Powersled

GURPS Vehicles 2nd Edition

A powersled is a standard utility vehicle used quite widely by the Colonials in safe areas. It is a completely open tracked vehicle with no sides and thus very minimal armour. There is no place to hide in a powersled. Instead, the vehicle is used to haul large amounts of cargo, and the vehicles ability to haul armour is quite impressive. Size wise, the vehicle is about the same size as a Landram, and indeed uses many of the same components as that vehicle, including the tracks and drive controls. Aside from the lack of any sort of sidewall, the vehicle also cuts out most of the fancy electronics that the Landram carries. Like the Landram, the vehicle comes in two main sections. At the front is the open drivers compartment with space for two or three people. Behind them is the open cargo area, and cargo can be literally stacked up here. Inbetween the two sections are a small mast containing additional headlights. In times of war, a heavy laser and power supply can be set up here, but the powersled makes a poor combat vehicle.

Price: 27,700 cubits TL: 10
Subassemblies: Tracks, Open mount turret
Propulsion: 100 kw Tracked drivetrain
Instruments and Electronics: Medium range radio (8,038 microns), headlights, searchlights (1.7 microns), IFF
Controls: Electronic
Occupancy: Short, 3 normal exposed crew stations
Power: 105 kw HP ceramic ICE engine
Fuel: standard 45 gallon tank, with 45 gallons av fuel
Acces, Cargo and Empty Space 10 cf cargo space.
Volumes: Body: 72.65 Tracks: 36.325
Structure: Heavy Frame, standard materials
Hit Points: Body: 375, Tracks: 113
Body Armour: Body: PD 3, DR 12 Standard Composite, Tracks: PD 3, DR 10
Surface Features: Completely open to all elements
Vision: Very good
Statistics: Empty Weight: 1167.75 lbs. Usual Payload: 2,600 lbs. Loaded Weight: 4,060.25 lbs. (2.03 tons) Volume: 108.98 cf Size Modifier: +3 Structural HT: 12
Ground Performance: Top Speed: 85 mph gAccel: 5 mph gDecel: 20 mph gMR: 0.5 gSR: 5 Off-Road Speed: 70 mph, Very low ground pressure

Notes:

It should be pointed out that the 10 cf cargo space is simply the bottom of the cargo bed, and not actually the cargo capacity of the vehicle. I have used a base cargo load of 100 cf for all calculations, although the vehicle is capable of carrying more than that.