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Revision as of 18:38, 28 August 2011

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Hi-Scout
Production information
Manufacturer ScolTeck Associates
Mission Scout/Drone Carrier
Type Tracked
Technical specifications
Mass 60 tons
Armor ArcShield V
Engine Vlar 300 ICE
Speed 65 km/h
Crew 1
Armament
  • 1x SRM-2
  • 3x PathTrack
  • 3x NapFind-Drones
BV (1.0) ???
BV (2.0) 347


Description

Gathering information equals gathering ammunition on a modern battlefield. While throughout most of the Succession Wars scouting duties were performed by 'Mechs (such as the Locust or the Stinger), fast vehicles or satellite-systems, there was one particular interesting scout vehicle that offered a highly capable alternative to those systems: the Hi-Scout-drone carrier.

The vehicle served as a ground-based early-warning network for less important planets and, if it came to an invasion, as a communications and reconnaisance asset for the planetary defenders. The mother vehicle had a 15ton drone hangar capable of housing 3 NapFind hover drones and another 3 PathTracks which featured a tracked locomotion system.

The slow and lightly armored Hi-Scout was not build for direct combat at all, it was rather one of the most specialized, yet effective, scout vehicles in existence before the recovery of the Helm Memory Core or the Clan Invasion and its subsequent development of newer C3-network technology. Its tracking and communication systems were superior to anything under a specialized command 'Mech or dedicated C3-complex at its time.

Armament

Armed with only a single SRM-2 of different models depending on the house it served in, the Hi-Scout needed to be protected against both detection and enemy fire. 5 and a half tons of ArcShield armor offered token protection against enemy scouts, but everything beyond a light hovercraft was surely beyond its capabilities.

Drones

  • PathTrack - The PathTrack-model was the heavier (3t) drone common aboard Hi-Scout's. It packed a sensor load of 0.75 tons and reached speeds of up to 129 kph. A half ton of armor saved it mostly from environmental influences, but the great mobility and high data output made it the backbone of a usual drone-fleet. It had a sensor range of 20km and it was able to intercept enemy communications.
  • NapFind - The smaller common drone aboard a Hi-Scout was the NapFind, a sleek and incredibly fast hover drone weighing in at 2 tons. It lacked the sophisticated listening devices of its greater cousin and had only a sensor range of 10km, but its incredible speed of up to 400 kph made up for that. For that and for the complete lack of armor, hopefully... BV (1.0) = ??, BV (2.0) = 13

Variants

No variants are known, but for special missions a Hi-Scout could always load specialized drones such as underwater units or null-g models. As those drones were very expensive, they were only employed when absolutely necessary.

References

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