Explorer Submergible
Name/Model# : | Explorer Submergible
Designer/Manufacturer : | Design Team Beta / Hydrospeare Corporation
Combat Designation : | Undersea Exploration Vehicle [AAV (Aquatic Assault Vehicle)]
Scale : | Walker
Length : | 9.1 Metres
Height : | 6 Metres
Skill : | Walker operation: Explorer
Crew Skill : | Varies
Crew : | 4 Crew 2 + Gunners 2
Skeleton Crew : | 1 (+15 DIFFICULTY)
Troops : | 2 Troops
Cost of Vehicle : | Not available for sale
Vehicle Speed : | Underwater 85 kph (WEG=28) On Land 60 kph (WEG=21)
Altitude Range : | Can withstand 8,000 bps (Equivalent of 5 km underwater on many planets)
Manoeuvrability : | Underwater 1D On Land +2
Cargo Capacity : | 500 kg
Consumables : | 1 Week
Weapons : | 1 Forward Taim & Bak SC4 Heavy Blaster Cannon Crew: 1 Gunner Fire Control: 1D Underwater Range: 10-50/100/200 Metres On Land Range: 10-100/200/400 Metres Damage: 5D 1 Turreted Arakyd 5-XV Light Blaster Cannon Crew: 1 Gunner Fire Control: 1D Underwater Range: 10-50/100/200 Metres On Land Range: 10-100/200/400 Metres Damage: 2D
Sensors : | Siep-Irol Sensall Active Sensor Array (P/S)
Cover of Vehicle : | Full
Body Construction : | Lightweight Link-Steel with Burthan Threads
Shields/Body Strength : | Shields None. Body Strength 3D
The Explorer Submergible is considered to be one of the first Aquatic Assault Vehicles (AAVs), although this craft is technically and officially classified as an "exploration vehicle". It is one of the two designs that Design Team Beta are most renowned for (the other being the AT-AT Swimmer). And it was only at the persuading of other Design Team Beta members which prevented Team Beta Director Dr. Tolum Harous from scrapping the design. The Empire originally had requested for a multi-environmental vehicle, however that request proved too difficult for the Explorer to be as efficient on land as in water (the design team could not get the craft to be swift enough underwater and mobile enough on land to satisfy the dual criteria). Due to this, the Empire chose the underwater design. The Explorer travels by scuttling across the ocean floor. Its weighted sconce-grip legs can manoeuvre through rocky terrain and grab a secure foothold when necessary. A drawback of this very manoeuvrable and durable design is its lack of space for the crew. Everyone, but the turret gunner must lie on their stomachs to man their stations. Due to the cramped conditions of the Explorer, carried passengers traveling in the passenger section must ball themselves up and remain stuffed in a small cubby-hole for the duration of the trip. A pressurized hatch located beneath the craft allows access into the vehicle. Nonetheless, this craft complies with Imperial ideals of an exploratory craft which is heavily armed and prepared to subjugate or destroy any hostile life forms encountered.
Sources: CRFG***Pg 45 / AIR***Pg 37, 38, 41
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