Purely for amusement’s sake, here are the GURPS Spaceships writeups for four spacecraft in the Human Destiny setting. I’ve been finding it useful to draw up these ships using the GURPS rules, because they’re a pretty clean (and appropriately generic) system for spaceship design. Naturally, I’ll be adapting these to more system-agnostic terms as I write them up for the Human Destiny sourcebook. You’ll notice I’m already converting certain measurements to the metric system . . .

Human Protectorate Heavy Utility Lander (TL10)

Built on a 1,000-ton (SM+8) 60-meter streamlined hull, this large vehicle was a workhorse of the development of the outer Solar System.

Front Section

• [1]: Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (dDR 10)
• [2]: Passenger Seating (60 seats)
• [3-6]: Cargo Hold (200 tons)
• [core]: Control Room (C8, C/S 7, 4 control stations)

Center Section

• [1]: Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (dDR 10)
• [2-6, core]: Cargo Hold (300 tons)

Rear Section

• [1]: Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (dDR 10)
• [2-3]: Cargo Hold (100 tons)
• [4-5]: Fuel Tank (100 tons hydrogen fuel, 30 mps delta-V)
• [6]: Fusion Torch (0.5 G acceleration)

Features

• Exposed Radiators

Crew Requirements

• Pilot (Lieutenant)
• Co-pilot (Sublieutenant)
• Communications Operator (Enlisted)
• Sensors Operator (Enlisted)

Details

dST/HP 70. HT 12. Hnd/SR -2/5. Move 0.5G/30 mps. Air Speed 2,800 kph. Air Hnd/SR -2/5. SM+8. Loaded mass 1,000 tons. dDR 10. Occupancy 4+60SV. Load 606.4 tons. Cost $28.9 million.

Khedai Hegemony Utility Spaceplane (TL12)

Built on a 1,000-ton (SM+8) 75-meter streamlined hull, this large spaceplane can be found all across the Hegemony. It can ferry passengers and cargo to and from the surface of inhabited worlds, make short journeys in interplanetary space, or serve as auxiliary craft for a starship.

Front Section

• [1]: Exotic Laminate Armor (dDR 30)
• [2]: Passenger Seating (60 seats)
• [3-6]: Cargo Hold (200 tons)
• [core]: Control Room (C10, C/S 9, 4 control stations)

Center Section

• [1]: Exotic Laminate Armor (dDR 30)
• [2-6]: Cargo Hold (250 tons)

Rear Section

• [1]: Exotic Laminate Armor (dDR 30)
• [2-4]: Cargo Hold (150 tons)
• [5]: Engine Room (1 control station, 1 workspace)
• [6!]: Reactionless Engine (1 G acceleration)
• [core]: Fusion Reactor (de-rated, 1 PP, 3,000 years endurance)

Features

• Exposed Radiators
• Wings

Crew Requirements

• Pilot (Lieutenant)
• Co-pilot (Sublieutenant)
• Communications Operator (Enlisted)
• Sensors Operator (Enlisted)
• Technicians x2 (Enlisted)

Details

dST/HP 70. HT 13. Hnd/SR -1/5. Move 1G/c. Air Speed 4,000 kph. Air Hnd/SR +3/6. SM+8. Loaded mass 1,000 tons. dDR 30. Occupancy 6+60SV. Load 606.6 tons. Cost $73.6 million.

Human Protectorate Heavy Utility Vehicle (TL10)

Built on a 100,000-ton (SM+12) 200-meter unstreamlined hull, this ship has a deep and rich history in the development of the Sol system. One of these vehicles, named Enterprise, was the first (and for a long time the only) Hegemony spaceship ever placed under human control.

Under human command, Enterprise spent decades journeying tirelessly through interplanetary space. The ship was used to set up asteroid-mining bases, to place industrial colonies on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, even to venture out to the Kuiper Belt and harvest comets for the terraforming of Mars. Along the way, the ship gave thousands of humans experience in deep-space operations using Hegemony technology. This cultural experience stood them in good stead when the Hegemony unexpectedly opened the way to the stars in the early  23^rd Century.

