Basic Orbital Station v1.0 (TL 08)
    Copyright 1996 by Onno Meyer
        
        This 'vehicle' is a space station about the size of a skylab, but half
    a tech level more advanced.
        The station has three airlocks, two at the ends of the cylinder and one
    in the center - on a well-run station, an emergency reentry vehicle is kept
    ready there. The station has 20 maneuvering thrusters, but it is unlikely
    that more than one at a time will fire, thus the low acceleration. It has a
    400 square foot fold-out solar array and batteries for the night. Sensors
    are a pair of thermographs with 2.67 miles nominal range, a radar with 140
    miles range and a recon camera - enough for maps, but not for intelligence
    work.
        Note that the pricetag assumes mass production and doesn't include the
    delivery - real costs will be considerably higher.
        The station uses TL08 tech [Mar. 96 errata sheet] with the solar panel
    from Space. I ignored the power source restriction for lifesupport systems.
    
    Structure:  12,000 cf extra-light cheap body (HT 2,000), maximum load N/A,
        seal.
    Propulsion:  Twenty 200-pound chemical rockets (DR 5, HT 4) with 2,000 gal.
        rocket fuel (self-sealing, DR 5, HT 300, fire on 10) for 30 minutes per
        rocket (or any other combination, e.g. ten hours for one thruster).
    Power:  500 KW solar panel array and 1,000 KWh advanced batteries (DR 5, HT
        200). Peak power usage 275 KW.
    Accomodations:  Ten standard quarters, no significant windows.
    Crew Requirements:  N/A.
    Armor:  180 points expensive armor, F5/30 B5/30 R5/30 L5/30 T5/30 U5/30.
    Cargo:  6,000 cf (and 751 cf access space).
    Accessories:  Compact fire extinguishers, two ten-person full lifesystems,
        rad shielding, two cheap medium thermographs (scan 17, DR 3, HT 4,
        electronics), cheap very-long-range surface-search radar (scan 26/20,
        DR 3, HT 40, electronics), three airlocks, recon camera (DR 3, HT 7,
        electronics), four microframes (C4, DR 3, HT 12, electronics), two INS
        (DR 3, HT 6, electronics), two GPS, 30 man-months of provisions, four
        long-distance radios (DR 3, HT 4, electronics), four transponders, four
        microwave coms, two lasercoms. Programs: Datalink, sensor operation
        (C4, skill 15 or +4), routine vehicle operation (C4, skill 14).
    
    Statistics:  Cost $1,000,000, design mass 50t, max. payload N/A, current
        load 10t, loaded mass 60t, size modifier +7, radar signature +7, IR
        signature +7, acoustic signature N/A.
    
    Ground, Water and Air Performance:  N/A.
    Space Performance:  Acceleration 0.00167 G, delta-V 617 m/s.