Used on numerous Askelline worlds, the Aelurus is a sturdy vehicle with reinforced wheels to pull it through a wide variety of off-road terrain. Lightly armed and armoured with modular construction, models with cargo, passenger, and even smuggling variants exist across the sector.
Armour
| Speed
| Crew
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|---|
8 / 8
| Fast
| 1
| Passengers
| Size
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| 2
| Medium
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Traits
Open: This vehicle’s crew and passenger compartments are open, exposing those aboard - Crew and passengers can be targeted by enemies directly.
- If a result of Crew/Passengers hit is rolled on the Vehicle Critical Hit Table, the victim does not add the vehicle’s Armour to their own when determining damage.
- If this vehicle goes Out of Control, passengers and crew must make a Challenging (+0) Reflexes Test or be thrown off.
- Passengers and Crew may choose to oppose Melee attacks made against this vehicle.
Rugged: This vehicle is built for harsh conditions and is especially resilient.
Each time it suffers a Critical Hit, roll twice and use the lower
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Variants
Although normally designed to carry both the driver and two passengers, the Aelurus’ design allows for alternate configurations, enhancing the vehicle’s flexibility. Common variants include: - Removing the Passenger seats to carry up to 20 Encumberance worth of cargo.
- Adding a third seat, but losing any cargo capacity.
- Adding a pintle-mounted weapon, such as Twin-Linked Autoguns.
- Twin-linked Autogun (Pintle mount): Ranged (Solid Projectile), 6 Damage, Long Range. Loud, Rapid Fire 4.
- Twin-linked: +1 to Rapid Fire (already included), gain an additional +1 SL to Ranged tests to hit from Burst Fire.
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