Budget OTV v1.0 (TL 9) Copyright (c) 1996 by Onno Meyer With the breakthrough in reactionless drive technology, orbital travel prices drop by an order of magnitude. Cutting vehicle costs suddenly makes sense. This OTV (orbital transfer vehicle) can move ten tons of payload at 0.1 G constant acceleration. Even if that was not intended by the designers, it can visit martian orbit or the asteriod belt. The OTV has quarters for two crew (pilots in alternating shifts). It has a pair of radars (80 miles), a camera and laser rangefinders for navigation. An INS is used to cross-check GPS readings. The OTV uses TL09 tech [Oct. 95 errata sheet] with the reactionless drive from space. Structure: 2,000 cf standard XL body (HT 500), maximum load N/A, seal. Propulsion: Twin 1t reactionless drives (DR 5, HT 150) with 2D vectored thrust. Power: Two 1,050 KW fission plants (DR 5, HT 60) and 100 KWh rechargeable power cells (DR 5, HT 4). Excess power 20 KW. Accomodations: Two cramped quarters, no significant windows. Crew Requirements: Two pilots. Armor: 60 points cheap armor, F4/10 B4/10 R4/10 L4/10 T4/10 U4/10. Cargo: 1,000 cf (and 186.9 cf access space). Accessories: Compact fire extinguisher, two 3-person full lifesystems, rad shielding, two cheap medium air-search radars (scan 24, DR 3, HT 10, electronics), LLTV (+4), three laser rangefinders, airlock, four dumb optical minicomps (C3, DR 3, HT 4, electronics), INS (DR 3, HT 6, electronics), three GPS, two long-distance radios (DR 3, HT 4, electronics), two transponders, spotlight (DR 5, HT 2, exposed equipment), lasercom. Programs: Database (8 GB maps), datalink, sensor operation (skill 14 or +3), routine vehicle operation (skill 13). Statistics: Cost $520,000, design mass 9.5t, maximum payload N/At, max. cargo N/A, current load 10.5t, loaded mass 20t, size modifier +5, radar signature +5, IR signature +13, acoustic signature N/A. Ground, Water and Air Performance: None. Space Performance: Acceleration 0.2 G (light) to 0.1 G (nominal payload).