Haven't done any work ups using the sources you cite, but here's my 2 cents ...
Question - with such a limited endurance due to battery life, it will likely not get all that far from the mother ship ... therefore why such long range on the comms?
Recommend another look at it with the idea of keeping the comm suite, radar, etc all within the operational range of the device.
Battery endurance is likely based on full up emmissions i.e. maser, radio, HRT, radar etc all transmitting full up. This can be extended by keeping most of these systems in standby/receive only mode until it's time to begin work ... this would make the 3,000 km range on the maser and HRT more reasonable.
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--- On Sat, 5/29/10, Daryl Frewing <> wrote:
From: Daryl Frewing <>
Subject: [Traveller_TNE] Space-Based RCV D-Bot, Modle V09
To:
Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010, 12:58 AM
Here is the space-bot I will be including in the refined Balaam design. I have not used Vampire Fleets before to create robots, so if anyone knows the system better then I, please feel free to look this over and see if there are any glaring mistakes or if anything seems to be missing. One of the things I think I got right, but am not sure about, is the three arms.
Space-Based RCV D-Bot, Modle V09
Armor Values
All: 10
Damage Capacity: 140+140
Movement
Travel Move: unlimited/780
Combat Move: Unlimited/180
Acceleration: 0.1 G (0.05 G)
Endurance
Thrusters: 2 hours (4 hours)
Batteries: 4 hours
Initiative: 0 (use Init. of RCV operator)
Intelligence: 0 (use Int. of RCV operator)
Command Function: RCV only
Assets: none
Armament: none
Electronics: TL-9 Flight Avionics (0.1 MW), TL-9 Terrain Following Avionics (0.04 MW), RCV Controls (0.00025 MW), 3,000 km Maser Comm (0.08 MW), 3,000 km HRT (0.03 MW), 3 km Radar (0.02 MW), Video camera (for RCV), Visible Spectrum eye, Telescopic eye, Active IR eye, Magnetic Sensor, Radiation Sensor.
Cargo: 100 liters
Mass (tonnes): 11.6846/10.9546 (loaded/empty)
Power: 4 battery banks provide 0.272 MW for four hours
TL: 9
Price: MCr1.21295
Fuel Type: HRF & Electricity
Maintenance: 3
Arm Lift Hit UMD AGL STR Volume Attachment
Agile 1,000 kg 9* 18 9 20 200** Video display
Worker 5,000 kg 5* 50 5 100 200** Magnetic grapple, Laser cutter/welder
Heavy 11,250 kg 1* 23 1 225 250** Magnetic grapple
*plus RCV skill
**rated in liters
Notes:
The V09 was designed for operation in zero-G, or near zero-G, vacuum environments. As such, it has several unique design characteristics:
- The V09 has no suspension of any kind, and no contra-grav drives.
- It's thrusters, AZHRAE engines, cannot operate in Ram Jet mode, nor in Turbo Jet mode, but only in Rocket mode.
- While in operation, the V09 uses short bursts from its AZHRAE engines and not constant thrust, extending its endurance from 2 hours (if used without pause) to at least 4 hours.
- It's actual endurance is really limited, not by its thrusters, but by its battery life (4 hours maximum).
- Its listed maximum movement is listed as unlimited due to the lack of an atmosphere, but really is limited by its endurance.
- Its safe NOE speed is listed, but again due to its endurance it will likely never reach these speeds.
- It has been armored to allow safer operation near asteroid belts.
Other unique characteristics about this robot include:
- It can only function as an RCV unit and cannot operate independently.
- Its agile arm is ~7 cm thick and ~40 meters long and contains a video display on the end.
- Several stats other robots have (like initiative) are based on the RCV operators skill, not the robot's.