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'''Hovercraft''' are a sub-classification of the [[Ground Vehicle]] category.  
 
'''Hovercraft''' are a sub-classification of the [[Ground Vehicle]] category.  
  
"A hovercraft’s maximum weight is 50 tons. Hovercraft are designed for speed and rely on that feature for protection rather than their weak armor and light armament. Hovercraft also cost more and require a more advanced technological base than [[Tracked Vehicles|tracked]] or [[Wheeled Vehicles|wheeled vehicles]]. Their ability to rapidly close with the enemy and just as rapidly break contact,
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Typically weighing in at only half the weight of the heaviest assault mechs at the very most, the hover vehicle uses a forced cushion of air to keep it aloft and skimming just above the surface below it. Hover vehicles are renowned for their ability to skirmish and harass opposing forces with their speed and ability to cross bodies of water that other vehicles may have difficulty with.
however, makes these units highly valued for reconnaissance and screening missions." <sup>1</sup>
 
 
 
  
 
== Models ==
 
== Models ==

Revision as of 16:30, 9 February 2010

Description

Hovercraft are a sub-classification of the Ground Vehicle category.

Typically weighing in at only half the weight of the heaviest assault mechs at the very most, the hover vehicle uses a forced cushion of air to keep it aloft and skimming just above the surface below it. Hover vehicles are renowned for their ability to skirmish and harass opposing forces with their speed and ability to cross bodies of water that other vehicles may have difficulty with.

Models

Hovercraft is manufactured on the following planets:

Brand Planet Company
Bandit Outreach Blackwell Heavy Industries
Blizzard Epsilon Eridani Kressly Warworks
Centipede Gienah Gienah Combat Vehicles
Centipede Pandora Red Devil Industries
Condor Pandora Red Devil Industries
Drills Skye Cyclops Incorporated
Fulcrum Perdition Alphard Trading Corporation
Gladius Alphard Marian Arms Incorporated
Harasser Andurien Bergan Industries
Harasser Irian Bergan Industries
Heavy Hover APC Sian Hellespont Industrials
Heavy Hover APC Al Na'ir Scarborough Manufacturers
Heavy Hover APC Scarborough Scarborough Limited
Heavy Hover APC Skye Cyclops Incorporated
Hover APC Sian Hellespont Industrials
Hover APC Al Na'ir Scarborough Manufacturers
Hover APC Scarborough Scarborough Limited
Hover APC Skye Cyclops Incorporated
J. Edgar Perdition Alphard Trading Corporation
Pegasus Sian Hellespont Industrials
Pegasus Keystone Exeter Organization
Pegasus Pandora Red Devil Industries
Pegasus - "Al Na'ir" Al Na'ir Scarborough Manufacturers
Plainsman Pinard Pinard Protectorates Limited
Maultier Sterope Taurus Territorial Industries
Maxim Sian Hellespont Industrials
Maxim Skye Cyclops Incorporated
Maxim - "Al Na'ir" Al Na'ir Scarborough Manufacturers
Regulator Betelgeuse Aldis Industries
Saladin Al Na'ir Scarborough Manufacturers
Saladin Scarborough Scarborough Limited
Saracen Al Na'ir Scarborough Manufacturers
Saracen Scarborough Scarborough Limited
Savannah Master Carlisle S. L. Lewis Incorporated
Scimitar Al Na'ir Scarborough Manufacturers
Scimitar Scarborough Scarborough Limited


References

1. "Hovercraft", Total Warfare, (Chicago: FanPro, 2006), 22.