Republic Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
- Intent: To create a Next-Generation Scout Transport.
- Image Source: M290 All-Terrain Vehicle | Halopedia / Republic Engineering Corporation's Logo.
- Canon Link: Not Applicable.
- Permissions: Not Applicable.
- Primary Source: Repurposed Canon Articles.
- Manufacturer: Republic Engineering Corporation; Centax II Surface Facilities, and Deep Space Fabricators.
- Affiliation: Closed-Market.
- Model: REC-SV/01 All-Terrain Scout Vehicle; Massiff Pattern.
- Modularity: Yes;
- External Enamel Coating.
- Production: Mass Production.
- Material:
- Carbon-Durasteel Hull and Armour Plating (Ablative) with Secondary Turadium Armour Plating.
- Polycarbonate Wheels, with Carbon-Durasteel Nanotube Reinforcements.
- Alusteel Skeletal Frame, with Laminanium Structural Plating.
- Heavily Reinforced Duraplast Hull Liner with Anti-Ionic Mesh (Faraday Cage.)
- Dallorian Alloy and Agrinium Panels (Where Appropriate.)
- Myoflex Heat Sinks.
- Laser-Reflective Armour Plating.
- Various Vehicle Components.
- Classification: Wheeled Vehicle.
- Role: Multipurpose Fast Attack and Aggressive Reconnaissance Vehicle.
- Size: Small Rating.
- Length: 4 Metres.
- Width: 2.3 Metres.
- Height: 2 Metres.
- Weight: 0.3 Metric Tonnes, or 300 Kilograms - Average Rating.
- Armaments: Very Low Rating.
- [2] Chin-mounted Repeating Blaster Cannons. [Fixed-forward, and Fire-linked.]
- [4] Variable Canister Launcher Turrets [Retractable; Two in the Front and Back.]
- Defences: Average Rating.
- Heavily Reinforced [Vehicle-Class, Military-Grade] Armour Plating, with Secondary Turadium Plates and Blast Shields.
- Standard [Vehicle-Class, Military-Grade] Energy-charged Ablative Plating.
- Reinforced [Vehicle-Class, Military-Grade] Ionic Shielding.
- Advanced [Vehicle-Class, Military-Grade] EWAR, Electronic Countermeasures, Chaff and Flare Launchers.
- Maneuverability Rating: 75 DPF - Very High Rating.
- Speed Rating: 275 Km/H (Maximum Speed, Flat Terrain) - Very High Rating.
- Propulsion: Wheeled Vehicle.
- Automatic Transmission, with Power Steering.
- Four-Wheel, or All-Wheel Drive System.
- Minimum Crew: One Integrated Droid Brain.
- Optimal Crew: One Driver, and One Integrated Droid Brain.
- Passenger Capacity:
- One Passenger.
- Cargo Capacity: 55 Kilograms - Small Rating - Maintenance, Survival Equipment, Additional Fuel and Various Munitions.
- Standard [Vehicle-Class, Military-Grade] Servomotors, with Gyroscopic Stabilization System.
- Standard [Vehicle-Class, Military-Grade] Fusion Drive System(s.)
- Standard [Vehicle-Class, Military-Grade] Compact Fusion Power Plant.
- Standard [Vehicle-Class, Military-Grade] Hazard and Damage Control Systems.
- Standard [Vehicle-Class, Military-Grade] Life Support System(s).
- Standard [Vehicle-Class, Military-Grade] Navigational System(s), Ground-Penetrating Sensors (Hazardous Terrain).
- Standard [Vehicle-Class, Military-Grade] Combat Sensors and Targeting System(s). [Including Ground-Penetrating Sensors.]
- Standard [Vehicle-Class, Military-Grade] Communications System.
- Holonet Transceiver with Encryption/Decryption Networks [Military Encryption Keys.]
- Standard [Vehicle-Class, Military-Grade] Environmental Control System(s).
- Integrated Droid Brain with Heuristic Processors, and Remote Transceiver/Operation Functionality.
- Variable Drive Modes and Steering Functionalities.
- Various Utility Rails.
- Integrated Floodlights, with Various Visual Frequencies and Settings.
- High-Comfort Impact Foam Padding for Bucket Seats.
- Integrated Bio-Conversion Power Generator (Secondary,) with Solar Ionization Collection Arrays and Power Cells; Retractable Access Panels.
- Capable of turning Hydrogen-rich Substances into Useable Fuel; Water, etc.
- Missile Deactivation Transmitter (Short-Range.)
