Please give me a ship: The Star Galleons
Jeff Zeitlin
(18 Feb 2017 01:21 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Please give me a ship: The Star Galleons
Ethan McKinney
(18 Feb 2017 01:24 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Please give me a ship: The Star Galleons Jeffrey Schwartz (18 Feb 2017 17:16 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Please give me a ship: The Star Galleons
Jeff Zeitlin
(19 Feb 2017 03:02 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Please give me a ship: The Star Galleons
Jeffrey Schwartz
(20 Feb 2017 10:54 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Please give me a ship: The Star Galleons
Jeff Zeitlin
(18 Feb 2017 18:45 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Please give me a ship: The Star Galleons
Timothy Collinson
(18 Feb 2017 20:48 UTC)
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Something like this ? ============= (Used T5.00 rules) Type AF "Trinidad" star galleon, TL12, 500dtons, Mcr 172.219 The Trinidad class is intended for long operations in frontier areas. Capable of jump-2, it can go places the normal Type-A can't, and with 3G of accel it can effectively operate against many pirates. Trinidad's have been used for trade, especially to low law level worlds. They are especially popular for exploration and first contacts. Some smaller mercenary units find the Trinidad very useful, in that the passenger compartments can repurposed for troop usage and a respectable force carried. In this case, AFV's of one type or another are loaded in the cargo bay, the middle passage comparments used for their crews, and the high passage compartment goes to the overall leader of the expedition. This generally gives a load out of 2 AFVs, 20 infantry, a corpsman, and up to 8 dismounted naval troopers, plus the ship's launch and an air/raft for air support. The hull is a streamlined cylinder that tapers at the front and aft, with 3 decks. It has both landing pads on legs, and is fitted for water landings and extended float on surface. There is a dual beam laser barbette mounted forward and aft as chase armament, and the port and starboard sides are studded with gun ports on each deck, in a 3/4/3 pattern. The ship's lowest deck, aft to front, is a large cargo lock opening in to the 150 dton cargo bay, followed by the gun deck which mounts reduced range beam laser, sand caster, and missile launcher on each side, along with two consoles for the gunners. These lasers are relatively short ranged, and usually are used for point defense, only coming into an offensive role in extrmis or in support of ground operations. Next is a compartment with pumps and filtration gear to allow ocean refuelling. Next is the niche holding a 10 person escape pod. Foward of this is "marine country", with barracks for 10 troops and a personal lock forward to allow them egress when on land. The middle deck has a barbette at each end, with a console for the gunner. From aft forward is engineering, then passenger quarters, then medical area, then crew quarters, the bridge and computer room, and then the forward battery. The broadside here consists of four small missile launchers on each side, plus a gunnery station. The bridge has consoles for Pilot, Astrogator, Captain, Chief Engineer, Purser/Comms and a 1.75 ton 'day cabin' for the captain to work in. Sensors include an EMS suite with an extensive antenna array around the outside of the ship. The ship's computer network has a Mod1Bis that is optimized for jump computations, a Mod1/bis to help the gunners, and a Model 3/Bis main computer with attached positronic brain. The Brain has skill Astro-6, Pilot-3, and Engineering-3. It's hobby is creative writing, which is normally expressed as the "Extended Ship's Log" which is based on the Captain's offical log, but adds more description, detail and color. Passenger quarters include one high passage suite with en-suite fresher, 2 standard cabins which share a fresher, and a 10-bunk steerage section with an attached fresher. There's also 15 tons of open common areas for passenger relaxation. Crew and accommodations: Captain, Astrogator, Pilot, Purser, Chief Engineer - each with standard stateroom, sharing officers Fresher. These also have access to the luxury life support that feeds the high passage room. Engineer - std stateroom Engineer's mate: Niche (1 ton mini-cabin) Fwd Battery gun captain - niche Aft Battery Gun Captain - niche Port battery gun capt - niche Starboard battery gun capt - niche Port gunners (2) - bunk each Starboard gunners (2) - bunk Doctor - standard stateroom, with access to the luxury life support that feeds the high passage room. Physician's Assistant - niche Enlisted freshers (low end, 2x Common) Officer's