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Line 23: ==Description== ==Description== − The '''Skimmer'''-class hovercraft is extremely fast, but only lightly armed and armored. While no longer in production, the open-topped one or two man crewed vehicle is small enough to traverse lightly wooded areas unlike most other hovercraft and was typically used by scouts for battlefield reconnaissance, search-and-rescue or for quick travel in nearly every [[Inner Sphere]] military during the late [[Succession Wars era]].<ref name=MWRPG1Ep44>''MechWarrior'' RPG, 1st. Edition p. 44</ref> <ref name=RGiCv31p4>"Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 31", p. 4: "Savannah Master (reflective)"</ref> + The '''Skimmer'''-class hovercraft is extremely fast, but only lightly armed and armored. Usable as a one- or two-man vehicle, it was typically used by scouts for battlefield reconnaissance or for quick travel during the late [[Succession Wars era]].<ref>''MechWarrior'' RPG, 1st. Edition p. 44</ref> − [[Samuel Lewis (Businessman)|S.L. Lewis]] would use this vehicle as the basis for his [[Savannah Master]] in [[3025]], increasing its tonnage while fitting a smaller [[Omni 25]] to add some armor and a [[Medium laser]] in exchange for a 80 kph reduction in speed and the loss of some of the standard Skimmer's all-terrain capabilities.<ref name=RGiCv31p4/> + There were no rules yet for [[Design Quirks]] when the Skimmer was published, but it is described to possess the special ability that it may enter light woods, a terrain normally forbidden for hovercraft. (A successful Driving roll is required for the attempt, but it is not stated what happens when the roll fails.)<ref>''MechWarrior'' RPG, 1st. Edition p. 60</ref> ==Weapons and Equipment== ==Weapons and Equipment== − The Skimmer features a forward-firing [[Small Laser]] and a rear-firing [[Flamer]].<ref name=MWRPG1Ep44/><ref name=RGiCv31p4/> + The Skimmer features a forward-firing [[Small Laser]] and a rear-firing [[Flamer]]. ==Gallery== ==Gallery== Line 36:
Line 36: ==Notes== ==Notes== − * The Skimmer originally appeared in the original ''MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game'' with somewhat limited detail with a record sheet was published in ''[[Record Sheets Volume Five: Vehicles]]'', the vehicle would receive a modern revisit in ''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 31'', reducing its ground speed.<ref name=RGiCv31p4>"Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 31", p. 4: "Savannah Master (reflective)"</ref> + *Many details for this vehicle are unknown. There is only a brief mentioning of this vehicle in a single source (''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game]]''); a record sheet was published in ''[[Record Sheets Volume Five: Vehicles]]''. − * When the Skimmer was originally introduced there were no rules yet for [[Design Quirks]], but it is described to possess the special ability that it may enter light woods, a terrain normally forbidden for hovercraft (A successful Driving roll is required for the attempt, but it is not stated what happens when the roll fails),<ref>''MechWarrior'' RPG, 1st. Edition p. 60</ref> with ''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 31'' but also explaining why the Savannah Master does not feature it. ==References== ==References== Line 44:
Line 43: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== *''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game]]'' *''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game]]'' − *''[[Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 31]]'' *''[[Record Sheets Volume Five: Vehicles]]'' *''[[Record Sheets Volume Five: Vehicles]]'' − [[Category:Combat Vehicles|Skimmer]] [[Category:Combat Vehicles|Skimmer]]
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| mass = 5 | | mass = 5 | ||
| armor = [[Standard armor]] | | armor = [[Standard armor]] | ||
| − | | engine = [[ | + | | engine = [[50 (Fusion)]] |
| − | | speed = | + | | speed = 291.6 |
| Crew = 1 or 2 | | Crew = 1 or 2 | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | The '''Skimmer'''-class hovercraft is extremely fast, but only lightly armed and armored. | + | The '''Skimmer'''-class hovercraft is extremely fast, but only lightly armed and armored. Usable as a one- or two-man vehicle, it was typically used by scouts for battlefield reconnaissance or for quick travel during the late [[Succession Wars era]].<ref>''MechWarrior'' RPG, 1st. Edition p. 44</ref> |
| − | [[ | + | There were no rules yet for [[Design Quirks]] when the Skimmer was published, but it is described to possess the special ability that it may enter light woods, a terrain normally forbidden for hovercraft. (A successful Driving roll is required for the attempt, but it is not stated what happens when the roll fails.)<ref>''MechWarrior'' RPG, 1st. Edition p. 60</ref> |
==Weapons and Equipment== | ==Weapons and Equipment== | ||
| − | The Skimmer features a forward-firing [[Small Laser]] and a rear-firing [[Flamer]]. | + | The Skimmer features a forward-firing [[Small Laser]] and a rear-firing [[Flamer]]. |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | * | + | *Many details for this vehicle are unknown. There is only a brief mentioning of this vehicle in a single source (''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game]]''); a record sheet was published in ''[[Record Sheets Volume Five: Vehicles]]''. |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
*''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game]]'' | *''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game]]'' | ||
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*''[[Record Sheets Volume Five: Vehicles]]'' | *''[[Record Sheets Volume Five: Vehicles]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Combat Vehicles|Skimmer]] | [[Category:Combat Vehicles|Skimmer]] | ||