https://textpattern.com/?v=4.8.8 My Alternate Traveller rpg Universe - Articles - Ships https://travellergame.jimsmaps.net/ maps, solar system maps, planets, etc. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 16:04:35 +0000 Starship Wanderer, Bussard RamJet engine So here is a cut away view of the Bussard Ram Jet engines used in it. 17 miles long by 2 miles across.

Green rectangles are work shops and berthing compartments. Those would be sleeping, eating, etc. compartments. The two reddish rectangles with yellow borders are work areas only. Radiation suits required due to the lasers firing at the compressed hydrogen gas.




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https://travellergame.jimsmaps.net/articles/starship-wanderer-bussard-ramjet-engine Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:35:35 +0000 Samuel tag:travellergame.jimsmaps.net,2016-09-29:0636c9f70f8b73b002d9c6fae6897571/86d4773b82d1d4db9721ffb9a8c324f8
Patrol Cruiser, ship This based on a set of drawings in T4: Starships. page 40. These were done in Campaign Cartographer 3 with the Cosmographer add-on.










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https://travellergame.jimsmaps.net/articles/patrol-cruiser-ship Fri, 12 Aug 2016 01:04:01 +0000 Bill tag:travellergame.jimsmaps.net,2016-08-11:0636c9f70f8b73b002d9c6fae6897571/acf7ef36841829e889334375f280e35c
Starship Wanderer: overhead view The circular upper dome is 5 miles in diameter. The engines are 2 miles in diameter and Bussard ram jets. Well known in many science fiction stories, gigantic magnetic fields reach out and pull in hydrogen atoms and burn them for fuel.

The fuselage is 12 miles long and 4 miles in diameter.

The dome is on a stalk 2 and a half miles high, 3 miles in diameter.

The engine mounts are 6 miles wide and are used for manouvering engines and fuel along with living spaces, food, water, and recreation for the engine crews.

The engines are 17 miles long.

Under the dome, and behind it, is a 1 mile by 1 mile opening for the docking bay.

The underside looks the same, as it is a copy of the upper half of this ship.

Since this is based on someone else’s drawing of my ship, the scale may be a bit off.

Below is the overhead view, and the block diagram view.



Large connecting passageways go from the port side Bussard Ramjet engine to the starboard side Bussard Ramjet engine

Manouvering engines in the stern part of the fuselage. There are more manouvering engines around the ship.

Dome:

1) Command area, some communications equipment

2) 3 miles across post that connects the two domes and the fuselage together into one unit.

3) and 4) Sensors and communications area.

The Emergency Bussard RamJet fuel is supposed to be enough to go through areas with low or no hydrogen atoms. The main fuel for the Bussard.

The Engine Mounts hold engineering areas, passageways, rooms, food, water, dining areas, but is mostly structural so the engines stay with the rest of the ship.

I used the bitmap fills from Profantasy’s Annual Issue number 70. An Annual consists of 12 issues, one per month. Each issue consists of a pdf guide, templates, drawing styles, and symbols. I find them very useful.




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https://travellergame.jimsmaps.net/articles/starship-wanderer-overhead-view Sat, 09 Nov 2013 15:27:39 +0000 tag:travellergame.jimsmaps.net,2013-11-09:0636c9f70f8b73b002d9c6fae6897571/ed4233b028b998b553590f85bfa7019d
Starship Wanderer: Upper saucer area, general layout This is the drawing showing where these decks belong in the overall plan.




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https://travellergame.jimsmaps.net/articles/starship-wanderer-upper-saucer-area-general-layout Sat, 09 Nov 2013 15:25:55 +0000 tag:travellergame.jimsmaps.net,2013-11-09:0636c9f70f8b73b002d9c6fae6897571/9736b13dc27f889b402650ef03d1f075
Starship Wanderer: Upper saucer, Deck 2, part 7 of 25 Mostly engineering and communications. Center pylon part that holds the ship together. I might add more detail later on.




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https://travellergame.jimsmaps.net/articles/starship-wanderer-upper-saucer-deck-2-part-7-of-25 Sat, 09 Nov 2013 15:24:12 +0000 tag:travellergame.jimsmaps.net,2013-11-09:0636c9f70f8b73b002d9c6fae6897571/a99a7ccbcc2a90cac9748dda0223e8c7