The Broad Arrow


Craft: Hand tooled "Broad Arrow" Swoop
Type: Personal Swoop
Scale: Speeder
Length: 2.6 meters
Skill: Repulsorlift operations; Broad Arrow (-2D unspecialized in swoop operations)
Cost: Not available for sale
Crew: 1 (+ droid brain)
Passengers: 1
Cover: 1/4
Cargo Capacity: 25 kg.
Move: 385; 1100 kph
Maneuverability: 3D+2
Body Strength: 2D+1
Altitude Range: 40 meters
Sensors:
Passive: 30 meters/0D
Scan: 50 meters/1D
Search: 80 meters/2D
Weapons:
2 Retractable heavy repeating blasters (fire linked)
Scale: Character
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: Pilot
Skill: Blasters; Repeating Blasters
Fire Control: 2D+1
Range: 20-100/400/1.1Km
Damage: 8D

This unique swoop was made by the legendary swoop chopper Ulf Moray for his brother, Shane Moray. Shane eventually joined the alliance, and became somewhat famous for his work in recruiting swoopers and in urban specops. The Broad Arrow became equally famous, and in order to remain anonymous Shane would have had to abandon his swoop. Choosing his ride over his ideals, Shane left the Alliance, and headed off to the Outer Rim. Nothing specific has been heard from Shane since then, but rumors of the exploits of a man on a huge white chop job have begun to filter back toward the core.

The Broad Arrow is quite large for a swoop, both in length and in width. It's lines are quite distinctive, with an aerodynamic smoothness that is unusual for homemade jobs, especially in craft that are not designed specifically for racing. The Broad Arrow is a uniform white in color, and Shane does his best to keep it clean and gleaming under all circumstances.

When assembling the craft, Ulf included the braincase of an airtraffic control droid in it's superstructure, and gave that brain the ability to access and control all of the crafts systems, including the sensor array that he had installed. A slicer friend of his helped reprogram the droid brain, renamed Crash (before it had new piloting subroutines installed), and it is now an integral part of the Arrow, taking the controls of the craft when Shane is asleep or otherwise occupied, scanning for hostiles and obstacles, and bringing the craft to him when he needs it. Shane has spent a good deal of time and money into improving Crash's abilities which are now quite impressive (DEX 0D, Blaster; Repeating Blasters 4D, KNOW 2D, Law Enforcement 7D, Planetary Systems 7D, MECH 3D, Communications 6D, Sensors 6D, Swoop Operation 8D, PER 2D, Hide 4D, Sneak 4D). Crash communicates through Shane's comlink, or through the concealed speakers aboard the Arrow, often disconcerting passengers and others near the craft.
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