Front Section

• [1]: Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (dDR 70)
• [2]: Comm/Sensor Array – Science (C/S 13, 10 workspaces)
• [3]: Habitat (600 CE, 10 workspaces)
• [4]: Hangar Bay (3,000 tons capacity, 500 tons/minute launch, 10 workspaces)
• [5-6]: Cargo Hold (10,000 tons)
• [core]: Control Room (C10, C/S 11, 20 control stations, 10 workspaces)

Center Section

• [1]: Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (dDR 70)
• [2]: Cargo Hold (5,000 tons)
• [3!]: Factory – Robofac ($10 million/hour capacity, 10 workspaces)
• [4!]: Mining (500 tons/hour capacity, 10 workspaces)
• [5!]: Refinery (1,500 tons/hour capacity, 10 workspaces)
• [6, core]: Fusion Reactor (4 PP, 200 years endurance, 20 workspaces)

Rear Section

• [1]: Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor (dDR 70)
• [2-4]: Fuel Tank (15,000 tons hydrogen fuel, 180 mps delta-V)
• [5-6]: Fusion Rocket (0.01 G acceleration, 20 workspaces)

Features

• Exposed Radiators
• Spin Gravity (0.5 G)
• Total Life Support
• Auxiliary Craft: Human Protectorate Heavy Utility Lander x3

Crew Requirements

• Bridge Section: 12 officers, 8 enlisted (Captain x1, Commander x1, Subcommander x2, Lieutenant x3, Junior Officers x5, Enlisted x8)
• Technical Section: 11 officers, 99 enlisted (Subcommander x1, Lieutenant x3, Junior Officers x7, Enlisted x99)
• Flight Crew: 6 officers, 6 enlisted (Lieutenant x3, Junior Officers x3, Enlisted x6)
• Administrative Section: 4 officers, 8 enlisted (Subcommander x1, Lieutenant x1, Junior Officers x2, Enlisted x8)
• Science Section: 26 officers, 54 enlisted (Subcommander x1, Lieutenant x3, Junior Officers x22, Enlisted x54)
• Medical Section: 2 officers, 2 enlisted (Subcommander x1, Lieutenant x1, Enlisted x2)
• Services Section: 3 officers, 29 enlisted (Subcommander x1, Lieutenant x1, Junior Officers x1, Enlisted x29)
• Passengers: 26 (2 luxury passengers, 24 passengers)
• TOTAL: 296 (64 officers, 206 enlisted, 26 passengers) (Captain x1, Commander x1, Subcommander x7, Lieutenant x15, Junior Officers x40, Enlisted x206)

Habitat Allocation

• Luxury Cabins x2 (8 CE)
• Cabins x145 (290 CE)
• Passenger Luxury Cabins x2 (8 CE)
• Passenger Cabins x23 (46 CE)
• Briefing Room x10 (10 CE)
• Establishment x10 (20 CE)
• Large Astronomy Lab (20 CE)
• Large Chemistry Lab (20 CE)
• Large Geology Lab (20 CE)
• Large Physics Lab (20 CE)
• Office x6 (6 CE)
• Sickbay x40 (40 CE)
• Steerage Cargo x92 (92 CE)
• TOTAL 600 CE

Details

dST/HP 300. HT 14. Hnd/SR -4/5. Move 0.01G/180 mps. SM+12. Loaded mass 100,000 tons. dDR 70. Occupancy 344ASV. Load 18,494.4 tons. Cost $16.34 billion.

Khedai Hegemony Long-Range Exploration Starship (TL12)

This starship, built on a 30,000-ton (SM+11) 150-meter unstreamlined hull, is a mainstay of the Hegemony’s mission to explore and monitor interstellar space. Thousands of ships in this class are constantly on the move throughout the wilderness spaces supervised by the Khedai Hegemony. In particular, ships like this began to fan out from Sol soon after the Conquest.

