TL9.Orbital.Lifter.txt

Tsuga Heavy Lifter    TL-9          Rate:600       Size: 25 meters (dia)
Sphere Hull (SL)                    Manuever: 0.67G

Hull: Composite Laminate, 7cm        14,000 sq meters surface area
Armor Rating: 42                     Internal Structure Rating: 1G
Life Support: Extended               Air Locks: 6

Jump Drive: N/A                      Jump Fuel: N/A
Power Plant: 200MW Fusion Reactor    Reactor Fuel: 30kl (hydrogen)
2250Tons Thrust: AZHRAE Rocket       1125kl/hour HRF
TL-9 ContraGrav Lifters              Engineering Workstations: 3
G-turns: 1                           

4320kl Cargo hold                    13 Large cargo hatches
8 Small Staterooms (crew)            

TL9 Computer Linked Controls
3 x TL9 STD computers
3 x 30,000km Radio                   1 x 30,000km Maser Comm.
30,000km Radar                       60,000km HRT (fixed array)
Flight Workstations: 4

3 Engineering Crew                   2 Electronics Crew
1 Drive Crew                         1 Maintanence Crew
1 Command Crew

Mass Loaded:   3346.6 Tonnes         Acceleration G's: 0.672
Mass Unloaded: 3038 Tonnes           G-Turns: 1
Price: 171.984 MCr                   Maintenance Points: 35
Reaction Fuel: HFR - 843.75 tonnes
Fuel Price: (HRF) 2.813 MCr          Cargo: 308 Tons

Area:        SURFACE HITS            INTERNAL EXPLOSION
1                                    Hold
2-3          1: Air Lock             Hold
4-5          1-2: Cargo Hatch        Hold
6-7                                  1-5: Quarters
8-9                                  Hold
10           1-2: ANT                1-12: Engineering
                                     13-18: Electronics
                                     19-20: Hold
11           1: Cargo Hatch          Engineering
12-15                                Hold
16-19        1: Air Lock             Hold
20                                   Engineering

Damage Tables:
Sensor (HRT)       1h                Sensor Ant (HRT)   1H
Sensor (Radar)     4h                Sensor Ant (Radar) 1H
Commo (Maser)      1h                Commo Ant (Radio)  1h
Commo (Radio)      1h                Commo Ant (Maser)  1h
Comp (STD)         3 x (1h)
SSR                6 x (2h)          LSR                1H
Life Support       8H                Ext Life Support   4H                
Power Plant        4H                ContraGrav Lifters 3H
AZHRAE Rocket      3H

Notes:
This ship was designed to make maximum use of the new technologies
available at TL9 - Fusion Power plants and contra-grav lifters. The
maximum amount of CG Lifters available to a 200MW Power Plant was a
600Ton hull. All crewmembers have cabins on board the ship, although the
lifter isn't mean for interplanetary transits. It's total fuel allows
for 1 G-Turn of accelleration - enough to get it into orbit and back
again (slowly - multiply times for 1G acceleration by 2).

The quarters are placed along the hemisphere and the ship is spun in
flight to produce gravity as needed.

Given the price of HRF, each ton costs approximately 10,000Cr to lift
into orbit.  (2.813MCr/308 Tons = 9114 Cr/Ton)

joe
ccjoe@showme.missouri.edu