JavaScript Worksheet

This page is provided to help you with some of the Technical Architecture calculations. The various formulae have been encoded in JavaScript so that you don't have to reach for the calculator and scratch your head in frustration. As I get time, I will add more features to this page.

While this page does work with Netscape Navigator v3.x, it is only guaranteed to work with Microsoft Internet Explorer v3.x at the moment. Microsoft JScript is not quite the same as NetScape's JavaScript, and so there are some problems which have yet to be ironed out. If you experience any problems, please e-mail me and let me know !

Table Of Contents

• Step 1 - Design Concepts
• Step 2 - Materials And Armour
• Combat Armour Value Determination
• Material Mass
• Asteroid Hulls
• Star Cruiser Armour Rating (SCAR)
• Step 3 - Hull / Chassis Configuration
• Conical Hull Component
• Cuboid Hull Component
• Cylindrical Hull Component
• Spherical Hull Component
• Wedge Hull Component
• Airship Envelope Attributes
• Aircraft Wing Attributes
• Watercraft Streamlining
• Watercraft Displacement Calculations
• Submarine Collapse Depth
• Submarine Operational Depth
• Step 4 - Power Production
• Fuel Cells
• MHD
• Fission Reactors
• Fusion Reactors
• Solar Cells
• Batteries
• Radioisotope Thermal Generators (RTGs)
• Step 5 - Locomotion
• Solar Sails
• Stutterwarp Drives
• Step 6 - Offensive Systems
• Weapon Mounts
• High Explosive Bombs
• Crew Served Weapons
• Mass Drivers
• Starship Lasers
• Step 7 - Defensive Systems
• Step 8 - Electronics And Devices
• Step 9 - Computers
• Processors for specified Control Point total
• Processors for specified Performance
• Step 10 - Crew And Passengers
• Step 11 - Subcraft
• Hangars
• Step 12 - Cargo
• Cargo Bracing requirements
• Special handling
• Rating The Design
• Signature
• Star Cruiser Signature conversions
• Ground Vehicle Movement
• Watercraft Movement
• Aircraft Movement
• Interface Vehicle Movement
• Starship Movement
• Combat Walker Movement
• Deck Plan Conversions

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Combat Armour Value
Enter the desired Combat armour value , choose the required material, and press Calculate to determine the thickness in centimetres required.

C.A.V.

Soft Steel Hard Steel Aligned Crystal Steel Synthetics Low Profile Synthetics Advanced Synthetics Construction Composites Composite / Composite Matrix Advanced Composites Herculanium Synthetic Diamond

Thickness

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Material Mass
Enter the volume of the material, choose the required material, and press Calculate to determine the mass in tons.

Volume

Soft Steel Hard Steel Aligned Crystal Steel Synthetics Low Profile Synthetics Advanced Synthetics Construction Composites Composite / Composite Matrix Advanced Composites Herculanium Synthetic Diamond

Mass

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Asteroid Hulls
Enter the desired usable volume in cubic metres, and the density in tons per cubic metre. Then press Calculate to determine the asteroid characteristics

Volume		Density
Cost		Volume		Mass		Armour

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Star Cruiser Armour Rating
Enter the Combat Armour Value and press Convert to determine the equivalent Star Cruiser Armour Rating.

C.A.V.

S.C.A.R.

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Conical Hull Component
Enter the base radius and height of the cone in metres, and the armour thickness in centimetres. Then press Calculate to derive the appropriate volumes.

Radius		Height		Armour Thickness
Useful Volume				Material Volume

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Cylindrical Hull Component
Enter the base radius and height of the cylinder in metres, and the armour thickness in centimetres. Then press Calculate to derive the appropriate volumes.

Radius		Height		Armour Thickness
Useful Volume				Material Volume

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Combat Walker Movement
Enter the length ( in metres ) of the Walker's legs and press Calculate to derive the the various speeds in metres per combat round ( 30 seconds ).

Leg Length
Crawl		Walk		Trot		Run

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This page was last updated on the 6^th March 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.