Ferret, Wild
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Ferret, Wild   Threat Value: 230
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 108
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 320
Cost: 138,000.00 marks   Miscellaneous Value: 260
Manufacturer: Keimuri Gear   Size: 5
Use: Recon   Original Default Size: 6
Height: 3.6 (1.8) meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 4.7 meters   Crew: 1
Width: 3.2 meters   Bonus Actions: 0
Avg. Armor Thickness: 39mm
Armor Material: Durasheet   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 4210 kg   Light Damage: 12
Primary Move Mode: Walker (36 kph)   Heavy Damage: 24
Secondary Move Mode: Ground (80.2 kph)   Overkill: 36
Deployment Range: 700 km
Sensor Range: 5 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 25 km   Availability Threshhold: 6
Powerplant: V-engine   Max Number on Field: 2
Engine Output: 400hp  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Walker
Sensors: +1   Combat Speed: 3
Communications: +1   Top Speed: 6
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
  Deployable Pack Gun
 DPG
 F
 -1
 x8
 2/4/8/16
 +2
 30
  Dis
 1
  Hand Grenade
 HG
 F
 -1
 x15
 0/0/0/0
 
 1
  AI, Dis
 1
  Vibroblade
 VB
 F
 0
 x8
 0/0/0/0
 
 0
  
Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 ECM
 2
  Offensive Electronic Warfare equipment
 AUX
 ECCM
 2
  Defensive Electronic Warfare equipment
 AUX
 HEP: Desert
 
  -
 
 Low Profile
 
  +1 Concealment while in obscurement
 
 Manipulator Arm x2
 6
  Can punch
 
 Satellite Uplink
 
  Allows orbital communications
 AUX
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Vulnerable to Haywire Effects
 
  Haywire gets 3 rolls on damage tables.
 Exposed Movement System
 
  "Movement" hits are one step worse
 Exposed Auxiliary Systems
 
  "Aux" hits are one step worse
 Annoyance
 
  Cramped cockpit; max pilot BLD of 0
 Annoyance
 
  Low Profile only applicable in Ground mode
 Man. Flaw
 -2
  Walker reduced in maneuver.
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
The Wild variant of the Keimuri Ferret served as the North's main electronic warfare Gear from the middle of the nineteenth century all the way through the War of the Alliance. The Wild Ferret featured a back mounted Terrion electronic warfare pod which provided both white signal noise generation and signal boosting capabilities. The placement of the pod required the removal of the Ferret's RP-109 rocket pod, but the Wild maintained its M25 pack gun for defensive purposes. The laser target designator was seen as useless in a unit not designed to be deployed in forward observing duties. The Wild Ferret was the first Gear-based dedicated electronic warfare system and was inspired by the success of the ECM features of the Northco Bobcat. Many Wild Ferrets served first as standard models and were refitted with the Terrion pod during service upgrades or by unit technicians. The modular design and small size of the Wild Ferret did not permit the ECM/ECCM pod to be properly armored, however, and it was quite vunlerable to damage in combat. Consequently, the Wild was rarely deployed ahead of other units.