Wallaby
Overview and History

Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Wallaby   Threat Value: 21
Vehicle Type: ATV   Offensive Value: 0
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 28
Cost: 15,750.00 marks   Miscellaneous Value: 33
Manufacturer: Various   Size: 2
Use: Recon   Original Default Size: 3
Height: 1.64 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 3.62 meters   Crew: 1
Width: 1.78 meters   Bonus Actions: 0
Avg. Armor Thickness: 3mm
Armor Material: Steel   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 250 kg   Light Damage: 3
Primary Move Mode: Ground (84 kph)   Heavy Damage: 6
Secondary Move Mode: ( kph)   Overkill: 9
Deployment Range: 275 km
Sensor Range: 0 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 10 km   Availability Threshhold: 1
Powerplant: V-engine (x2)   Max Number on Field: unlimited
Engine Output: 30hp (x2)  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Ground
Sensors: -5   Combat Speed: 7
Communications: -2   Top Speed: 14
Fire Control: -5   Secondary Move Mode:
    Combat Speed:
    Top Speed:
    Maneuver: +1

Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special

Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 Cargo Bay
 1
 1 cubic meter capacity
 
 Improved Off-Road
 
 - 1 MP cost, minimum 1 MP
 
 Passenger Seating
 1
 Seats for 1 passengers
 
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Exposed Crew Compartment
 
 "Crew" hits are one step worse
 No Sensors
 
 Cannot perform Active Sensor checks
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects

Variants
There are no variants.

Designer Notes
With the increase in the deployment range of armies, infantry became more than before that "force we have to tug," thought by some to be the main reason why armies could not move so fast. With faster infantry, it might be possible to break the inertia barrier and move an army above a hundred kilometers a day. One of the steps that was considered essential was to provide infantry with vehicles that could move fast and cost little. While this premise was mocked by all serious officers and proven wrong in the end, the Wallaby was born from researches in that area and is one of the few arguments in favor of mobile infantry. While it never helped a regiment move faster than its daily standard, it allowed for faster reconnaissance of ptentially hostile terrain and gave strike infantry the mobility they required to perform quick surgical strikes or raids on enemy camps. Vehicles such as theWallaby had often been considered in the past, but the level of technology never allowed the price to drop below 25,000 marks and it was deemed too expensive to produce. With the constant warfare which plagued the 19th century, technological leaps allowed the miniaturization of engines to make the Wallaby a reality.