I'm not sure where to post my first "public" ship design so he goes.
Designer's Notes: I was never happy over the Scout/Courier's design. As a scout its OK, as a courier it has not got enough space for cargo and the hold is inconvenient to say the least, and as a Type J Seeker well the cargo bay is bigger but it still doesn't seem right.
On another site I belong to there was a discussion about how HEPlaR thrusters could start a forest fire on worlds with breathable atmospheres. So to avoid this all my designs now incorporate ducted fans.
Architect's Notes: New Dawn Seekers have the advantage in that they can be built at TL-11 shipyards on Aurora and Kruyter and as the ship nears completion a team can accompany a jump drive out from Aubaine and supervise the instillation of the drive thereby the host yard workers gain valuable experience in ship construction and jump drive installation and the construction facilities on Aubaine are not diverted from military construction.
If the Coalition requires a scout the lab can be removed and New Dawns could augment the Multi Role Scouts.
If a merchant ship is required again removal of the lab will increase the cargo bay to over 25% of the ships internal area.
General Data
Displacement: 100 D Tons Hull Armor: 20
Length: 35 meters Volume: 1400m3
Price: MCr 66.888 Target Size: S
Configuration: Wedge SL Tech Level: 11 (B)
Mass (Loaded/Empty): 1432.28/ 1139.473
Engineering Data
Power Plant: 2x85mw Fusion Plants, 85 mw/Hit, 1 Year Duration,
2.6915 mw excess
Jump Performance:2
Jump Fuel: 210m3 (15 D Tons)
G Rating: 2 (50mw/G), CG Lifters (20mw), 750 Ton Thrust Ducted Fans
(5mw)
G-Turns: 30 (63.6 using jump fuel). 6.25m3 of fuel each
Fuel Tankage: 397.5m3 (28.39 D Tons)
Maint: 60 (46 W/o cargo)
Electronics Data
Computer: 3xTL-11 Mod St Computers (0.35mw each)
Commo: 30,000km Radio (1 Hex, 1 mw), 1000 AU Maser (~, 0.6mw)
Avionics: TL-10+ Avionics, with TL-11 T.F. Avionics
Sensors: 60,000 km Active EMS (2 Hexes. 30mw), 90,000km Passive EMS
Fixed Array (3 Hexes, 0.15mw), Densitometer (1km Penetration,
2.5mw)
ECM: None
Controls: 3x Flight Deck Workstations, 2, Engineering workstations
Armament Data
Offensive: TL-11 80mj Laser Turret (Loc: 16-17; Arcs: All; 2.2mw;
No Crew, fired from any flight deck workstation)
Defensive: None
Fire Control: None
Nane Short Medium Long Extreme
80 mj Laser 2:1/7-22 4:1/7-22 8:1/7-22 16:1/6-19
Accommodations Data
Life Support: Extended (0.28 mw), Gravitic Compensators (2G, 7mw)
Crew: 5 (2x ENg, 1x Elect, 2x Man)
Crew Accommodations: 5x Small Staterooms (0.0005 mw each)
Passenger Accommodations: None
Cargo: 263.198m3 (18.799 D Tons)
Small Craft Facilities: None
Air Locks: 2
Other Features: 1x Geology Lab (0.8mw)
Notes; New Dawn seekers are designed to be able to carry sufficient fuel to be able to make up to three parsecs in two successive jumps without refueling and still have sufficient fuel to maneuver to a fuel source. It also has connections points under the wings for two
(one per wing) 7.5 D Ton capacity drop tanks. New Dawns can scoop 28m3 per hour and can purify (1.484mw) 212m3in 6 hours or can complete fueling operations in 6 hours22 minutes or only 3 hours 44 minutes if sufficient fuel for only jump-1 is required.
Area (D 20) Surface Hits Internal Explosions
1 1-13: Ant 1-12:Elect,13-20: Hold
2-3 1-13: Ant 1-3: Elect, 4-12: Qtr, 13-20: Hold
4-5 1: AL 1-3: Elect, 4-12: Qtr, 13-20: Hold
6-9 1-15:Ant 1-5:Qtr, 6-20: Hold
10 1-8: Eng, 9-20: Hold
11 Hold
12-13 1-4: Ant Eng
14-15 1-4: Ant Hold
16-17 1-4: Ant 1-6:LT, 7-20: Eng
18-19 1-4: Ant Hold
20 1-12: CH Hold
Systems
JD 2H SSR 2h (x5) LT 1H
PP 2H (x2) LS 2H A-EMS 2h
MD 2h ELS 1H Densit 2h
CG 1H AG 1H
FPP 1H Lab 1H
I have a deck plan of New Dawn I drew up with AutoRelm but I can't figure out how to post it! If someone would like it I'll send you a copy or if someone would tell me how to post it here, thank you.