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	Not long after that conflict, the zoomer hovercraft a familiar sight among Dragoon commands who often lacked the sheer quantity of [[OmniMech]]s needed to transport their Elemental troops, as was the standard military doctrine with [[Clan]] forces. <ref name=MH3055-6-TO-BC-Z-1>''Mercenary's Handbook 3055'', p. 6, "The Outback", Blackwell Corporation produces "zoomers" - Elemental hovercraft</ref>		Not long after that conflict, the zoomer hovercraft a familiar sight among Dragoon commands who often lacked the sheer quantity of [[OmniMech]]s needed to transport their Elemental troops, as was the standard military doctrine with [[Clan]] forces. <ref name=MH3055-6-TO-BC-Z-1>''Mercenary's Handbook 3055'', p. 6, "The Outback", Blackwell Corporation produces "zoomers" - Elemental hovercraft</ref>
−	As would be expected, the zoomers saw extensive use with most of the Dragoons' Elemental units, particularly their [[Elemental Strike Cluster (Wolf's Dragoons)|Elemental Strike Cluster]] commanded by Elson Novacat. During the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]], when Novacat and his Elementals were running a resistance against the Blakists on Outreach in the ruins of [[Harlech]], they continued to employ zoomers, particularly during the rescue of [[Tara Lucas (31st c.)|Tara Lucas]] on 27 October, [[3069]]. <ref name=NT12-M-Z-TL-1>''Night Terrors (short story)'', p. 12, Merced orders his troops to get Lucas to the zoomers</ref>	+	As would be expected, the zoomers saw use with most of the Dragoons' Elemental units, particularly their [[Elemental Strike Cluster (Wolf's Dragoons)|Elemental Strike Cluster]] commanded by Elson Novacat. During the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]], when Novacat and his Elementals were running a resistance against the Blakists on Outreach in the ruins of [[Harlech]], they continued to employ zoomers, particularly during the rescue of [[Tara Lucas (31st c.)|Tara Lucas]] on 27 October, [[3069]]. <ref name=NT12-M-Z-TL-1>''Night Terrors (short story)'', p. 12, Merced orders his troops to get Lucas to the zoomers</ref>
	In July [[3073]], a unit from the Word of Blake's [[Protectorate Militia (Word of Blake)|Protectorate Militia]] attempted to ambush the [[Black Widow Company]], under the illusion that a Dragoon [[Seventh Kommando]] team was under fire on [[Fomalhaut]]. To "sell" the story, the militia employed a genuine captured Dragoon zoomer. Despite their well-laid plans, the Black Widows fought their way out of the ambush. <ref name=SBW&B79-TF-BWC-Z-1>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 79, "Touchpoint: Fomalhaut", the Protectorate militia uses a zoomer to sell their story</ref>		In July [[3073]], a unit from the Word of Blake's [[Protectorate Militia (Word of Blake)|Protectorate Militia]] attempted to ambush the [[Black Widow Company]], under the illusion that a Dragoon [[Seventh Kommando]] team was under fire on [[Fomalhaut]]. To "sell" the story, the militia employed a genuine captured Dragoon zoomer. Despite their well-laid plans, the Black Widows fought their way out of the ambush. <ref name=SBW&B79-TF-BWC-Z-1>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 79, "Touchpoint: Fomalhaut", the Protectorate militia uses a zoomer to sell their story</ref>

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{{InfoBoxCombatVehicle | image = | name = Zoomer | manufacturer = [[Blackwell Corporation]] | production year=3055 | Mission = [[Elemental]] transport | Type = hover | Cost = | mass = | armor = | engine = | comsys = | T&T = | speed = | Crew = | armament = | BV (1.0) = | BV (2.0) = }} ==Description== The so-called '''"Zoomer"''' [[Hovercraft]] was an [[Elemental]] transport produced by [[Blackwell Heavy Industries]] for the exclusive use of [[Wolf's Dragoons]] during the years leading up to the [[Jihad]]. Prototypes of the machine were described as "skeletal" in their structure, and "little more than an open framework wrapped around a fusion engine and ground-effect ducting". Although obviously not well-suited for direct combat, they were well-suited to transporting a [[Point (Formation)|point]] of five Elementals to and around a battlefield at a high speed. <ref name=WP385-ZH-BC-1>''Wolf Pack'', p. 385, Elson describes the zoomer hovercraft, realizes Wolf stole them from Blackwell</ref> ==Deployment== At the time of the [[Dragoon Civil War]] in late [[3054]], these hovercraft were reportedly still in the prototype stage. During the conflict, [[Jaime Wolf]]'s "Wolf Pack" rebels raided Blackwell's [[Blackwell_Heavy_Industries#Outreach|facility]] on [[Outreach]], stealing away several. This allowed the rebel Elementals to mobilize at an impressive rate, leading [[Elson Novacat]] to initially believe there were far more of them than there actually were. <ref name=WP385-ZH-BC-1/> Not long after that conflict, the zoomer hovercraft a familiar sight among Dragoon commands who often lacked the sheer quantity of [[OmniMech]]s needed to transport their Elemental troops, as was the standard military doctrine with [[Clan]] forces. <ref name=MH3055-6-TO-BC-Z-1>''Mercenary's Handbook 3055'', p. 6, "The Outback", Blackwell Corporation produces "zoomers" - Elemental hovercraft</ref> As would be expected, the zoomers saw use with most of the Dragoons' Elemental units, particularly their [[Elemental Strike Cluster (Wolf's Dragoons)|Elemental Strike Cluster]] commanded by Elson Novacat. During the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]], when Novacat and his Elementals were running a resistance against the Blakists on Outreach in the ruins of [[Harlech]], they continued to employ zoomers, particularly during the rescue of [[Tara Lucas (31st c.)|Tara Lucas]] on 27 October, [[3069]]. <ref name=NT12-M-Z-TL-1>''Night Terrors (short story)'', p. 12, Merced orders his troops to get Lucas to the zoomers</ref> In July [[3073]], a unit from the Word of Blake's [[Protectorate Militia (Word of Blake)|Protectorate Militia]] attempted to ambush the [[Black Widow Company]], under the illusion that a Dragoon [[Seventh Kommando]] team was under fire on [[Fomalhaut]]. To "sell" the story, the militia employed a genuine captured Dragoon zoomer. Despite their well-laid plans, the Black Widows fought their way out of the ambush. <ref name=SBW&B79-TF-BWC-Z-1>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 79, "Touchpoint: Fomalhaut", the Protectorate militia uses a zoomer to sell their story</ref> ==Notes== * Apparently, the "zoomer" designation was not the formal name for the vehicle, nor was one ever provided. Indeed, every use of the word "zoomer" to describe the vehicles does so in the lower-case, which would not be the case if it were a proper name for a vehicle. However, Dragoon characters repeatedly use the term 'zoomers' in reports, conversations and even inner narratives to refer to this same hovercraft. <ref name=WP385-ZH-BC-1/><ref name=MH3055-6-TO-BC-Z-1/><ref name=NT12-M-Z-TL-1/><ref name=SBW&B79-TF-BWC-Z-1/> * As of this writing, no official statistics have been published for this vehicle. ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Mercenary's Handbook 3055]]'' * ''[[Night Terrors]]'' (short story) * ''[[Starterbook: Wolf and Blake]]'' * ''[[Wolf Pack]]'' (novel) [[Category:Combat Vehicles]] [[Category:Light Combat Vehicles]] [[Category:Hover Combat Vehicles]] [[Category:Transport Combat Vehicles]] [[Category:Wolf's Dragoons Combat Vehicles]]

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