Cheetah, Silver Cat
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Cheetah, Silver Cat   Threat Value: 586
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 396
Production Type: Limited Production   Defensive Value: 426
Cost: 1,562,666.67 marks   Miscellaneous Value: 934
Manufacturer: Shaian Mechanics   Size: 6
Use: Recon   Original Default Size: 8
Height: 4.1 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 2
Length: 3.4 meters   Crew: 1
Width: 3.3 meters   Bonus Actions: 0
Avg. Armor Thickness: 20mm
Armor Material: Durasheet   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 5710 kg   Light Damage: 13
Primary Move Mode: Walker (55 kph)   Heavy Damage: 26
Secondary Move Mode: Ground (78 kph)   Overkill: 39
Deployment Range: 600 km
Sensor Range: 7 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 30 km   Availability Threshhold: 5
Powerplant: V-Engine   Max Number on Field: 3
Engine Output: 425hp  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Walker
Sensors: +2   Combat Speed: 5
Communications: +1   Top Speed: 9
Fire Control: 0   Secondary Move Mode: Ground
    Combat Speed: 7
    Top Speed: 13
    Maneuver: +1
Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 1
  Light Autocannon
 LAC
 F
 0
 x8
 2/4/8/16
 +2
 40
  
 1
  Light Rocket Pack/8
 LRP/8
 F
 -1
 x12
 1/2/4/8
 +1
 8
  IF
 1
  Hand Grenade
 HG
 F
 -1
 x15
 0/0/0/0
 
 4
  AI, Dis
 1
  Vibroblade
 VB
 F
 0
 x8
 0/0/0/0
 
 0
  
Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 ECM
 4
  Offensive Electronic Warfare equipment
 AUX
 ECCM
 2
  Defensive Electronic Warfare equipment
 AUX
 HEP: Desert
 
  -
 
 Manipulator Arm x2
 6
  Can punch
 
 Satellite Uplink
 
  Allows orbital communications
 AUX
 Searchlight
 2
  FF Arc; Rating times 50 meters
 AUX
 Target Designator
 2
  Designates targets for guided weapons
 AUX
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Exposed Auxiliary Systems
 
  "Aux" hits are one step worse
 Vulnerable to Haywire Effects
 
  Haywire gets 3 rolls on damage tables.
 Annoyance
 
  Cramped cockpit; max pilot BLD 0
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
White Cats have been deployed closer to the forefront of battles than the designers originally intended, exposing the sensitive units to damage from heavy enemy fire. The Gear's armor protection is considered weak for a frontline vehicle. Shaian Mechanics has addressed this complaint by creating a White Cat with 30% more armor, called the Silver Cat. Originally the design called for reactive armor, but the blowback from the charges tended to damage the Gears in the immediate vicinity and the very systems the armor was supposed to protect, so the chassis was redesigned more economically, and securely, with composite armor inserts. The inserts are only apparent on the front torso, where room had to be made for the armored panels in front of the cockpit. Though a bit slower and less maneuverable than the White Cat, the Silver Cat is considered one of the most balanced designs in current production. Silver Cats, which entered production in TN 1932 and are so far only in limited distribution, are most often assigned to ddicated front-line electronic warfare teams of the Northern Guard.