Vehicle:
|
Slammers "Skimmer"
|
 |
| Manufacturer: |
F.N., Friesland |
| Mass: |
0.6 tonnes |
| Dimensions |
Hull: length 2.1m; width 0.9m;
height (to top of control bars when fully extended) 1.5m |
| Armour: |
None |
| Body: |
Steel and aluminium |
| Power Source: |
Energy cell, requiring recharge
(usually from fusion bottle) |
| Propulsion: |
2 fans feeding into steel plenum
chamber |
| Top Speed: |
250kph
|
| Max Lift: |
6000 metres |
| Amphibious: |
Yes |
| Cargo capacity: |
Up to 2 persons or 0.5 tonnes |
| Crew: |
1 |
Offensive Systems:
|
Limited: usually none but sometimes
found with buzz bomb racks for up to 4 buzz bombs |
| Defensive Systems: |
none |
| Artificial Intelligence computer
suite rating |
Low to medium |
| In use with: |
Widespread, including Hammer's
Slammers |
Like the regiment's Jeeps, "Skimmers"
are made by Fabrique National and are the Slammers' answer to individual
infantry mobility. They are one man vehicles with a pair of fans, a small
skirt and no armour.
Made from composites and powered by battery (charged up, usually, from the
power unit on a tank or combat car) they are capable of independent flight
with a ceiling only governed by combat necessity - though in practicality
they stay low.
They have moveable position handlebars to enable them to be ridden standing
up, sitting down or lying almost prone. Weapons - usually buzz-bombs - can
be clipped to the bodywork but firing from them is tricky - especially when
moving. |
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