The Mantellian
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a troop transport
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- Permissions: N/A
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Manufacturer: Hex Incorporated
- Affiliation: Hex Incorporated
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: Type 74 Armoured Assault Speeder
- Modularity: Highly modular
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Impervium, Duranium, Laminanium, Glasteel, Stygian-triprismatic polymer, Durasteel, various other components.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Armoured Assault Speeder
- Role: Armoured personnel carrier
- Size: Small
- Weight: Heavy
- Armaments: Low
- 1x roof-mounted repeating light laser cannon
- Defenses: Average
- Composite armour consisting of impervium, duranium, laminanium and thermal gel
- Stun panels over the exterior armour
- Chaff launchers
- High-powered energy shield system.
- triprismatic polymer coating.
- Maneuverability Rating: High
- Speed Rating: High
- Propulsion: Repulsorlifts/tracks
- Minimum Crew: 1 (Driver)
- Optimal Crew: 2 (Driver/assistant driver)
- Passenger Capacity: 12 passengers
- Cargo Capacity: High
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Sealed and pressurized crew compartment
- Separate sealed and pressurized passenger compartment
- High quality cameras with glasteel covers instead of traditional viewports
- Various vision modes for each crew member
- Secure, high-powered comms suite
- Independent life support and artificial gravity
- High-powered reactor and secondary generator
- Secure scanner and sensor suite with an ECM system
- 8x8 backup deployable, self-inflating wheels
- Laminanium layer in composite armour to seal any breaches in the compartments
- Remote universal flex-mount with integrated autosteady gyro-gimbal
- Internal isolated storage space for rations, crew effects, and a drinking water tank
- Sophisticated targeting system connected to onboard weapons
- Deployable dozer blade mounted on the front
- Front and rear high-powered winches
STRENGTHS
- Sealed: The vehicle has plenty of systems in place to keep the crew safe and allow them to fight in a variety of environments.
- Fast: Designed to move quickly, the speeder has very good speed and mobility.
- Space: With a roomy interior and versatile deck, the truck can load plenty of cargo, passengers, or equipment.
- Backup: The speeder has deployable wheels and several contingencies to aid it in situations.
WEAKNESSES
- Coating: The triprismatic polymer coating is only meant to keep its signature low, not to camouflage the truck entirely.
- Armament: The speeder’s armament is somewhat lacking, making it unsuitable against heavy targets.
- Awareness: Despite all the systems, scanners and cameras, the crew has little situational awareness.
- Explosive: The reactor in the vehicle could result in an enormous explosion if damaged, further exacerbated by extra munitions if configured for war.
DESCRIPTION
With numerous lessons learned over multiple battlefields, the need for a smaller, more maneuverable troop transport quickly became apparent. The result was the Type 74 armoured assault speeder.
The speeder is significantly smaller than the utility trucks typically used by the Hellion Private Military, and is capable of ferrying an entire squad of soldiers in and out of any engagement at very respectable speeds. Along with numerous contingencies and safety features, the speeder can operate in virtually any environment.
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