CIVILIAN GROUND VEHICLES
SS EDMUND FITZGERALD
Val Char Cost Notes 20 Size 100 Length 203.19m, Width 101.59m, Height 101.59m, Volume 2,097,152m^3, Mass 104.9 kton, OCV +13, KB -20 110 STR 0 HTH Damage 22d6 END [11] 10 DEX 0 4 PD 3 4 PD (4 rPD) 4 ED 3 4 ED (4 rED) 3 SPD 10 Phases: 4, 8, 12 3 OCV 0 3 DCV 0 30 BODY 0 Total Characteristic Cost: 102 Movement: Swimming: 8m/16m Abilities & Equipment Construction 1 1) Hardened Steel: +1 BODY 20 2) Displacement Tonnage: +20 BODY Powerplant 4 1) Oil Fired Steam Turbines: Endurance Reserve (10 END, 10 REC) Reserve: OIF Immobile (-1 ½), Real Gear (-¼), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Hour (-¼); REC: OIF Immobile (-1 ½), Real Gear (-¼), [1 cc] 4 2) Ship's Generators: Endurance Reserve (10 END, 10 REC) Reserve: OIF Bulky (-1), Crew-Served ([3-4] people; -½), Real Gear (-¼), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Week (-0); REC: OIF Bulky (-1), Crew-Served ([3-4] people; -½), Real Gear (-¼), [1 cc] Movement Systems 1 1) Swimming +4m (8m total); Surface Only (-1), Side Effect (propeller does KA 2d6 to anyone coming in contact with bottom stern of vehicle, occurs automatically, only affects environment around vehicle; -¾), Limited Maneuverability (-¾), Crew-Served ([3-4] people; -½), Difficult to Operate (Unwieldy Design; -¼), 1 Continuing Fuel Charge lasting 1 Week (easily-obtained fuel; -0) 35 2) Large Boat's Anchor: +100 STR, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +½); Partial Coverage (-2), OIF Bulky (-1), Real Gear (-¼) 2 3) Heavy Anchor Chain: +10 BODY; Partial Coverage (-2), OIF Bulky (-1), Real Gear (-¼). Electronics Systems 16 1) Navigation Radar: Radar (Radio Group), Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees), MegaScale (1m = 1 km; +1); OIF Bulky (-1), Sense Affected As More Than One Sense (Sight Group and Radio Group; -½) 5 2) Basic Vehicle Radios: High Range Radio Perception (Radio Group); OIF Bulky Fragile (-1 ¼), Real Gear (-¼) 0 Command and Control 1 1) Bridge and Helm: +2 with Combat Piloting; OIF Bulky (-1), Crew-Served ([3-4] people; -½), Costs Endurance (-½), Real Gear (-¼) 1 0 Other Equipment 29 1) Fire Suppression System: Dispel Fire Powers 12d6, (+2); 2 Charges (-1 ½), OIF Bulky (-1), Real Gear (-¼), [2] Talents 1 Vehicle Clock: Absolute Time Sense; OIF Bulky (-1), Custom Modifier (Real Equipment; -¼) 2 Basic Maps And Compass: Bump Of Direction; OIF Fragile (-¾) 2 Vehicle Data Recorders: Eidetic Memory; OIF Bulky Fragile (-1 ¼), Real Gear (-¼) Skills 1 Assorted Maintenance Tools Carried Aboard: +1 with Mechanics; OIF Bulky (Reduces Vehicle to ½ DCV; -1 ¼), Real Gear (-¼) 1 Basic Navigation Equipment: +2 with Navigation; OIF Immobile Fragile (-1 ¾) Total Abilities & Equipment Cost: 126 Total Vehicle Cost: 228 Value Complications Actual Complications 15 1) Distinctive Features: Largest of the Great Lakes Ironboats at the time of her sinking. (Not Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses) 10 2) Unluck: 2d6 General Information 1) Weight in Displacement Tons: 13,632 2) Draft: 39 feet 3) Top Speed: 14 knots 4) Propulsion Notes: As built: * Coal fired Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Turbine 2 cylinder @7,500 SHP After refit: * Conversion to oil fuel and the fitting of automated boiler controls over the winter of 1971-72. * Carried 72,000 U.S. gallons (60,000 imp gal; 273 m?) fuel oil 5) Range: Not Given 6) Crew: 29 7) Country of Origin: United States 8) Dates In Service: June 7, 1958 to November 10, 1975 9) Intended Usage: taconite bulk carrier laker Design Notes 1) Origin of the Name: Northwestern announced their decision to name the boat for its President and Chairman of the Board, Edmund Fitzgerald, whose father had been a lake captain. Total Complication Points: 25 Total Cost: 203/5 = 41
Character sheet by Robert Kevin Walsh
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