Craft: AradonWorks "Great Bear" Heavy Assault
Landspeeder
Type: Assault Landspeeder
Scale: Walker
Length: 45 meters
Skill: Repulsorlift Operations; Great Bear
Cost: 87,000 credits
Crew: 10
Passengers: 200 (troops)
Cover: 1/2
Cargo Capacity: 500 metric tons
Move: 70; 200 kph
Maneuverability: 1D
Body Strength: 3D+1
Shields: 1D+2
Altitude Range: 40 meters
Weapons:
1 Heavy Blaster Cannon
Scale: Walker
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 1
Skill: Vehicle Blasters
Fire Control: 1D
Range: 50-200m/500m/1.0km
Damage: 5D
4 Side mounted Turreted Twin Blaster Cannons
Scale: Walker
Fire Arc: 2 Right, Forward and Back, 2 Left,
Forward and Back.
Crew: 1
Skill: Vehicle Blasters
Fire Control: 2D
Range: 25-75/200/500m
Damage: 4D
2 Swivel Mounted Heavy Laser Cannons
Scale: Walker
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: 1
Skill: Vehicle Blasters
Fire Control: 2D
Range: 50-500m/1.5km/3.0km
Damage: 5D+1
20 Repeating Blaster Cannons
Scale: Character
Fire Arc: 10 Right, 10 Left
Crew: 1
Skill: Blasters; Repeating Blasters
Fire Control: 1D
Range: 20-50/100/200m
Damage: 12D
The Great Bear was an early experiment of the Imperial Design
facility of AradonWorks. Faster than the Imperial Walkers, the
Great Bear is also more effective as an antipersonnel platform.
However, it lacks the psychological impact of the AT series, and
it's larger open spaces render it more vulnerable to counter
attacks by gas and fire, after it's shields are down. Only a
limited run of 50 of these ships were produced, and many of these
were broken down for parts and scrap metal. Of the few that
survived, the Rebellion commandeered five, and converted them into
an anti-walker platform. As such, the Great Bears were moderately
to highly successful, primarily because of the modifications that
the Rebel engineers made.
The Great Bear is a large and powerful ship, with a great deal
of space for the insertion of components. The Rebels made good use
of that space, enhancing the range and power of the cannons,
beefing up the armor, and upgrading the main powerplants and the
shields. The Rebellion, and the New Republic in it's early years
would gladly pay the listed price for a functional Great Bear.