Basically the SM +4 thing given in space ships 4 allows for making down to van size shuttles and such.
Below are guidelines for making normal large car size SM +3 vehicles and mini car size SM +2 things.
Hull Size Table
SM | Loaded Mass | Length | dST/HP | Hnd/SR |
---|---|---|---|---|
+3 | 3 tons | 7 yards | 10 | +1/3 |
+2 | 1 ton | 5 yards | 8 | +1/3 |
Armor | SM 3 USL | SM 3 SL | SM 2 USL | SM 2 SL |
---|---|---|---|---|
Light Alloy Armor | 1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
Metallic Laminate Armor | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0.7 |
Advanced Metallic Laminate Armor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.7 |
Nanocomposite Armor | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Diamondoid Armor | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Exotic Laminate Armor | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
SM +3/+2 modules
Cargo: 0.15 tons(300 lb)/0.05 tons(100 lb)
Cloaking Device: $100k/$30
Contragravity Lifter: $30k/$10
Control room:
- SM 3:Need 4 spaces to fit in a SM 4 control room(smallest full control room) or 2 spaces to fit in a building/ground vehicle control(Pyramid 3-34 Alternate Gurps) room at half the regular SM 4 control room cost.
- SM 2:Need 12 spaces to fit in a SM 4 control room(smallest full control room) or 7 spaces to fit in a building/ground vehicle control(Pyramid 3-34 Alternate Gurps) room at half the regular SM 4 control room cost.
Defensive ECM: $30k/$10
Enhanced, Science, Multipurpose, and Tactical Array: Array Level TL-6: $6k/$2 base cost
Force Screen: dDR 10/7 (at TL11) or dDR 15/10 (at TL12): sm 3: $50k/$150k sm 2: $15k/$50k
Fuel Tank: $1k 0.15 tons(300 lb)/$300 0.05 tons(100 lb)
Hangar Bay 0.1/0.03 tons(200lb/60lb) capacity $300/$100
Mining 0.015/0.005 tons(30/10 lb)/hour
Passenger Seating
- SM 3: one seat takes: 4 spaces for a full seat. 3 spaces for a nbc filterers only, 2 spaces for no life support. Cost: $1k*spaces.
- SM 2: one seat takes: 12 spaces for a full seat. 9 spaces for a nbc filterers only, 6 spaces for no life support. Cost: $300*spaces.
Refinery 0.05/0.015 tons(20 lb/6lb)/hour
Other things are 10% the cost of SM 5 things for sm 3 and 10% of SM 4 things for SM 2. Same forbidden systems as SM 4.
Mag sails: http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/Roleplayer/Roleplayer29/MagSails.html