freshers (nicer "shared" like passenger quality) Marine Country - two five-person barracks sharing a common fresher Sickbay has a 4 ton common area used as a waiting area,but the couches there can fold out to make 4 bunks if needed. There's 2 auto-doc style medical consolers, and a stateroom sized clnic area. There's also a Cousellor booth where crew can work on psychological issues. The top deck has the same broadside armament as the lowest, (Beam/Sand/Missile). From the back to the front are a niche for the ship's 20dton launch, a dorsal cargo hatch leading to a bay with an air/raft latched to the deck plus room for an additional 8 tons of stores. This is often expedition gear (sort of a super-sized ship's locker). Forward of this is another personel airlock When water-landed, the middle deck guns are barely above the water line. This means cargo from the main bay must be hand-loaded up the companionways from the main deck to the small cargo bay with the air/raft in it. ========= Spreadsheet used to make it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qCd1zkqV_iwSC-S60rEdSzM6sSCDU5BTzQu2iFa5BL0/edit?usp=sharing Note: 500 tons is 5 hardpoints, and the ship has more than 5 weapons. T5 allows splitting a hardpoint into 3 firm points, which was done here for the broadside weapons. The missiles are down-graded from range "S7" to "S5" in order to shrink them to firmpoint proportions. Note: bridge ergonomics are 0 (with rounding) and crew comfort is 0 (rounded). Marine comfort is -4. It's recommended that unused passenger space be used to spread the crew and marines some to improve ship ergonomics. On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 8:24 PM, Ethan McKinney <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't get what you're asking for. Something shaped like a galleon? > > On Feb 17, 2017 5:21 PM, "Jeff Zeitlin" <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> In looking at images and drawings of Terrestrial pre-modern ships >> called 'galleons', I note that while the designs are quite varied, >> there are a few common charateristics: >> >> If you assume that the height amidships is the 'deck line', then there >> is a section forward that is perhaps one deck above the deck line, and >> a higher raised section, perhaps three decks above the deck line, aft. >> Also, like all seagoing ships, they are narrow forward, widest >> amidships, and somewhat narrower - but not drastically so - aft. The >> main body of the ship is two, perhaps three, decks from deckline to >> just above the bilge. >> >> I am ignoring the question of size and/or displacement. The rigging is >> more or less similar across all such ships, but this is not relevant >> to my thinking at the present time. >> >> I don't insist on the deck counts given; that's just for visualization >> purposes. >> >> What I'd like: A design for a "Star Galleon". >> >> * It may be a pure cargo ship, a pure passenger ship, or mixed use; >> you, the designer, decide. >> >> * It may be a workhorse of a hauler/liner or a noble's plaything. >> Or anything in-between. >> >> What you should include: >> >> * The stats. Obviously. Any of the standard formats will do. >> >> * A Worksheet. Again, any of the standard formats will do. >> >> * Descriptive matter. This should discuss the ship's role, why it was >> designed as it was, in-universe advantages and disadvantages of the >> design, perhaps a spotlight on one or two notable members of the >> class, and so on. >> >> * Any other commentary or information you feel would make the ship >> more interesting. >> >> * Highly desirable, but not mandatory, would be deck plans. >> >> Generally speaking, Timothy Collinson's Naklaad can stand as a good >> exemplar of a design submission - save that whilst Mr Collinson went >> "all in" and provided stats for pretty much every Classic-compatible >> system out there, you don't have to - one is fine (but if you do want >> to do it for more than one, I certainly won't object!). >> >> As an adjunct to a Classic-compatible design, a reworking using TNE, >> T20, or GURPS Traveller (3e or 4e) would be well-received - but not, >> by any means, mandatory. >> >> ----- >> The Traveller Mailing List >> Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml >> Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com >> To unsubscribe from this list please go to >> http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=gi277fSUTkyFeQYIkUkn6zf5f3dXCa4l > > ----- > The Traveller Mailing List > Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml > Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com > To unsubscribe from this list please go to > http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=vSy3NFQJMSbZKrzPfC3XucFBsUCMtKrI