NationStates Jolt Archive


Jerico-Class Tug Released

USSNA
28-07-2005, 21:34
I only got the pic done right now. I'll put the specs up in a bit. It is a PMT/FT Space Tug.

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9929/jerico8wj.png

Jerico-Class Space Tug

Overview

The Jerico was designed as a short range, high capacity, space tug. While relatively small, its four accelerated ion engines allow massive thrust to come from such a tiny ship.


General

Type: Short Range, High Capacity Space Tug
Dimensions:
Length: 40 meters
Width: 7 meters
Height: 7 meters
Max. Acceleration: 5,000G
Crew: 1-2 (Pilot, optional Loadmaster)
Shields: None
Armament: None
Cost: Can someone help me on this one? I've never made a PMT or FT ship before, and dont know pricing.


Propulsion

The ship is powered by four Accelerated Ion Engines mounted on 2 lagre, rotatable pylons. AIEs, unlike normal Ion engines, which only use electron bombardment and magnetic fields to accelerate charged particles filters the positively charged atoms into a particle accelerator. Here the Ions are accelerated to a velocity near that of light. When these particles are expelled, they can provide the starship with over 20 times the thrust of a normal Ion engine. These allow the ship to pull a great ammount of mass while still retaining a great ammount of acceleration.

It does not come with a Hyperdrive.


Magnetic Tethers

The Jerico comes equiped with 8 Magnetic Tethers. (4 fore, 4 aft) These tethers are launched at whatever you want to pull, and through the use of powerful electro-magnets, attached to the object.
USSNA
29-07-2005, 03:12
Updated - With Specs now.
Azaha
29-07-2005, 03:17
Lol, this has to be the first practical non-war thing I've ever seen, and somthing that isn't an "omg, i gotz a supahdreadsnot, i pwnz j00 411."

/applaud
USSNA
29-07-2005, 03:28
Thanks. I figured that if I'm going to start designing PMT/FT, I better start small and work up.
The tokera
29-07-2005, 03:33
good design
USSNA
29-07-2005, 04:37
Thanks, and bump
McKagan
29-07-2005, 04:49
Are you going to sell these?
USSNA
29-07-2005, 05:06
Yea, but I dont really know who to price it. I've never made a PMT/FT thing before.