Fast Attack/Reconnaissance Vehicle

Designed to provide scouting teams with more firepower and range, the FARV is a favorite of Imperial Stormtroopers and special missions groups. Using a modified Ubrikkian recreation vehicle frame, the FARV has a the speed and maneuverability of a speederbike, but the provide four men with the firepower of a platoon. A heavy weapons platoon.

It has a crew of three, the driver, the navigator and the gunner, along with a small seat for a passenger, along with lashing points for a pair of stretchers. The weapons load is highly variable. The navigator, in addition to his communications and sensing equipment, has a pintle mount that can be adapted to a wide variety of weapons, including light repeating blasters and automatic rifles. The gunner has a powered turret that has a similar mount, that can be used with a number of light blaster cannons, heavy repeating and automatic blasters. He also has a pair of forward firing rockets of the same kind used in the SoroSuub Firestorm-1 launcher and the TankHunter disposable launchers. All of the energy weapons are feed from the vehicle's systems for virtually unlimited firepower.

It is fitted with over sized powercells, giving an almost 2,000 kilometer range before it need to recharge. The self-charging system requires six hours to replenish the powercells, but if you keep your speed under 200 kilometers per hour, it can recharge the cells as fast as you drain them. It also has a fairly large storage area, which is usually packed to bursting with ration packs, survival gear, medical equipment and ammunition.

Having an open body to reduce weight, it is far from the most comfortable ride in the universe, but it is exceptionally light for it's capabilities. Small enough to be transported in a cargo configured Lambda shuttle, FARV's and their crews can be inserted anywhere.

Issued to the shadowy world of Imperial Special Operations, it is reportedly in use with Army special mission companies and scout teams, Special Naval Operations forces, Intelligence, COMPForce and the Stormtrooper legions.

model:  Ubrikkian Fast Attak/Reconniasance Vehicle
era introduced:  Aftermath of Yavin  
type: FARV
scale: speeder
length: 6.1m
skill: Repulsorlift Operation: bush skimmer
crew:  2 (pilot, navigator)	gunners: 1	skeleton: 1/+3
crew skill:  Repulsorlift Operations 6D, Blaster 7D, Missle Weapons 5D+2
passengers: 1, 2 (stretchers)
cargo capacity:  10kg
manueverability:  3D
move: 175;500kmh
hull: 3D
cover:  1/2

weapons:
Weapons Point One:
	This is manned by the navigator.  Common weapons for this
modular system include stockless BlasTec T-21 light repeating
blasters and ES-23 selective fire blaster rifles (which often
has a repeating grenade launcher mounted underneath, such as
a Golan Arms RGL-7 or a Locris Syndicates MGL-1).
	
Weapons Point Two:
	Manned by the gunner.  This can be fitted with a wide array of
heapons, including the E-WEB heavy repeating blaster, the E-WAB heavy
automatic blaster, and the V-WEB light blaster cannon.

2 Rockets
        fire arc:  front
        crew: gunner
        skill: missle weapons
        fire control: 0D
        range: 3-40/120/400
        damage: anti-tank warhead: 10D
                anti-personnel: 5D (0-2m)/4D (8)/3D (14)/2D (20)
                smoke: generates a 4D smoke screen, 10m diameter
                white phosphorous:  5D (0-2m)/4D (8)/3D (14), does 3D damage
		next 5 rounds.

NOTE:  There are usually another four rockets carried in the cargo
locker, along with a wide variety of mines and explosives.  Most
Storm Commando FARVs also carry a PLEX guided missle launcher.

The ES-23, V-WEB, H-WAB, TankHunter and RGL-70 can all be found in the Armoury. The T-21 and E-WEB are in your basic rules, the Firestorm-1 is in SWAJ3 and the MGL-1 is in GG10.

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