| Overview and History |
| Vehicle Specifications | General Stats | |||
| Name: | Weasel | Threat Value: | 385 | |
| Vehicle Type: | Walker | Offensive Value: | 93 | |
| Production Type: | Limited Production | Defensive Value: | 276 | |
| Cost: | 898,333.33 marks | Miscellaneous Value: | 784 | |
| Manufacturer: | Keimuri Gear | Size: | 6 | |
| Use: | Electronic Warfare | Original Default Size: | 7 | |
| Height: | 4.3 meters | Indv. Lemon Dice: | 2 | |
| Length: | 3.1 meters | Crew: | 1 | |
| Width: | 3.1 meters | Bonus Actions: | 0 | |
| Avg. Armor Thickness: | 40mm | |||
| Armor Material: | Steel | Armor | ||
| Standard Op. Weight: | 6457 kg | Light Damage: | 14 | |
| Primary Move Mode: | Walker (41 kph) | Heavy Damage: | 28 | |
| Secondary Move Mode: | Ground (80 kph) | Overkill: | 42 | |
| Deployment Range: | 500 km | |||
| Sensor Range: | 10 km | Vehicle Availability | ||
| Communication Range: | 50 km | Availability Threshhold: | 6 | |
| Powerplant: | V-Engine | Max Number on Field: | 1 | |
| Engine Output: | 440hp | |||
| Movement | ||||
| Electronics | Primary Move Mode: | Walker | ||
| Sensors: | 0 | Combat Speed: | 4 | |
| Communications: | +2 | Top Speed: | 7 | |
| Fire Control: | -1 | Secondary Move Mode: | Ground | |
| Combat Speed: | 7 | |||
| Top Speed: | 13 | |||
| Maneuver: | 0 | |||
| Quantity | Name | Code | Arc | ACC | Damage | Range | ROF | Ammo | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Autocannon | |||||||||
| Anti-Personnel Grenade Launcher | AE0, AI, IF | ||||||||
| Hand Grenade | AI, Dis | ||||||||
| Vibroblade |
| Name | Rating | Game Effects | AUX |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECM | Offensive Electronic Warfare equipment | ||
| ECCM | Defensive Electronic Warfare equipment | ||
| HEP: Desert | - | ||
| Manipulator Arm x2 | Can punch | ||
| Satellite Uplink | Allows orbital communications |
| 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 |
| Name | Rating | Game Effects |
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| Variants |
| There are no variants. |
| Designer Notes |
| An outgrowth of the classic Wild Ferret electronic warfare (EW) Gear that once served as the principal electronic warfare platform of Northern Gear formations, the Weasel is also indirectly responsible for the existence and success of the White Cat, a Cheetah EW variant developed as a stop gap during the development of the new Gear. Indeed, the Weasel was commissioned from a reborn Keimuri Gear (the Ferret designers) and was intended to replace the Wild Ferret. The development of the Gear lasted nearly 9 cycles, however, and it was often interrupted by long periods of shelving, caused either by Keimuri's financial difficulties or technical problems. The replacement of the unique leg and power train assembly of the Ferret by a more standard Gear lower body caused many problems, especially in finding a way to move with speed and agility that exceeded the Ferret. The United Mercantile federation ARmy had also insisted that the Weasel retain a relatively low profile, not exceeding 4.3 meters in height. The cockpit set-up had to be adapted from the ferret with a "lie-back" position for the pilot which allowed for relatively long legs and a low height. While the power train and chassis engineers delved into these problems, Keimuri's electronics subcontractors had plenty of time to produce a top notch ECM/ECCM pod for the new machine. Even during the delay in production the EW pod was sold to the military for use in the Hunter Commando EW variants. |