Ferret

Ferret Light Scout
Production information
Manufacturer	Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion
Production Year	2901
Mission	Reconnaissance/Spotting
Type	VTOL
Cost	49,681 C-bills
Technical specifications
Mass	5
Armor	ProtecTech Light
Engine	Tyron 25 I.C.E.
Speed	248.0 km/h
Crew	1
Communications System	Achernar Standard
Targeting Tracking System	IsBM Lantirn
Armament	1x Machine Gun
BV (1.0)	45
BV (2.0)	55 58

Description

The Ferret Light Scout VTOL was first introduced to House Davion troops in 2904. The vehicle serves as an advanced scout with the ability to monitor enemy troop movements and even radio in artillery strikes.

The vehicle is lightly armored and a hit from nearly any kind of 'Mech weaponry will destroy the Ferret. However, the Ferret's job is to avoid combat and to aid in that role it is equipped with a superior targeting and tracking system, the IsBM Lantim. This system provides a heads-up display (HUD) which can display information from up to fifteen remote sensors simultaneously . The Ferret can therefore monitor a wide swath of territory via those remote sensors.

The Ferret can also provide infantry transport and deployment. The vehicle can carry a full squad of infantry, which allows it to forward-deploy small infantry units quickly.

Weapons and Equipment

The Ferret is armed with a MainFire MiniGun, intended for use only against the occasional infantry forces it may encounter. In its primary role as a scout and forward observer, the Ferret will rarely, if ever, encounter 'Mech forces directly.

Variants

• Armor 

  This variant was the effort of the manufacturer to build a combat version which is known as the Wild Weasel. The most common type of variant involves removing the infantry transport abilities of the craft in favor of increased armor. BV (1.0) = 55, BV (2.0)= 103

• Cargo 

  Another variant that does the opposite, removing all of the armor and increasing the cargo carrying capacity to 2.75 tons without reducing performance at all and to 7.75 tons while reducing the performance to fifty percent. BV (1.0) = 1, BV (2.0) = 17

• Ferret Fermi 

  Developed for the Coalition's assault on Terra, the Ferret Fermi uses a Fusion Engine to provide a maximum speed of 240km/h. The Fermi is protected by a half-ton of Vehicular Stealth Armor and a Clan spec ECM Suite. This renders it invisible to all but the most sensitive sensor systems. This allows it to deposit the contents of the single ton Infantry Bay under fire.

Design Quirks

The Ferret Fermi variant is subject to the following Design Quirks:

• Improved Sensors
• Narrow Profile

Bibliography

• Combat Operations
• Experimental Technical Readout: Phantoms
• Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged
• Technical Readout: 3026
• Technical Readout: 3026 Revised
• Technical Readout: 3039