| Overview and History |
| Vehicle Specifications | General Stats | |||
| Name: | Bobcat, Bird Arrow | Threat Value: | 415 | |
| Vehicle Type: | Walker | Offensive Value: | 341 | |
| Production Type: | Limited Production | Defensive Value: | 400 | |
| Cost: | 968,333.33 marks | Miscellaneous Value: | 503 | |
| Manufacturer: | Northco | Size: | 6 | |
| Use: | Recon | Original Default Size: | 7 | |
| Height: | 4.3 meters | Indv. Lemon Dice: | 2 | |
| Length: | 3.4 meters | Crew: | 1 | |
| Width: | 2.9 meters | Bonus Actions: | 0 | |
| Avg. Armor Thickness: | 34mm | |||
| Armor Material: | Durasheet | Armor | ||
| Standard Op. Weight: | 5575 kg | Light Damage: | 13 | |
| Primary Move Mode: | Walker (49 kph) | Heavy Damage: | 26 | |
| Secondary Move Mode: | Ground (78 kph) | Overkill: | 39 | |
| Deployment Range: | 650 km | |||
| Sensor Range: | 4 km | Vehicle Availability | ||
| Communication Range: | 20 km | Availability Threshhold: | 6 | |
| Powerplant: | V-Engine | Max Number on Field: | 2 | |
| Engine Output: | 385hp | |||
| Movement | ||||
| Electronics | Primary Move Mode: | Walker | ||
| Sensors: | +1 | Combat Speed: | 4 | |
| Communications: | +1 | Top Speed: | 8 | |
| Fire Control: | 0 | Secondary Move Mode: | Ground | |
| Combat Speed: | 7 | |||
| Top Speed: | 13 | |||
| Maneuver: | +1 | |||
| Quantity | Name | Code | Arc | ACC | Damage | Range | ROF | Ammo | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Anti-Air. Cannon | |||||||||
| Hand Grenade | AI, Dis | ||||||||
| Vibroblade |
| Name | Rating | Game Effects | AUX |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECM | Offensive Electronic Warfare equipment | ||
| HEP: Desert | - | ||
| Improved Rear Defense | Reduce Rear and Flank attack penalty by 1 | ||
| Manipulator Arm x2 | Can punch |
| Name | Rating | Game Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Fragile Chassis | "Structural" hits are one step worse | |
| Annoyance | Piloting posture is hard on the neck |
| Name | Rating | Game Effects |
|---|
| Variants |
| There are no variants. |
| Designer Notes |
| The Western Frontier Protectorate Army developed the Bird Arrow variant of the Bobcat as a rapid reaction, anti-aircraft system after they suffered terribly from air-to-ground assaults during St. Vincent's War. The modifications to the Bird Arrow were fairly complex and included stripping most of the standard Bobcat weaponry, replacing it with a turret-mounted Riley AA12 20mm anti-aircraft gun. The turret placement was made possible by the Bobcat's sloped cockpit and involved the redesign of the head assembly. The standard sensor head of the Bobcat ws completely replaced by the AA12 cannon which was fitted with a long-range sensor package and placed over the electronics package of the Bobcat. The turret also featured the primary communications antenna. Short and medium range sensors were placed in a secondary sensor pod placed forward on the torso, out of the way of the sweep of the AA12 cannon. This layout allowed a 360 degree radius of fire, but made the already uncomfortable Bobcat a very complex machine to exit. For a safe and easy exit, the AA12 had to be rotated to the side and the secondary sensor array slid forward along a special rail. Emergency egress was possible by opening the nose hatch of the cockpit and/or ejecting the secondary sensor pod. |