CIVILIAN INTERPLANETARY LINER

RPG Stats by MARC FLETCHER & MARK MCALISTER
Edited by DANIEL HENWOOD

BACKGROUND

Designed as a cross between a long haul passenger aircraft, and a cruiser liner the Interplanetary Passenger Liner features varying degree's of comfort and entertainment. Although most UN worlds are within several hours of fold travel and most passengers opt to take seat only travel, rooms are available for passengers comfort for longer flights. In addition to comfortable seating and rooms, the liners are similar to their sea-going cousins in that bars, restaurants, and other entertainments can be found onboard to ensure that the passengers trip is a pleasant one.

RPG STATS

Crew: 350

Passengers: 2500

MDC BY LOCATION:

(1) Main Body                                   8,000 
(2) Bridge                                        600
(2) Communications Array                          150

(3) Main Engines (2)                            1,000 each
    Auxillary Engines (4)                         350 each

    Airlocks/Access Hatches (30)                   50 each

NOTES:

1. Depleting the MDC of the main body will put the ship out of commission. All internal systems will shut down, including life support and internal gravity. The ship itself will be an unsalvageable floating wreck.
2. Destroying the Bridge or Communication Antennae above it will deprive the ship of all long range communications, and radar.
3. Depleting the MDC of the main engines will force the ship to rely on its secondary engines. Depleting the MDC of the main engines AND secondary engines will leave the ship adrift in space. If in an atmosphere, the ship will crash (destruction of the main engines will render the antigravity system useless due to loss of power).

SPEEDS:

Speed(sublight): 0.20 speed of light (32,000 miles per second)
Speed(Auxiliary Drives): Mach 1
Space Fold: Range Unlimited (1 light year every 6 minutes)
Planet bound:

Can land if necessary but not designed to maneuver in an atmosphere.

Maximum Range: Unlimited (estimated 30 year life span)

STATISTICAL DATA:

Length: 400 metres
Width: 108 metres
Weight: 120,000 tons (standard)

Fold System:

Advanced Fold System Cluster

Sublight Drive:

Impulse Drive Cluster

Gravity Control System: Internal
Auxiliary Engine:

Nuclear Pulse Rocket Motor Cluster

Radar System: Hyperspace Sensor Pod

WEAPON SYSTEMS:

NONE

SYSTEMS OF NOTE:

• ANTIGRAVITY PROPULSION SYSTEM: The ship is equipped with an anti-gravity propulsion system used for planetary landings and liftoffs. The system is good for vertical ascent/descent only and can lift the ship at speeds of up to 1,320 feet (400 m) per minute. The system will function so long as the main engines can supply energy to it.
• HYPERSPACE COMMUNICATIONS: Based on the same technology as the space fold system, the hyperspace communications relay allows faster-than-light communication between the ship and other vessels or planets. Hyperspace communications are still not instantaneous, however. Audio/video communication travels through hyperspace at a rate of about 1 seconds per 4000 light years, so messages communicated over a few seconds or minutes to arrive. In the event of an attack the ship would send out a distress signal with the hyperspace comms and wait for a rescue from the Galaxy Patrol.
• LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS: The ship has sufficient life support to provide breathable air and comfortable temperatures for 3,000 people for up to 30 years (air is recycled). In an emergency the life support system can support up to 6,000 people at one time, though living conditions onboard will get extremely cramped at that point. The carrier also holds sufficient food and water to support 3,000 people for up to 6 months.
• LONG-RANGE RADAR: The radar array of the ship is not as impressive as the systems aboard UN Spacy warships but it is more than capable of tracking and identify up to 500 craft or spacial items simultaneously. The radar system has a 1,000 mile/1,600 km range.
• SPACE FOLD SYSTEM: For FTL propulsion, the ship is equipped with an Advanced Fold System Cluster, capable of propelling the carrier through hyperspace at speeds up to 3.28x10^10 mps (5.25x10^10 kmps), or 1 light year per 6 minutes. The range of the fold drive is theoretically unlimited except by the life expectancy of the spacecraft.
• SUBLIGHT ENGINES: As a backup to the Fold System, the ship is equipped with Impulse Drive Cluster engines that can propel the craft at speeds up to 0.20 speed of light (32,000 miles per second) in space. Note that these engines are mainly intended for rapid movement inside a planetary system and are not suited for long voyages between star systems. In a planetary atmosphere the carrier is limited to speeds of Mach 1 maximum due to hull stress.
• SUBSPACE MASS SENSORS: The Passenger Ship is equipped with subspace sensors, which are based on the same principles as the hyperspace communications array. These sensors can essentially instantly detect mass readings and movement of objects up to 1 AU (93 million miles) distant from the carrier, and the readings are used both for early warning and for navigation when travelling at sublight speeds. Readings taken with the subspace sensors are not very detailed (-25% penalty when trying to identify a detected object) and cannot detect objects of less than 60,000 kg (this includes most variable fighters).

REFERENCES USED IN THIS DESIGN

• "Doe's All The Worlds' Starship Guide: Interplanetary Passenger Liner"
• Macross Plus