Fire Egg (Bomb Drone)
Overview and History

Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Fire Egg (Bomb Drone)   Threat Value: 56
Vehicle Type: Done   Offensive Value: 30
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 11
Cost: 56,000.00 marks/dinars   Miscellaneous Value: 125
Manufacturer: Paxton Arms   Size: 2
Use: Demolitions   Original Default Size: 4
Height: 0.6 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 0.7 meters   Crew: 1
Width: meters   Bonus Actions: 0
Avg. Armor Thickness: 18mm
Armor Material: Durasheet   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 120 kg   Light Damage: 4
Primary Move Mode: Ground (20 kph)   Heavy Damage: 8
Secondary Move Mode: ( kph)   Overkill: 12
Deployment Range: 25 km
Sensor Range: 1 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 12 km   Availability Threshhold: 1
Powerplant: Gas Turbine   Max Number on Field: unlimited
Engine Output: 35hp  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Ground
Sensors: 0   Combat Speed: 2
Communications: +1   Top Speed: 3
Fire Control: -1   Secondary Move Mode:
    Combat Speed:
    Top Speed:
    Maneuver: -1

Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 1
 Self-Destruct Grenade
 SDG
 F
 -1
 x30
 0/0/0/0
 
 1
 AE0, Dis

Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 Automation
 1
 Acts as 1 crew
 
 Autopilot
 
 Acts as Level 1 Pilot
 AUX
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Sensor Dependent
 
 Must rely on sensors in combat
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects

Variants
There are no variants.

Designer Notes
Developed by Paxton Arms in the 1890s, the Fire Egg bomb drone has replaced most other similar machines on the market thanks to Paxton's massive advertising and public relations departments. Essentially a simple bomb-layer on treads, the radio or wire-guided Fire Egg is designed to deliver a massive explosive charge to a dangerous location. This is used mostly in demolition or mine-clearing exercises, as the massive explosion is sure to detonate any local ordnance. Unlike most other bomb drones, the Fire Egg does not explode itself when a charge is activated. Rather, it serves as a small compact platform for a heavy-duty demolition charge with a timer device which is dropped at a target locaiton. The drone then flees the scene to avoid being destroyed. Of course, this is not always possible when clearing a mine field, but the resulting detonation may do the job even if the drone's explosive charge(s) could not. It has become stereotypical for military demolitions experts to use Fire Egg drones for practical jokes. The canister holder can easily be used to lay stink bombs, gas canisters, or anything else one's imagination can come up with.