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Ship Construction

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Ship Construction

System Descriptions

Essentials
Accessories
Computers
Weapons and Defenses

 

System
Mass
Vol
Pwr
Cost
Hull per cubic yard    
Light - 25 SDP 0.05 -- -- 1000
Medium - 50 SDP .1 -- -- 2000
Heavy - 75 SDP 0.2 -- -- 3000
         
Armor per cubic yard    
Per 10 SSP 0.1 -- -- 2000
         
Stress Rating per cubic yard    
Per G of thrust .05 .05 -- 500
         
Compartmentalization per 100 cy    
Minimal - personnell areas only .01 -- -- 250
Partial - by area .03 -- -- 500
Full - every hatch .05 -- -- 1000
         
Powerplant per 50 MegaWatts    
Low Efficiency 9 10 -- 1000
Standard 7.5 7.5 -- 1500
High Efficiency 6 5 -- 3000
         
Capacitors per MegaWatt-hour    
Low Efficiency - 10 second recharge 1 1.5   1000
Standard - 5 second recharge .5 1 -- 2500
High Efficiency - 2 second recharge .5 .5   5000
         
Hyperdrives per 500 cy    
Remanceau Stellar 30 40 3* 10000
Otherspace, Inc. HD1000 37.5 50 5* 15000
Hyper King Performance 45 60 7* 30000
         
Stardrives per 1000 tons thrust    
Kobayashi Legend 175 200 220 60000
Nokamura Express 150 200 200 75000
Hyper King Extra 110 150 220 175000
         
Accomodations      
Luxury Stateroom 3 40 1 6000
First Class 2 20 .5 3000
Steerage 1 20 .5 2000
Crew 1.5 20 .5 1500
Galley 1.5 15 .5 1500
Lounge 1.5 15 .5 1500
Head .5 2 -- 500
         
Lifesystem    
Full (per person) .75 2.5 .5 1000
Partial (per man-hour) .05 .1 .5 100
         
Artificial Gravity per 500 cy    
1 Earth-standard Gravity field 1.5 1.5 1.5 5000
         
Acceleration Compensators per G of Accel    
Standard system 5 5 10 13000
         
Nullgravs per 500 tons mass    
Per 1G of accel 3.5 3.5 150** 7500
         
Landing Gear per 500 tons    
Fixed position 2 2.5 -- 1500
Retractable 2.5 5 -- 2500
         
Computer Systems varies    
Ship's Main Computer (Base INT 6) .5 .5 .5 15000
----Additional CPU -- -- .1 5000
Computer Skills -- -- -- 500
----Additional Skill Level -- -- -- 200
         
Sensors        
Limited Suite - 15 AU 5 5 2.5 30000
Standard Suite - 100 AU 15 15 10 75000
Superior Suite - 200 AU 17 20 12 125000
Stealth Package .5 .75 1 Special
         
Accessories        
Lockerroom, 4-person 2.5 20 .5 3000
Bridge / Cockpit (per station) .5 2.5 .1 1000
Airlocks - 2 person .5 4 -- 2000
Airlocks - 4-person 1 6 -- 3000
Airlocks - 12 person / Cargo 3 24 -- 12000

Ahh, the heart of any Space-based RPG: the Ship Construction Tables.

This system is an amalgamation of several different ideas, hopefully finding a balance between excessive details and excessive simplification. The simplification part comes in eliminating a good chunk of the hardcare science math, to save myself a little sanity if nothing else. The detail part comes in making you pick all of the little things that make a starship a home.

Good luck.