X-04 Vulture

The X-04 Vulture (or XAU-04) is an autonomous attack VTOLVertical Take-Off and Landing vehicle used in scouting and anti-infantry attack operations. It resembles a skinny helicopter fuselage, with a pair of powerful, compact turbofan engines, and two missile pods facing forward. Its nose-mounted gatling laser can shred infantry, while its two MLAWSsee Ultra-Tech p.145 pods' missiles can destroy tanks and other hard targets.
== Abilities ==
The Vulture has Infravision, Night Vision 9 and Telescopic Vision 2, making it capable of spotting things in varying levels of light.
== Salvage ==
The Vulture is loaded with powerful weapons. If they don't get destroyed in a crash, they could be useful to a Survivor group. However, Vultures use nanoburnHT-6, six hits, 1d-1; for an average 15 Toxic damage, chemicalTear gas, sleep gas, nerve gas, etcetera, and fragmentation shells8dx2 cr ex (average 56) with 3d (average 11) meant for anti-infantry attacks. The bad news is, these aren't as useful against robots. The good news is, a salvaged tank might survive a few hits from a fragmentation shell--the team will need to be "buttoned up" in NBC suits to avoid damage.
== Smaller Details ==
* Dense: While a Vulture is fairly compact, its armor makes it relatively dense--it weighs about 2 tons, outweighing your average 1.5-ton news helicopter. 
* Low Endurance: The Vulture can only fly for about 3 hours before needing to recharge, which prevents it from scouting thoroughly.
* Very Fast: X-04 Vultures are remarkably fast, with Move 132 (about 270 mph)! As such, it's easier to out-hide a Vulture than outrun one.
**For comparison, this is much faster than the light helicopters in High-Tech (around Move 80), or real-world news helicopters (around Move 73).
== Trivia ==
* The Vulture has Discriminatory Smell, which may be a bit difficult to use with all that wind blowing around the hull. Perhaps a Murphy's Rules entry?
== References ==
* Reign of Steel
Category:Vehicles