Introduction

This document is an attempt to produce an integrated design system for 2300AD. Its purpose is to allow the design of all manner of Ground Vehicles, Robots, Starships and so on with a consistent technological framework. For ease of reading, the term "craft" will be taken to be any vehicle, robot, remote, starship et cetera.

Although this document can be used with just the basic 2300AD rules, the Naval Architect's Manual ( published in the Star Cruiser box and not to be confused with the forthcoming Traveller product of the same name from Imperium Games ), the Ground Vehicle Guide and the Earth/Cybertech manual may be useful.

Copyright Issues

Tantalus , the current owners of 2300AD, have given their permission for non-commercial material for 2300AD to be published providing the following disclaimer is present -

The 2300AD game in all forms is owned by Tantalus, Inc. Copyright 1986 - 1996 Tantalus, Inc. 2300AD is a trademark of Tantalus, Inc. Tantalus permits web sites and fanzines for this game, provided it contains this notice, that Tantalus is notified, and subject to a withdrawal of permission on 90 days notice. The contents of this site are for personal, non-commercial use, only. Any use of Tantalus, Inc.'s copyrighted material or trademarks anywhere on this web site and its files should not be viewed as a challenge to those copyrights or trademarks. In addition, any program/articles/file on this site cannot be republished or distributed without the consent of the author who contributed it.

- In the event that any party feels that this document threatens an existing copyright or trademark in their possession, they should contact me directly via e-mail in the first instance and I will be only too happy to ensure that the necessary steps are taken to preserve their rights.

Errata

As I am only human ( as Sally, my fiancée, consistently reminds me ) I have no doubt made some errors within this document. If you find one, please feel free to gloat and contact me so I can correct it and feel really bad about it afterwards ...

In addition, you can now join the 2300AD Tech mailing list by clicking on this link. The 2300AD Tech mailing list exists to discuss all technological matters related to 2300AD and is not directly related to the Technical Architecture.

Units

This design sequence uses S.I. units. If you are unfamiliar with this system, then you may find the following conversions useful -

SI or Metric Unit	Imperial Units
Millimetre	0.0394 Inches
Centimetre	0.3937 Inches
Metre	3.2808 Feet
Metre	1.0936 Yards
Metre	0.5468 Fathoms
Kilometre	1093.6133 Yards
Kilometre	0.6214 Miles
Kilometre	0.5396 UK Nautical Miles
Kilometre	0.5400 International Nautical Miles
Square Metre	10.7636 Square Feet
Square Metre	1.1960 Square Yards
Square Kilometre	247.0983 Acres
Square Kilometre	0.3861 Square Miles
Cubic Metre	35.3134 Cubic Feet
Cubic Metre	1.3079 Cubic Yards
Gram	0.0353 Ounces ( 1 Oz = 28.3496g )
Kilogram	2.2046 Pounds (lb or lbm)
Kilogram	0.1575 Stone ( 1 stone = 6.3503 kg )
Ton / Tonne	0.9842 UK Tons
Ton / Tonne	1.1023 US Tons ( Short Tons )
Watt	0.0013 horsepower ( hp )
Kilowatt	1.3410 horsepower ( hp )
Megawatt	1341.0219 horsepower ( hp )
Newton	0.2248 pound-force ( lbf )
Joule	0.2388 Calories

Note that throughout this document, "1 ton" is used to represent 1000 kg of mass.

Some Useful Constants

• 1 standard atmosphere = 101325 Pascals ( 101325 N m^-2 )
• 1 electon Volt (eV) = 1.6022x10^-19 J
• Speed Of Sound = 340 m s^-1 ( 1224 kph or about 760.6 mph ) at mean sea level, 1 standard atmosphere
• Speed Of Light = 2.99792458x10^-5 kms^-1 in vacuum
• Energy produced by 1 kilogram of TNT = approximately 4.2 x 10⁹ Joules
• 1 Astronomical Unit = 149,597,870 kilometres
• Mass of the Earth = 5.9742x10²⁴ kg
• Mass of the Sun = 1.9891x10³⁰ kg
• Gravitational Constant= 6.672 x10^-11 kg^-1 m³ s^-2

JavaScript Worksheet

I have added a JavaScript Worksheet to the Technical Architecture. Wherever you see the symbol, you can jump straight to the relevant part of the WorkSheet and perform the calculation without fumbling with your calculator. At least, that's the theory - I haven't finished updating all of the pages with this yet.

Currency

We will use the French Livre for all prices within this document. Exchange rates in 2300AD have only ever been defined for the American Dollar and the German Taler ; To aid in converting prices for designs to these currencies, I have provided the following table -

Livre	Dollars	Talers
1.00	1.25	1.33
0.80	1.00	1.06
0.75	0.94	1.00

Hence Lv 1234 is equivalent to about $1542.50 which is 1641.22 Talers.

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This page was last updated on the 22^nd July 1998.

This page is © 1997-1998 Andy Brick except where components are already copyright / trademarked by others in which case their use is not intended as a challenge to such ownership.