Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 10:10:24 -0500 From: bonn0015@flipper.itlabs.umn.edu (STEVEN M BONNEVILLE) Subject: TL7 Lunar Rover It's the time of year around here where people start getting ready to go on their summer vacations. So here's a vehicle which could be used in several ways for a Traveller character's vacation: Boeing "LRV" Lunar Roving Vehicle --------------------------------- "The Boeing LRV "Lunar Rover" was built for the United States of America for use in the initial, tentative exploration of Luna in the mid twenty-sixth century pre-imperial. Only three examples of this exact vehicle were landed on the moon, but the design may have had an influence on the scouting rovers used to develop the Archimedes area in later years. The only LRV on public display is Rover 1, which is on permanent exhibition at the Pioneer Museum in picturesque, suburban Hadley Base, along with other priceless artifacts of one of the earliest lunar expeditions. For more information on visiting the historic Pioneer Museum, the metropolitan Archimedes area, or for general information on visiting Luna, please xmail the Tourism Office of the Province of Luna, Terra/Sol, your local Traveller's Aid Society facility, or the IISS Interstellar Tourism Bureau." Tech Level: 7 Price: Cr 15650 Size: 7 kL (0.5 tons displacement) Mass: 0.93 metric tons empty, 1.23 metric tons loaded Power: 20 kW TL7 electric battery (3 hr endurance) Maint: 1 Controls: Basic Mechanical, TL7 gyrocompass Commo: 30 km radio Sensors: video camera and 16mm movie camera on pintle mounts Cargo: 92 kg, 369 kL Crew: 1 (driver) Passengers: 1 (cramped seat) Speed: 30 kph road, 12 kph cross-country Travel Move: 60/24 Combat Move: 24/5 Config: Open HF: [0] Susp: W (1) HS: [0] HR: [0] Deck: Open Belly: 1 NOTES: Tricky to design in FF&S, but this is about as close as it gets. The actual LRV only massed about 200 kg, and folded for delivery in the LM; this is too heavy. Also: * Errata for STEP 8: TRANSMISSION. Prices should be in Cr, not MCr. * Suggestion for CHAPTER 4: CONTROLS. Consider adding a "Restricted" workstation of 1.5 kL for motorcycles. I just noticed this as I was stripping weight, it has nothing to do with this design. * I looked at the official designs, and "Open" means that the vehicle is designed like a convertible or civilian car, with sides and a front and back. The LRV is just a platform with wheels. So I used the adding armor rules in reverse, and removed all the front, rear, top, and side armor. Use the open vehicle rules in combat, but shots that hit the armor automatically penetrate (but the damage table changes normally). This is the only house rule I used for this design. The hull was also lightened by using a quarter centimeter of TL7 light composite as the material, the lightest FF&S material available at TL7. The control system is only tech-5, as is the cramped crewstation, but then a big computer isn't necessary. Wheels are cross-country. The 16mm movie camera was treated the same as the video camera, which came from the control section's RPV rules. The radio relays the video camera, and maybe the suit radios. Steve Bonneville