Early in the 23^rd Century, the Hegemony began to recruit human crew for these exploration missions, permitting them to contribute to surveys within ten parsecs or so of Sol. Later, Aminata Ndoye (one of the first humans to earn officer’s rank in the Interstellar Service) worked aboard several ships of this class. Indeed, she was the first human to command one of them, the Challenger, during its history-making expedition toward the stars of Orion.

Front Section

• [1]: Exotic Laminate Armor (dDR 150)
• [2]: Comm/Sensor Array – Science (C/S 14, 3 workspaces)
• [3]: Open Space (0.5 acres, 3 workspaces)
• [4-5]: Habitat (400 CE, 6 workspaces)
• [6]: Defensive ECM (-2 to hit, 3 workspaces)
• [core]: Control Room (C11, C/S 12, 15 control stations, 3 workspaces)

Center Section

• [1]: Exotic Laminate Armor (dDR 150)
• [2-3]: Hangar Bay (2,000 tons capacity, 200 tons/minute launch, 6 workspaces)
• [4-5]: Cargo Hold (3,000 tons)
• [6!]: Factory – Nanofactory ($30 million/hour capacity, 3 workspaces)
• [core]: Total Conversion Reactor (5 PP, infinite endurance, 3 workspaces)

Rear Section

• [1]: Exotic Laminate Armor (dDR 150)
• [2]: Defensive ECM (-2 to hit, 3 workspaces)
• [3-4!!]: Reactionless Drive (2 G acceleration, 6 workspaces)
• [5-6!!!!]: Super Stardrive (FTL-4, 12 workspaces)

Features

• Exposed Radiators
• Spin Gravity (0.3 G)
• Stealth Hull (-12 to detect)
• Total Life Support
• Auxiliary Craft: Khedai Hegemony Utility Spaceplane x2

Crew Requirements

• Bridge Section: 9 officers, 6 enlisted (Commander x1, Subcommander x1, Lieutenant x2, Junior Officers x5, Enlisted x6)
• Technical Section: 5 officers, 40 enlisted (Lieutenant x1, Junior Officers x4, Enlisted x40)
• Flight Crew: 4 officers, 8 enlisted (Lieutenant x2, Junior Officers x2, Enlisted x8)
• Administrative Section: 3 officers, 5 enlisted (Lieutenant x1, Junior Officers x2, Enlisted x5)
• Science Section: 24 officers, 48 enlisted (Subcommander x1, Lieutenant x3, Junior Officers x20, Enlisted x48)
• Medical Section: 1 officer, 1 enlisted (Lieutenant x1, Enlisted x1)
• Services Section: 1 officer, 11 enlisted (Lieutenant x1, Enlisted x11)
• TOTAL: 166 (47 officers, 119 enlisted) (Commander x1, Subcommander x2, Lieutenant x11, Junior Officers x33, Enlisted x119)

Habitat Allocation

• Luxury Cabins x2 (8 CE)
• Cabins x90 (180 CE)
• Briefing Room x6 (6 CE)
• Establishment x6 (12 CE)
• Astronomy Lab x6 (12 CE)
• Biology Lab x6 (12 CE)
• Chemistry Lab x6 (12 CE)
• Geology Lab x6 (12 CE)
• Metallurgy Lab x6 (12 CE)
• Physics Lab x6 (12 CE)
• Office x4 (4 CE)
• Sickbay x20 (20 CE)
• Steerage Cargo x98 (98 CE)
• TOTAL 400 CE

Details

dST/HP 200. HT 14. Hnd/SR -2/5. Move 2G/c. SM+11. Loaded mass 30,000 tons. dDR 150. Occupancy 184ASV. Load 5,508.4 tons. Cost $14.0 billion.