Imperial Vehicles: Hunter-Class Recon Hover-Cycle

ST/HP: 35

Hand/SR: +4/3

HT: 12

Move: 6/120 (+10)

LWt.: 14

Load:

SM: +0

Occ.: 1

DR: 60*

Range: 750

Cost: $475,000

Loc.: ErR

*The Hunter combat hover-cycle has composite carbide armor. Double DR vs plasma weapons and shaped charge attacks.

Notes

Light Imperial Scout Vehicle Electronics:

• Medium Ultra-Scanner: 30-mile scan, 3-mile imaging/bioscan; 120° (forward);
  
  
• Targeting Computer: +5 to hit target with a scan-lock.
  
  
• Tactical ESM: +1 to dodge missiles.
  
  
• Inertial Compass: +3 to Navigation
  
  
• Medium Holographic Radio: 1,000 mile range (orbital); “palm sized” holographic console.
  
  
• Rechargeable F-Cell
  
  
• Security: Simple Electronic Locks.
  
  

The Hunter-Class Combat Hover-Cycle has room for a single person; it assumes the wearer will be armored and have his own sensors, but does include an ultra-scanner and a heavier comms system.

A variant of the Hunter, the Hunter-S comes with reprogrammable camouflage (+$25,000).

The main armament is an underslung, stabilized blaster autocannon. It can adjust its position slightly based on input from the targeting computer, making it potentially a very accurate weapon.

Weapon	Dmg	Acc	Range	Ewt	RoF	Shots	ST	Bulk	Rcl	Cost
Blaster Auto-Cannon	6d×2 (5) burn	9	400/1200	70	8	300/Ep	21M	-10	2	$125k

Look and Feel

The Hunter-class imperial combat hover-cycle is a common sight in the empire. Imperial security deploys glossy black versions, while the Imperial military deploys glossy white or grey versions. The Hunter-S, of course, has a camouflage pattern and is preferred by actual scouts. It has a long, narrow appearance, thanks to the length of the blaster autocannon in the front of the vehicle, and is about the size of most sports motorcycles (without the wheels, of course). The armor covers all aspects of the vehicle except, of course, the controls, giving it a very sleek appearance.

When parked, it extends three skids on which it balances. When activated, the repulsordrive lifts the vehicle and automatically retracts the skids into the body and it hovers off the ground, bobbing slightly under the motions of its driver. The design of the control system puts the driver in a forward, “head down” posture, hugging the vehicle close, with his head protected by a streamlined windshield/display screen. When it accelerates, it does so aggressively, about as fast as a modest sports car, and can reach sufficiently high speeds that the combination of forward-facing ultrascanner and computerized controls are necessary to warm the rider of oncoming obstacles.

The Hunter-class combat hover-cycle is ubiquitous. Imperial security uses it to assist in chases, or as a light patrol vehicle for its agents. It has a place on the Legion-class troop carrier, where it acts as a forward recon force, driving towards the long-distance enemy ahead of the armored column and using its sensors and comms to report back what they find. The armor is light enough that small arms fire can defeat it, but the heavy autocannon provides a considerable benefit to the opening moments of the battle, and skilled pilots can use hit-and-run tactics to defeat light combat vehicles.