most starports. To keep the crew size small, this ship uses two maneuver drives: a 1G fusion rocket for use outside of atmosphere, and a small 0.05G HEPlaR system which in conjunction with the contragrav is used for takeoffs and landings with an approximate 0.04G performance in an effectively 0.01G gravity field. The fusion rocket is used to kill most of the ship's vector before the landing system is activated. The hull is only stressed for 1G, but the drives are rated for normal thrust figures (FRkt == 60000 TT; HEPlaR == 3000 TT), so the HEPlaR will in actuality get about twice better than rated performance in most cases. Peak power output is held down to 1224 MW. If the fusion rocket is in operation, the power plant is throttled back and engineering crew are tranferred to rocket operation. The K'kree have the technical capability to build better ships than this, but they have a conservative approach to technology. This ship is fairly sophisticated for K'kree space. (This suggests that many civilian K'kree vessels with archaic computers will survive the TNE virus.) This design illustrates some K'kree difficulties with interstellar travel. The ship above is roughly the equivalent to a K'kree Far Trader, and it is possibly cramped by civilian K'kree standards. It's about the smallest civilian K'kree starship size possible. Steve Bonneville