Asp
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Asp   Threat Value: 174
Vehicle Type: Walker   Offensive Value: 191
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 240
Cost: 87,000.00 dinars   Miscellaneous Value: 89
Manufacturer: Territorial Arms   Size: 6
Use: Civil Defense   Original Default Size: 6
Height: 4.4 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 3.0 meters   Crew: 1
Width: 3.2 meters   Bonus Actions: 0
Avg. Armor Thickness: 42mm
Armor Material: Composite   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 5440 kg   Light Damage: 13
Primary Move Mode: Walker (42 kph)   Heavy Damage: 26
Secondary Move Mode: Ground (70 kph)   Overkill: 39
Deployment Range: 450 km
Sensor Range: 1 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 10 km   Availability Threshhold: 3
Powerplant: V-engine   Max Number on Field: unlimited
Engine Output: 480hp  
    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
  Heavy Machine Gun
 HMG
 F
 0
 x4
 1/2/4/8
 +3
 600
  AI
 1
  Anti-Personnel Grenade Launcher
 APGL
 FF
 -1
 x3
 1/2/4/8
 
 6
  AE0, AI, IF
 1
  Heavy Grenade
 HHG
 F
 -1
 x25
 0/0/0/0
 
 2
  Dis
Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 HEP: Desert
 
  -
 
 Loudspeakers
 
  External sound system
 AUX
 Manipulator Arm x2
 6
  Can punch
 
 Reinforced Armor
 3
  F Arc; add to base armor
 
 Urban Friendly
 
  -
 
 Wide Angle Searchlight
 2
  F Arc; Rating times 50 meters
 AUX
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Brittle Armor
 
  Double Armor point losses
 Exposed Auxiliary Systems
 
  "Aux" hits are one step worse
 Weak Facing
 
  Half Armor against attacks from R Arc
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
After the War of the Alliance, the Southern Republic was suffering critical shortages in military supplies. Damage to military industries had caused production to fall behind the rate at which military academies were training pilots. The Republican general staff was at a loss as to how to quickly bring their units back up to strength, until a vice-president of Territorial Arms proposed a solution: he suggested that the Republican Army requisition the equipment used by local city-state militias whose cities never saw front line combat. One prefect exclaimed, "But that leaves our cities undefended from insurgents and rebels! What Gears will the local garrisons use?", which led the Territorial Arms representative to begin his sales pitch.

The Asp is an inexpensive alternative to the Jager that is ideally suited for civil defense. Its manipulator-held 13mm machinecannon and shoulder-mounted grenade launcher are excellent for eliminating infantry or light vehicles. While not intended to face enemy armor, the Asp's heavy grenades give it a fighting chance against tanks and striders. Although the Asp's overall armor is lighter than an Iguana's, its frontal armor is heavier than a Jager's, enabling it to survive long enough to use its grenades. Best of all, Territorial Arms has retooled an old Anolis production line and can deliver a few hundred within days.