Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1995 16:25:10 +0000
From: sma@kiel.netsurf.de (Stefan Matthias Aust)
Subject: Re: RFT IN Troop Transport

In digest 501, Gary requested a design for an Imperial troop transport.
Here's my entry:

COLOSSUS class heavy troop transport

General Data
  Displacement: 40,000dt
  Hull Armor: 112
  Volume: 182m
  Price: about 12000 MCr
  Configuration: Close structure US
  Tech Level: 15

Engineering Data
  Power Plant: 42000 MW Fusion (500dt; 1400 MCr) 1 year duration
  Jump Performance: 4 (1667dt/Jump)
  G-Rating: 3G (20000 MW/G); G-Turns: 12 (+18 using jump fuel)
  
Electronics
  Computer: 6xTL15 St, 4xTL15 Fb
  Controls: Bridge with 50xworkstation, 150xworkstation
  Sensors: TL15 240.000km passive EMS

Armament
  Offensive: 100x50dt weapons bay, 100x3t turret, particle accelerator
(1000dt volume, don't want to calculate it)

Accommodations
  Crew: 455 (2xManeuver, 10xElectronics, 100xEngineering, 40xMaintenance,
60xGunnery, 100xTroops, 47xFlight, 60xCommand, 15xSteward, 20xMedical)
  Crew Accommodations: 40 large staterooms, 190 small staterooms, 400
emergency low berth, 5xElectronics shop(6dt), 5xMachine shop(10dt),
2xhospital(80dt), 1xrecreation(20dt)
  Passengers: 6400
  Passengers Accommodations: 50 large staterooms, 100 small staterooms, 6000
low berth, hall(200dt), 20 combat simulators(6dt), 5 conference rooms(16dt)
  Cargo: 6000dt plus 100 Grav tanks (800dt), 100 G-carrier (700dt)
  Small crafts: 3x400dt tanker shuttle (external grapple), 8x200dt armed
landing ship (external grapple), 4x95dt shuttle (eg), 2x55dt jump boat (eg),
5x10dt launch (eg)
  Airlocks: 500

Components
  160dt hull (Bonded Superdense) (63MCr)
 2000dt jump drive TL15 (8400MCr)
 6668dt jump fuel
  500dt power plant (1400MCr)
   50dt power plant fuel
  250dt secondary power plant (700MCr)
   25dt secondary power plant fuel
  285dt HEPlaR drive (40MCr)
 4285dt HEPlaR fuel
 5300dt armament (missiles and energy weapons)
 1000dt particle accelerators
 1000dt staterooms (crew), sick bays, shops 
  250dt life support (1500 MW)
  100dt airlocks
   50dt computer/controls
   12dt sensors (passive EMS sensor array)
  200dt bridge/workstations
 6000dt low berth (troops)
 6000dt cargo space (supply)
  800dt grav tank hangar (inclusive machine shop)
  700dt g-carrier hangar (inclusive machine shop)
  400dt staterooms (troops)
  200dt multi purpose hall (20mx30m)
  200dt conference and simulation rooms (inclusive computers)
 3670dt small crafts

Description
  The colossus class fast troop transport looks like a big U, using the room
between the U-legs to dock the 22 small crafts aboard. The airlocks allow
the simulataneous launch of 50 G-carrier (carrying 600 troops) or grav
tanks. Two TL15 hospitals allow fast medical care and can help to relive the
cold sleep effects. The power plants allow an acceleration of up to 3G.
Including jump fuel the colossus class ship has an endurance of 30 G-hours.
Armament is plentiful, sensors are long ranging, the costs for the ship are
astromomenous :-)
  I guessed the size of maintenance crew based on the power plants. I didn't
bother with designed exact armament and sensors. I ignored the fact that the
rules demand 300 medical hands for the 6000 low berth and declare this as
passengers problem. I've included enough medi-techs to awake 300 military
medics.


            ABOVE                            REAR
  ________________________
 /            H           \      <=<< 55dt jump boats (see RSB)
|    F    F         C      \             _____________
 \_________________ C _E__  |       ____-             -____
                   \ /    \E |     /    \-------------/    \
                   || <=<< | |    |      |<>     < > |      |
                   || >>=> | |    |      |<<>>     <>|      |
  _________________/ \____/E |     \_##_/--------<< >>\_##_/
 /                  C  E    |          \_______________/
|    F    F         C       /
 \____________H___________/      #=Particle accelerator tubes
                                 <>=small crafts
 F=fuel, E=engines, H=hangars, C=Crews

bye
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Stefan Matthias Aust  //  But it's gonna be really happening to ya