Lord of Eternal Conflict
Subterranean Personnel Transport - Tunnel Under City Shields
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- | Intent | To create a subterranean armored personnel carrier that can be retrofitted into a strategic explosive planter for underground operations.
- | Image Source | Source
- | Canon Link | N/A
- | Permissions | N/A
- | Primary Source | N/A
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- | Manufacturer | Sith Imperial Research and Development
- | Affiliation | Closed-Market
- | Model | SC 'Rumbler' Class Armored Personnel Carrier
- | Modularity | Retrofit to plant strategic explosives underground instead of carrying troops.
- | Production | Mass-Produced
- | Material |
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- | Classification | Subterranean Vehicle
- | Role | Troop Transport/Explosive Planting
- | Size | Large
- | Weight | Very Heavy
- | Minimum Crew | 1
- | Optimal Crew | 2
- | Propulsion | Treads
- | Speed | Average
- | Maneuverability | Low
- | Armaments | Low
- | Defenses | High
- | Passenger Capacity | 20
- | Cargo Capacity | Large
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Subterranean Travel
- Armored Personnel Carrier
- Strategic Explosives
- Rapid Fire Laser Cannon
Strengths |
- | Unseen Threat | Rumblers excel where conventional APC's fail by being able to move stealthily underground whilst carrying troops to the front lines. While being able to burrow deep underground, there are few threats to the Rumbler as it approaches its destination.
- | Support Vehicle | The Rumbler makes for a somewhat useful support vehicle once it emerges from the ground, either as an anti-infantry vehicle or fire support to assist the infantry it deploys.
- | Slow | Rumblers, while effective in bypassing enemy shields, move slowly while underground. There are also telltale rumblings of the ground as they are moving that can give their positions away even if they are deep underground.
DESCRIPTION
The Rumbler was designed as a simple solution to bypass heavily shielded locations such as cities or military installations. The Rumbler is capable of tunneling underground with a small platoon of troops, bypassing particle-energy shields and then deploying the troops from within the boundaries of the shields, making it an excellent option for sending infiltration forces behind defensive barriers; it also serves as an excellent infiltration personnel carrier overall. The Rumbler can also be used to effectively evacuate troops off the surface of a battlefield to the safety of the underground.
Once the Rumbler has burrowed to its destination the Rumbler can deploy four rapid-fire laser cannons on its hull to provide light fire support. Rumblers can be retrofit and refitted to deploy strategic explosives instead of carrying troops. These can result in a squadron of Rumblers creating an elaborate underground network of hidden explosives that can be remote detonated and level the battlefield whilst taking enemy ground forces by surprise.
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