Copyright (c) 1995 Michael Ray TL10 Fighter, BOB FTL FGTR-A v1.00 This is a basic prototype of a TL10 Fighter. It uses a dual STL drive (reactionless & reaction), with the BOB FTL drive. It was built to get a feel of what TL10 spacecraft would be like. This was built around a few basic assumptions. Whether a C-punk universe or not, at this time neural interfaces are the norm for military craft. A small Fighter would not be built with lot's of redundant hardware to survive long battles. They either die fast or run (in current fighter jargon `one pass - haul ass'). I have taken a few liberties with the construction rules to make construction easier. The first and biggest is that I use a formula [armorfactor=(((Volume)^(2/3))*6)] to determine the armor factor instead of using the table. Aside from being a lot easier to work with in a spreadsheet, it gives a better feel, eliminating the step effect of the table (I suspect the table was created to reduce the math for those without the mathematical inclinations). I also assume that engine pods can be up to 80% of the main body size (if the main body is streamlined, then the pod must also be similarly streamlined, or limited to 10% of body size). I have also interpolated the superstructure table to create an advanced material (for advanced superstructures on advanced bodies). I also provide extra g-stressing for the ship, by multiplying the body and superstructure by the g-stress factor (in this case three, basically the body & superstructure material are tripled). This provides a 50% protection factor on the ship's maximum thrust. Lastly, this craft uses four systems not in Vehicles or Space, developed specifically for the SSUS. The BOB drive, SFTL comm. & sensors, and the Superconducting current loops are listed in another post. Everything else is pretty much stock Vehicles TL10 :) This is a small light spacecraft built for military duty. It is built around a crew of two. It is a short duration fighter, but does carry a full life support system. It uses a dual propulsion system, Reactionless Thrusters (0.5g) for the long haul, and Fusion Rockets (1.5g, water reaction mass, 42 minutes thrust at max.) for short hard maneuvers. The Fusion Rocket can also function as a Fusion Air-Ram, eliminating the need for reaction mass in an atmosphere (TL10 reconfigurable equipment). This fighter carries the Slow FTL `BOB' drive, with a multiplier of 50, giving it an effective maximum thrust of 100g and a cruise thrust of 25g. It carries a great deal of firepower & point defense for it's small crew and size. All of it's weapons are currently STL systems, but that's only because I have yet to design missiles with BOB. (It IS a 1.00 version :) Structure: 8,750 cf Advanced Extra-Heavy body (triple mass) [HT:7,644], Max. load: 787,500 Lbs (393.8 tons), Excellent Streamlining, Unpowered retractable wheeled motive system with 4 wheels [PD:2, HT:318/637 per wheel], Waverider wing with variable sweep [PD:6, DR:1,200A, HT:3,822], Vertol flight system, sealed body, Total Compartmentalization, 4 24.6 cf universal full traverse mini-turrets (type 1 PDT)[PD:6, DR:600A, HT:52], 2 21 cf universal full traverse mini-turrets (type 2 PDT)[PD:6, DR:600A, HT:46], 2 21 cf universal full traverse mini-turrets (type 3 PDT)[PD:6, DR:600A, HT:46], 2 157.5 cf universal full traverse turrets (main)[PD:6, DR:1200A, HT:176]. Propulsion: Three 131,250 Lb TL10 Reactionless Thrusters for a total of 393,750 Lbs, in engine pods on the top, right & left side of fuselage (each pod is PD:6, DR:1200A, HT:1790, 5,152 cf, excellent streamlining); Two 590,625 Lb Fusion Rocket/Air-Ram (TL10 reconfigurable equipment) for a total of 1,181,250 Lbs of thrust in main body. Power: Reaction engines (see above); TL10 80,750Kw Large Fusion power plant [DR:5, HT:216]; Three TL10 40,375Kw Large Fusion power plant [in pods]; 10 Mwh TL10 power-cell array [DR:5, HT:32]; 0.8Kwh TL10 Superconducting Current Loops [DR:5, HT:1], 14,050 gal. self sealing fuel tank with water reaction mass [DR:5, HT:988]. Engines use 20,081.25 gal. of reaction mass per hour at max. thrust, with a duration of 42 minutes (reaction mass not needed in an atmosphere). Accommodation: Two roomy seats in body. Vision: No windows. Crew Requirements: Two positions; Pilot, co-pilot/nav. Accessories: Radiation shielding [TL10, PF:1000], Automatic Fire suppression system, Advanced controls, 2-man full life support, 2 neural interface sockets, 2 womb seats, 2 GP crew position minicomputers [comp-5, optical, DR:2, HT:4], mini- airlock-membrane, improved IR cloaking, Radical Stealth, Ghost Surface, Heavy radar jammer [deceptive, DR:2, HT:25], 4 chaff dischargers with 15 reloads each, 4 flare dischargers with 15 reloads each, 4 prism dischargers with 15 reloads each, radar detector/locator, laser sensors, very long range SFTL sensor [TL10, scan:45, DR:2, HT:60], long range SFTL sensor [TL10, scan:42, DR:2, HT:30], very long range radar [TL10, scan:30, range: 800mi, DR:2, HT:40], long range radar [TL10, scan:28, range: 360mi, DR:2, HT:20], very long range ladar [TL10, scan:28, range: 280mi, DR:2, HT:40], long range ladar [TL10, scan:26, range: 120mi, DR:2, HT:20], 2 long range multiscaner [TL10, scan:20, range 20mi, DR:2, HT:30], 2 advanced low-light TV, 2 virtual panorama, 2 microframe computers [comp-6, optical, DR:2, HT:12], 2 INS, GPS, Long range SFTL communicator, 2 tactical radio (secure), 2 long-distance radio (secure), 2 IFF, 2 EM- communicator, 2 neutrino communicator. Armor: 1200 points TL10 advanced ablative armor on all faces of main body, wings & engine pod's [PD:6, DR:1200A] Weaponry: Medium Xaser cannon (forward cyber-slave mount with auto-stabilizer)[DR:5, HT:100, 100Kwh/shot] [ver.|imp.|6dx20(3)|25|20|20 mi.|50 mi.|4|100]; Medium N- PAWS (forward cyber-slave mount with auto-stabilizer)[DR:5, HT:100, 200Kwh/shot] [crit.|imp.|6dx70(2)|25|20|10 mi.|20 mi.|3|200]; two Medium Missile Launchers [DR:5, HT:20] with twenty HVGM(micronuke); X-heavy Missile Launcher [DR:5, HT:75] with six LRGM(micronuke); four type 1 Point Defense Turret(PDT) with Hv Gauss minigun [DR:5, HT:25, 0.2Kwh/shot, 7500 shots/turret] [ver.|cr.|6dx3(3)|14|16|1 mi.|4.5 mi.|60|5000|0.2] & Lt Gatling Xaser [DR:5, HT:15, 2Kwh/shot] [ver.|imp.|6dx5(2)|10|20|4500|13500|2|2] (full traverse universal turret, autostabilized); two type 2 PDT with Vl N- PAWS [DR:5, HT:20, 40Kwh/shot] [crit.|imp.|6dx30(2)|25|20|3 mi.|6 mi.|3|40] (full traverse universal turret, autostabilized); two type 3 PDT with Hv. Gatling Xaser [DR:5, HT:30, 20Kwh/shot] [ver.|imp.|6dx10(2)|25|20|6 mi.|15 mi.|4|20] (full traverse universal turret, autostabilized); two Main weapon turrets with one Light Xaser Cannon [DR:5, HT:60, 50Kwh/shot] [ver.|imp.|6dx15(3)|25|20|10 mi.|25 mi.|4|50] and two Lt. N-PAWS [DR:5, HT:60, 100Kwh/shot] [crit.|imp.|6dx50(2)|25|20|4 mi.|8 mi.|3|100] (full traverse universal turret, autostabilized). Cargo: 32.5 cf. Statistics: $2,030,779,173; design load: 635,374.25 lbs; max. payload: 67,025.75 Lbs; loaded mass: 720,474 Lbs(360.25 tons); MAX load: 787,500 Lbs(393.8 tons); size modifier: +8; Radar Signature: -4; IR Signature: +8; Acoustic Signature: +8(+12 moving on land) [reactionless thrust/combined reactionless/rocket thrust] Ground performance: Ground speed factor: 26; top speed: 206/327.5 mph; acceleration: 11.5/18.5 mph/s; deceleration: 10mph/s; MR: 0.25; SR: 6. Water performance: None. Air Performance: Stall Speed: (350)297.5; Air speed factor: 136; top speed: 1078/1713 mph; acceleration: 15.5/25 mph/s; deceleration: 10 mph/s; MR: 7.75(8.75); SR: 6; ceiling: 45,336 ft/unlimited. Space Performance: 0.5g from reactionless thruster, 1.5g from fusion rocket; BOB multiplier of 50.