Interceptor (UFO)

== Interceptor ==
This is the Interceptor from the TV show UFO. It uses a chemical rocket to take off from the moonbase, requiring 1 mps of fuel (the remaining 0.08 mps is used to slow descent when landing again). Officially, its main drive is an "atomic plasma" drive which is a little vague. At TL 8 it could be a external pulsed plasma drive, but the ship is too small to have the required rear armor. Or it might mean an electric engine of a higher TL. I opted for a TL 8 nuclear thermal rocket as a stand-in. It uses this drive to maneuver into a position where it can launch its missile to intercept the UFOs trajectory. UFOs move at relativistic or FTL speeds, and the best that can be hoped for is a blanket nuclear detonation. 
It has machineguns to use as point defense, or to strafe the lunar surface should the aliens land a UFO on the moon. 
===Ship Systems===
====Front Hull====
*[1] Armour - Metallic Laminate (dDR2)
*[2-4] Weapon Battery - Oversized (missile launcher)
* [5] Weapon Battery - Major (conventional gun)
*[6] Comm/Sensor Array - Tactical (array level 3)
*[Core] Control Room (C2 computer, comm/sensor level 1, 1 station [pilot])
====Centre Hull====
* [1-6] Fuel Tank (3 tons of hydrogen-oxygen)
====Rear Hull====
*[1] Chemical Rocket (3Gs, 1.08 mps, 49.23 seconds of fuel)
*[2] Nuclear Thermal Rocket (0.2 Gs, 1.5 mps, 20.51 minutes of fuel)
*[3-6, core] Fuel Tank (2.5 tons of hydrogen)
==Weapons==
The oversized battery is a fixed mount with one missile. This missile, at the target point, splits into 10 x 50kT nuclear warheads.
The major battery is set of three fixed-mount high-velocity machine guns. Treat as a single rapid fire 4cm conventional gun. Dam: 6d(2) cr; sAcc: -8(+4); Rcl: 3; RoF: 20; Shots: 250; MPS: 1
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