DnD-High-Tech_Handbo.. - Darkonnia

The other main type of power used on a large scale
is obtained by a modern version of an age-old
process: Set fire to something in a controlled
environment, then capture the heat energy and use it
immediately or convert it into another form. Fueled by
flammable gas or liquid, chemical reactors provide
power for many arcologies and other large structures
that do not have or cannot easily use solar collectors.
The vast majority of small vehicles and structures also
use this form of energy. Coal, petroleum products, and
wood are too rare, too inefficient, and too cumbersome
to use for power in this day and age.
Nuclear Fusion
XXVc
Lift:
Motive:
Cost:
Yes
Yes
Most cruisers and larger ships use nuclear fusion
converters for interplanetary travel. Gas or liquid is
passed into a first-stage chamber, where it is
superheated by a standard fission reactor. The
resulting plasma is then pumped through a second
chamber and contained in a magnetic bottle, where it
is bombarded by a series of electron guns. This part of
the process, where the fusion of atomic nuclei occurs,
releases a tremendous amount of energy. That energy
is vented through adjustable magnetic fields to drive
the ship.
Two-stage fusion engines are incredibly dangerous
to use within a gravity well, since the gravity of the
larger body could destabilize the magnetic bottle, or if
the plasma-permeated field fluctuates and touches the
chamber the entire ship would do a convincing
impression of a supernova.
For planetary operations, only the plasma stage of
the drive is used,
Rowing
D&D
Lift:
Motive:
Cost:
Sails
D&D
Lift:
Motive:
Cost:
No
Yes
No
Yes
Turbine (Air, Fire and Water)
Gamma World & XXVc
Lift:
Maybe
Motive:
Yes
Cost:
Turbines, commonly known as jets, come in three
varieties – Air, Fire and Water.
The air turbine is basically a very powerful fan. It
pulls in air through the front and propels it out the back
with extreme velocity. This generates the thrust
needed to propel the vehicle.
The fire turbine expels fire out the back much like the
air turbine. The fire it draws from can come from a
variety of sources. Chemical ignition, nuclear fusion,
and a gateway to the elemental plane of fire are just
some of the methods used.
Water turbines are almost exclusively used for
underwater vehicles. It works identically to the air
turbine, except that it takes in and expels water.
No one has ever been able to make a usable earth
turbine, although some have tried.
WEAPONS
Laser Battery
XXVc
Cost:
10,000 Gp
Encumbrance: 30,000 cn. (1.5 Tons)
AC: 0
HP: 40
Full Crew: 1
Range (S/M/L): 3,000’/6,000’/9,000’
Damage:
Vs. Ship:
1d10
Vs. Creature: 3d10
Fire Rate: 1
Ammo Cost/Week: 0 Gp
A laser battery is a cluster of very small cannons
mounted in a rotating turret. It can fire in any direction,
but is not as powerful as a laser canon.
The laser batter suffers from a range diffusion
penalty. The laser will incur an additional -1 penalty to
hit for every 1,000’ that the beam travels.
Rocket Battery
XXVc
Cost:
40,000 Gp
18,000 cn. (.9 Tons)
Encumbrance:
AC: 0
HP: 40
Full Crew: 1
Range (S/M/L): 1,000’/2,000’/3,000’
Damage:
2d10
Fire Rate: 1
Ammo Cost/Salvo: 5,000 Gp
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