GX12 Hovervan

Name/Model# : | GX12 Hovervan OR Espo Hovervan OR Portable Bunkers <<Stats taken from WEG>>
Designer/Manufacturer : | Corporate Sector Authority
Combat Designation : | Personnel Carrier
Scale of Vehicle : | Speeder
Length : | 13 Metres
Crew : | 3 Crew 1 + Gunners 2
Troops : | 16 Troops, 1 Medic and 1 2-1B Medical Droid
Cargo Capacity : | 1 Metric Ton
Maximum Altitude Range : | 10 Metres from ground level
Cost of Vehicle : | Not available for sale to the public
Weapons : | 1 Turret Mounted Atgar Twin Blaster Cannons (Left Turret, Right Turret) Crew: 1 Gunner Fire Control: 2D Range: 10-500 metres/1 km/1.5 km Damage: 6D+1 1 Forward Grenade Mortar Scale: Character Range: 3-75/150/300 metres Damage: 5D for fragmentation grenades (can use other types of grenades)
Maximum Speed : | 260 kph
Manoeuvrability : | 2D
Cover of Vehicle : | Full
Shields/Body Strength : | Shields None. Body Strength 6D; Front is 8D
Special Abilities : | None

The GX12 Hovervan is slower than a groundcruiser but is more heavily armed and armoured, and provides safe transport for an assault squad in full riot gear. When Espo ground forces know they are facing a legitimate threat, they call in the Hovervan or "portable bunkers" as civilians call them. They are designed for open combat confrontations. The Hovervan has side folding hatches for quick debarkation. The top twin blaster turret is used to lay down suppression fire while Espo troops run for cover and if necessary, for the Medics to drag casualties into safety into the vehicle. Unlike some Imperial assault vehicles, the Hovervan has no facility for prisoners. Instead, prisoners are put into a Jailspeeder. The GX12 also sports front and rear mounted rotating spot-lights and a nosepiece infrared sensor for detecting targets in darkness or low visibility conditions. The retractable transparisteel canopy provides cover for the pilot and gunner, who sit in the forward cabin.

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