Hunter, Bearhunter
Overview and History

Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Hunter, Bearhunter   Threat Value: 396
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 464
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 389
Cost: 231,000.00 marks   Miscellaneous Value: 335
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: 8900 kg   Light Damage: 17
Primary Move Mode: Walker (50 kph)   Heavy Damage: 34
Secondary Move Mode: Ground (78 kph)   Overkill: 51
Deployment Range: 480 km
Sensor Range: 1.5 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 8 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: -1   Top Speed: 8
Fire Control: 0   Secondary Move Mode: Ground
    Combat Speed: 7
    Top Speed: 13
    Maneuver: 0

Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 1
 Light Autocannon
 LAC
 F
 0
 x8
 2/4/8/16
 +2
 60
 
 1
 Light Rocket Pack/24
 LRP/24
 F
 -1
 x12
 1/2/4/8
 +3
 24
 IF
 1
 Anti-Personnel Mortar
 APM
 FF
 0
 x4
 2/4/8/16
 
 6
 AE0, MR2, AI, IF
 1
 Vibroblade
 VB
 F
 0
 x8
 0/0/0/0
 
 0
 
 1
 Chassis Reinforcement
 CR
 F
 0
 x0
 0/0/0/0
 
 0
 

Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 Double Towing Capacity
 
 Can tow twice its own weight
 
 HEP: Desert
 
 -
 
 Manipulator Arm x2
 6
 Can punch
 
 Shielded Weapons
 
 Aborbs first "Weapon" hit
 
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Random Shutdown
 1
 Must roll above rating +1 on 2d6 to avoid shutdown
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects

Variants
There are no variants.

Designer Notes
Ever since the arrival of the Armored Hunter, the armorers of the 33rd HG regiment had been trying to tackle the problem of the high pilot casualty rate. Their Armored Hunters were performing poorly, and more than one mission was scrubbed because of "sudden equipment failure." Most officers just shrugged; relieved at not having to send men out to die in underpowered tin cans, they just grabbed the nearest requisition sheet and tried to get new machines for the umpteenth time. The Armored Hunter was just far too heavy for its S-V950B engine. The power plant performed well with the recalibrated actuators, but just could not provide enough power for fast, agile movements. Without the extra power, the Armored Hunter was a suicidal machine to pilot, so slow that it could be picked off by enemy Gears despite increased armor and could barely mount a counter-attack. As is often the case with military design flaws, the solution to the problem was discovered by coincidence and in the field.