Hunter, Minelayer
Overview and History

Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Hunter, Minelayer   Threat Value: 407
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 91
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 298
Cost: 237,416.67 marks   Miscellaneous Value: 832
Manufacturer: Northco   Size: 6
Use: Assault   Original Default Size: 7
Height: 4.3 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 2.9 meters   Crew: 1
Width: 3.0 meters   Bonus Actions: 0
Avg. Armor Thickness: 45mm
Armor Material: Durasheet   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 6627 kg   Light Damage: 15
Primary Move Mode: Walker (42 kph)   Heavy Damage: 30
Secondary Move Mode: Ground (72 kph)   Overkill: 45
Deployment Range: 500 km
Sensor Range: 2 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 10 km   Availability Threshhold: 1
Powerplant: V-Engine   Max Number on Field: unlimited
Engine Output: 450hp  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Walker
Sensors: 0   Combat Speed: 4
Communications: 0   Top Speed: 7
Fire Control: 0   Secondary Move Mode: Ground
    Combat Speed: 6
    Top Speed: 12
    Maneuver: 0

Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 1
 Spike Gun
 SKG
 F
 -1
 x12
 0/0/0/0
 
 30
 
 1
 Mine Laying Equipment
 
 F
 0
 x0
 0/0/0/0
 
 0
 C

Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 Ammo/Fuel Containment
 
 -2 from hit rolls for Ammo/Fuel Hit results
 
 Easy to Modify
 
 +2 to Repair and Modify rolls
 
 HEP: Desert
 
 -
 
 Manipulator Arm x2
 6
 Can punch
 
 Mine Laying Equipment
 
 Mine TV: 30; Mine laying and burying equipment
 
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects

Variants
There are no variants.

Designer Notes
The versatility of the Hunter has seen it pressed into a wide variety of combat and combat engineering roles. The Hunter Minelayer is one such example. First developed during the final cycle of the devastating St. Vincent's War (and later upgraded with the Hunter Mark II program), the Minelayer is designed to rapidly lay a mine field, usually to be used against enemy Gear units. Tracked minelaying vehicles can usually cary a great deal more mines than the Hunter Minelayer, but its walker system often allows it access to areas unattainable by MLVs based on the chassis of a light tank. In these types of terrain, Hunter Minelayers are often more effective than infantrymen. One or more Minelayers can often be found in the support company of a Northern Gear regiment, while more are usually tied to a brigade's engineering regiment. Wheeled and tracked minelaying vehicles remain far more common in non-Gear units, where their increased laying speed and varying capacity is deemed more valuable than walker design.