| This is an adaptation of other material to GURPS |
The Falcon is a light aerospace fighter, distinguished as the spacecraft with the greatest thrust-to-mass ratio.
The Falcon has 16-ton (SM+4) streamlined needle diamondoid hull of length 12 yards (36 feet). It winged ($160K) and has gravitic compensators ($16K) and emergency ejection ($500K). The crew consists of a single pilot.
- Users: Federation.
- Equipment Mounts: A Falcon can optionally mount one spinal beam weapon; one fixed front 24cm missile launcher with two missiles; and a class 1 military hyperdrive. It cannot mount a fuel scoop.
Shipyard Statistics[]
An unequipped Falcon with an interplanetary drive only.
| Falcon (Key) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TL | dST/HP | Hnd/SR | HT | Move | LWt. | Load | SM | Occ | dDR | Range | Cost |
| 11^ | 16 | 1/4 | 12 | 30 G/900 mps | 16 | 10.5 | 4 | 1SV | 2/1/2 | -- | $2.4404M |
Air Performance: Move 300 / 7,000 (14,000 mph or Mach 18). Hnd/SR +5 / 5
Front Hull[]
- [1] Control Room (C6 computer, 1 control station, comm/sensor 4, $32K)
- [2-3] Habitat (1 hibernation pod, $30K)
- [4-6] Cargo hold (0.8 tons each)
Center Hull[]
- [1-6, core] Cargo hold (0.8 tons each)
Rear Hull[]
- [1] Diamonoid Armour (spread dDR, $100K)
- [2] Drive (12 G acceleration, $640K)
- [3] Drive (12 G acceleration, $640K)
- [4] Smaller Systems (two half-sized): Drive (6 G) $320K; Fuel Tank (0.4 tons hydrogen / 900 mps delta-V, $2.4K)
- [5-6, core] Cargo Hold (0.8 tons each)
Typical Loadout[]
The following statistics show the typical loadout for a Federation Navy Falcon aerofighter, armed with a 1MW pulse laser, both missile pylons fitted, a naval anti-missle ECM with a range of 30 miles, enhanced comm/sensor array, and energy shield.
The class 1 military hyperdrive has an FTL of 5. The maximum hyperdrive distance is 3.75 parsecs (12.5 ly), consuming 1 ton (2,250 mps) of military fuel (and producing 0.5 tons of radioactives).
Note that as the mass of the Falcon is 16 tons, the spinal battery only takes up two slots, not three.
| Falcon (Key) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TL | dST/HP | Hnd/SR | HT | Move | LWt. | Load | SM | Occ | dDR | Range | Cost |
| 11^ | 16 | 1/4 | 12 | 30 G/6,300 mps | 16 | 0.58 | 4 | 1SV | 2/1/2 | 12.5 ly | $3.3998M |
Front Hull[]
- [1] Control Room (C6 computer, 1 control station, comm/sensor 4, $32K)
- [2-3] Habitat (1 hibernation pod, $30K)
- [4] Major Battery (fixed 24cm missile launcher, 1 ammo, $60K)
- [5] Major Battery (fixed 24cm missile launcher, 1 ammo, $60K)
- [6!] Spinal Battery (fixed 1MW Pulse Laser, $150K)
Center Hull[]
- [1] Fusion Power Plant (two power points, $100K)
- [2] Fusion Power Plant (derated, one power point, $50K)
- [3-5] Class 1 Military Hyperdrive ($80K each)
- [6!] Spinal Battery (continued)
- [core!] Light Force Screen (dDR 15, $150K)
Rear Hull[]
- [1] Diamondoid Armour (spread dDR, $100K)
- [2] Drive (12 G acceleration, $640K)
- [3] Drive (12 G acceleration, $640K)
- [4] Smaller Systems (two half-sized): Drive (6 G acceleration, $320K) ; Fuel Tank (0.4 tons military fuel / 900 mps delta-V, $2.4K)
- [5] Smaller Systems (three at SM+3): [!]Anti-Missile ECM (naval, $100K) ; Fusion Power Plant (derated, one small power point, $15K) ; Enhanced Array (comm/sensor 6, $20K)
- [5-6, core] Fuel Tanks (0.8 tons military fuel / 1,800 mps delta-V, $4.8K each)