- Anti-Ordnance EM Probe (Long-Range.)
- Anti-Laser Aerosol Launchers.
- Aural-Biological-Chemical Scrambler.
- Highly Automated with a Comprehensive Countermeasure Suite, and Minor Regenerative Properties.
- All-Terrain and High-Traction Tires; Non-Pressurized Tubing - Near-Impervious to Punctures.
- Partially Autonomous - Can be Remotely Operated and Navigate Terrain towards Designated Waypoints.
- Highly Automated; System and Some Combat Functionality will be Significantly Reduced if Ionic Shielding is Overloaded.
- Limited EMP and Ion Resistance; Device Proximity and Potency Dependent.
- Open-topped Vehicle - Vulnerable Crew and Passengers; Marksman and Sniper Bait.
- No Integrated Deflector Shielding; Heavily Reliant on Mobility, Speed, and Armour Plating.
- Exposed Driveshafts, Shocks, and Underbelly Suspension Assembly; Can be Countered by Frontal Armour Plating - but will Suffer a Notable Reduction in Speed and Maneuverability.
- Fixed-forward Weaponry - Constant Reorientation Required to Reacquire Moving Targets, etc.
The REC-SV/01 All-Terrain Scout Vehicle; Massiff Pattern was the newest vehicle produced and offered by the Republic Engineering Corporation. While the much larger, and considerably more well armed FAv would be a prospective client’s first choice when equipping their military. The Massiff Scout Vehicle offers a more… unique approach to deployment, and operation within the scope of a planetary battlefield. While many other vehicles of this classification, and archetype would focus on equipping a singular operator with enough weapons to harass an enemy’s flanks, the Massiff relies solely on its speed and mobility to win the day. Sure, the Scout Vehicle comes with an integrated brace of repeating blaster cannons, but when your enemies clad themselves in the most advanced armours and shielding technology known to the galaxy?
They might as well be nothing more than angry flashlights.
However, that’s where the capabilities to ferry a second passenger into battle comes into play. The integrated auxiliary railing and support structure allows for a passenger to accompany the primary operator into battle. As their attention isn’t focused solely on operating the vehicle, their hand, or hands, are free to utilize a plethora of shoulder-mounted weaponry and munitions. That meant the Scout Vehicle was capable of acting as a limited munition(s) variant of a mobile weapon’s platform - effectively capable of carrying on the fight so long as the armed passenger had enough ammunition.
Like their much larger cousin, the FC/24 FAv - the A-TSV was outfitted with twinned pairs of near-indestructible tyres. They were forged from a lusterless polycarbonate material that was further reinforced by a metallic lattice of carbon nanotubes that when combined made the method of propulsion nearly-immune to penetration and punctures. With that being said, however, there was a chance that the vehicle could still be immobilized or disabled in some fashion - as the connecting spars and driveshaft were partially exposed to enemy fire. While this could be amended, partially, by additional armour plating - the excess weight would render much of the vehicle’s speed and mobility null and void, making it considerably easier to pick off the operator, and their rider with snipers or concentrated firepower.
Nevertheless, the A-TSV Massif would be an interesting, and likely, invaluable addition to the armouries of Interstellar Nations and their respective militaries.
They might as well be nothing more than angry flashlights.
However, that’s where the capabilities to ferry a second passenger into battle comes into play. The integrated auxiliary railing and support structure allows for a passenger to accompany the primary operator into battle. As their attention isn’t focused solely on operating the vehicle, their hand, or hands, are free to utilize a plethora of shoulder-mounted weaponry and munitions. That meant the Scout Vehicle was capable of acting as a limited munition(s) variant of a mobile weapon’s platform - effectively capable of carrying on the fight so long as the armed passenger had enough ammunition.
Like their much larger cousin, the FC/24 FAv - the A-TSV was outfitted with twinned pairs of near-indestructible tyres. They were forged from a lusterless polycarbonate material that was further reinforced by a metallic lattice of carbon nanotubes that when combined made the method of propulsion nearly-immune to penetration and punctures. With that being said, however, there was a chance that the vehicle could still be immobilized or disabled in some fashion - as the connecting spars and driveshaft were partially exposed to enemy fire. While this could be amended, partially, by additional armour plating - the excess weight would render much of the vehicle’s speed and mobility null and void, making it considerably easier to pick off the operator, and their rider with snipers or concentrated firepower.
Nevertheless, the A-TSV Massif would be an interesting, and likely, invaluable addition to the armouries of Interstellar Nations and their respective militaries.
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