RPD Stryker


Craft: Rendilli Practical Design ALS Stryker Mark 1
Type: Attack Landspeeder
Scale: Speeder
Length: 3.2 meters
Skill: Repulsorlift Operations; Stryker
Cost: 16,000 credits
Crew: 2
Passengers: 3
Cover: 3/4
Cargo Capacity: 70 kg
Move: 275; 760 kph
Maneuverability: 3D+2
Body Strength: 2D
Altitude Range: 40 meters
Weapons:
1 Forward mounted medium blaster cannon
Scale: Speeder
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: Pilot
Skill: Vehicle Blasters
Fire Control: 1D
Range: 10-30m/100m/500m
Damage: 4D
2 Forward mounted light mortars
Scale: Character
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: Pilot
Skill: Missile Weapons
Fire Control: 1D
Range: 50-75m/100m/200m
Blast Radius: 2-5m/10m/20m
Damage: 6D/5D/4D/3D
1 Rear turret mounted heavy repeating blaster
Scale: Character
Fire Arc: Rear, Right, Left
Crew: 1
Skill: Blasters; Repeating Blaster
Fire Control: 2D+1
Range: 10-50m/200m/600m
Damage: 7D+1

RPD was assigned to produce a light landspeeder capable of providing adequate fire support for infantry assaults, without sacrificing speed or maneuverability. The Stryker was the result. Maneuverable enough to attack enemy positions in heavy forests or broken terrain, the Stryker can also perform several other functions, such as outriding on convoys, large scale cavalry maneuvers, and such like. A new RPD project, Strykers are currently being produced in small runs, and are being distributed to various combat theaters where they are undergoing baptism by fire. RPD has been analyzing the results of those tests and are starting work on a second version of the Stryker.

Some of the problems that have developed with the first run of the Stryker (it's great fun to zap players with these) are Strykers that have been damaged will sometimes will leap up to the top of their flight ceiling and begin gyrating wildly, as a result of faulty vertical stabilizers. The forward mortars are prone to jamming when they are fired with any great frequency. Unless they are cleared, a second charge will detonate inside the gun, destroying the weapon and causing a flareup that is visible from several miles away. In addition to these problems, others may develop when a Stryker is subjected to unusual conditions.
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