I managed to knock up a 100tn quick turn around shuttle that got 50dtns
into orbit at TL8/9 using the FF&S rules.
25MW fission plant + batteries, contra-grav to neutralise weight and
then turbofans for flight into the upper atmo and then the thermal
fusion rocket for the last burn into low orbit. Reverse to get down. The
contra-grav meant that the drives only had to provide thrust for
movement rather than keeping the craft in the air. Even had a spare 1.8
minutes of fusion burn for orbital operations. Snap at only MCr 54
cheers
richard
On 08/03/2015 08:22, Derek Stanley [Traveller_TNE] wrote:
> It was for a PE that had been crashed down to TL8.
>
> They started out as straight up assault shuttles. Get troops into
> orbit and try to get hands on anything that the meson gun doesn't
> destroy. After the meson gun is reactivated. Then they were quickly
> whacked over to SDB's while the orbital defenses were stabilized and
> the system was secured. After that they were retrofitted again with J1
> drives to explore and defend the 2 systems they could get at.
> Desperate times.
>
> Derek Stanley
> Sent from my iPhone...
>
> On Mar 7, 2015, at 22:03,
> <> [Traveller_TNE]
> < <>>
> wrote:
>
>> Oh, right, that's more of why we did and didn't mess with what we
>> did, not
>> only did we have the standard Traveller focus, we also knew that we were
>> leaving hooks for 2300, which also had no use for tea kettle drives.
>>
>> > I built a TL9 ish ship with collapsible spun habs that was later
>> upgraded
>> > to incorporate TL10 grav plates. It was fun to play with but man it was
>> > an atrocious ship when you compare it to the TL12+ crowd.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From:
>> <>
>> []
>> > Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2015 9:50 PM
>> > To:
>> <>
>> > Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Cheap Spacecraft
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 12:41 PM,
>> <>
>> > <> [Traveller_TNE]
>> > <
>> <>
>> <> >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > With all of this good conversation about cheap spaceflight, did anyone
>> > ever mess around with the "low-tech" spacecraft design stuff in Hard
>> > Times?
>> >
>> > I did a little, but with the prevalence of Grav tech in the Traveller
>> > Universe it got to be somewhat pointless.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Evyn
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>
into orbit at TL8/9 using the FF&S rules.
25MW fission plant + batteries, contra-grav to neutralise weight and
then turbofans for flight into the upper atmo and then the thermal
fusion rocket for the last burn into low orbit. Reverse to get down. The
contra-grav meant that the drives only had to provide thrust for
movement rather than keeping the craft in the air. Even had a spare 1.8
minutes of fusion burn for orbital operations. Snap at only MCr 54
cheers
richard
On 08/03/2015 08:22, Derek Stanley [Traveller_TNE] wrote:
> It was for a PE that had been crashed down to TL8.
>
> They started out as straight up assault shuttles. Get troops into
> orbit and try to get hands on anything that the meson gun doesn't
> destroy. After the meson gun is reactivated. Then they were quickly
> whacked over to SDB's while the orbital defenses were stabilized and
> the system was secured. After that they were retrofitted again with J1
> drives to explore and defend the 2 systems they could get at.
> Desperate times.
>
> Derek Stanley
> Sent from my iPhone...
>
> On Mar 7, 2015, at 22:03,
> <> [Traveller_TNE]
> < <>>
> wrote:
>
>> Oh, right, that's more of why we did and didn't mess with what we
>> did, not
>> only did we have the standard Traveller focus, we also knew that we were
>> leaving hooks for 2300, which also had no use for tea kettle drives.
>>
>> > I built a TL9 ish ship with collapsible spun habs that was later
>> upgraded
>> > to incorporate TL10 grav plates. It was fun to play with but man it was
>> > an atrocious ship when you compare it to the TL12+ crowd.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From:
>> <>
>> []
>> > Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2015 9:50 PM
>> > To:
>> <>
>> > Subject: Re: [Traveller_TNE] Cheap Spacecraft
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 12:41 PM,
>> <>
>> > <> [Traveller_TNE]
>> > <
>> <>
>> <> >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > With all of this good conversation about cheap spaceflight, did anyone
>> > ever mess around with the "low-tech" spacecraft design stuff in Hard
>> > Times?
>> >
>> > I did a little, but with the prevalence of Grav tech in the Traveller
>> > Universe it got to be somewhat pointless.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Evyn
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>