Heavy Surface Mining Craft

[StarPadre]

Vehicle: Surface Mining Craft



Craft: Ubbrikian Mining Craft: Model 22
Type: Utility Vehicle
Scale: Speeder
Length: 14m
Skill: Repulsorlift Ops - Mining Carrier
Crew: 2
Passengers: 4-10 (dependent on fittings)
Cargo Capacity: 8 metric tons (plus can tow unmanned repulsor-sled)
Cover: Full
Altitude Range: Ground level 20 meters
Cost: 24,000 (new); 10,000 (used)
Maneuverability: +1
Move: 80/220 Kmh
Body Strength: 4D

Mining Blaster:
Sonic Pulse Blaster
Crew: 1
Skill: Vehicle Blasters
Fire Control: 0
Range: 1-3/5/10 meters
Damage: 8D (sonic fragmentation)

Defensive weapons:
(optional) Double Laser Cannon
Fire Arc: Turret
Crew: 1
Skill: Vehicle Blasters
Fire Control: +2
Range: 30-300/780/2 Km
Damage: 4D+1

Notes:
This vehicle is used for wilderness surface mining, usually for valuable gemstones. It’s robotic limb houses a very close range sonic blaster that shatters rocks, allowing the durasteel claws then to drag out the debris. The blast can be focused on a spot between 1 and 10m from the muzzle, but not closer or further away. Usually an accompanying team of droids then search through the rubble for the gems, although often labouring sentients are utilised for this role. The defensive weapon turret is more often than not present, due to the precious nature of the cargo this vehicle tends to carry after its mining operations.

[garhkal]

Nice. Well balanced.
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[Zarn]

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[StarPadre]

Thanks, Garkhal and Zarn. I like trying to model highly specialised stuff that I can slot into very specific roles in scenarios. I've just put another vehicle (an armoured scout vehicle) up too. Next I might do three repulsor tanks - light, medium and heavy.