So, it looks like real life is wanting to kick my butt into next week. I
have no idea how it was I forgot about the myriad of things scheduled this
weekend, but regardless, I did not manage to get around to doing a
write-up for my design. While I can work on it on the bus every
morning/evening while I commute, Im not sure Ill manage to finish it
before next weekend. I dont want to keep pushing the finish-date back,
so if my design is the only one youre waiting for, please dont wait on
my account.
That said, a brief overview of the design is:
- engines that can give thrust of 6Gs (mostly for towing purposes)
- 4 space-bots that can take a large tarp (think fuel bladder-like
material) and tie it around medium sized asteroids (or several small
asteroids) for towing, preventing any loss of materials in the process of
transporting (and, effectively, drastically increasing its cargo capacity)
- TL15, 400DT hull and controls, with the rest of the components at TL 12
to allow the ship to be built en mass at both higher and lower tech worlds
- no jump drive, as this ship is one of 12 that work in conjunction with a
large ore processing plant that is, itself, jump enabled but without
maneuver drives (it attaches the 12 ships to it in order to move)
-Not much in the way of G-Hours of fuel because it is designed to refuel
at the processing plant (which will have an abundance of fuel from all the
ice in the asteroids).
- a cool, flattened, three-sided pyramid (three sides plus the base)
look to it (I wish I was a graphic artist!!!)
I have the 400DT ship designed (but not written up), but do not have the
ore processing plant designed. Anyone know how much volume/mass ore
processing equipment would take up? I imagine not much mass per volume,
due to all the empty space to contain the rock, but really have no idea.
(I also have a 1201 varriant in mind which would be just the 400DT ship
with jump drive and fuel purification, and the controls replaced with
lower tech versions.)
> Are all the entries in or are people still working on them?
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> DED
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