Heavy Hover Sled

## Heavy Hover Sled (Yer'kimi Seru Karsi)

A larger and heavier version of the standard Hover Sled, the **Heavy Hover Sled** (**Yer'kimi Seru Karsi**) acted as a support platform for Bioroid forces.

## Background

Prompted by the success of the standard Hover Sled, the Heavy Hover Sled was initially conceived for use as a combination of troop transport and recovery platform to support Bioroid forces. As its performance exceeded expectations, the Robotech Masters chose to develop the platform further into a heavier support version of the standard Hover Sled. This variant could transport two Bioroids into combat with no loss of capability, while still performing the same roles as its smaller counterpart with an emphasis on ground-support actions.

The Heavy Hover Sled served alongside its smaller, more common counterpart throughout the Tirolian Empire. Its only real flaws were its larger footrprint, resulting in it taking up more hangar space onboard the Assault Dropships, and increased Protoculture use. The latter became a key issue in the waning days of the Empire, leading to most examples being withdrawn and scrapped. As a result, the Heavy Hover platform was a very rare sight during the Second Robotech War.

## Capabilities

The Heavy Hover Sled shared most of the functionality and systems of the standard Hover Sled. The biggest difference between the Heavy Hover Sled and its smaller counterpart lay in its size and capacity. Despite its increased size and mass, the Heavy Hover platform maintained the same degree of acceleration and mobility as its smaller counterpart due to a more powerful Protoculture engine. Likewise, it maintained the same functionality, including direct pilot control and remote control capabilities. While the Heavy Hover Platform could fulfil the same operational roles, the Scientist Triumvirates chose to take advantage of its larger size fitting it with additional weapons for use in ground support roles.

As originally envisioned, the Heavy Hover Sled would be used by Combat Engineer Bioroids to transport materials, as well as for retrieval of disabled or destroyed Bioroids. However, in its combat role, the Heavy Hover Sled could carry two Boiroids, standing side-by-side. The first operated the Sled as per the more common model. The second had its hands entirely free to use its weapons, allowing it to operate heavier gun pods such as the Terlog-Gohr Heavy Gun Pod or Evad-Gorul Heavy Particle Bazooka while retaining the full mobility of the Hover Sled.

In the advent that the primary pilot Bioroid was destroyed or disabled, the secondary passenger Bioroid could take over control of the Heavy Hover Platform. Furthermore, the remote command of the Heavy Hover Platform could also be transferred to that Bioroid if needed.

## Weapons and Equipment

* 2 **Heavy Particle Cannons:** Mounted in the front of the Hover Sled. Fires ion discs at 4000 m/s. Can fire for up to 120 seconds in automatic mode, after that limited to one burst/3 seconds, unless sub- maximum rate of fire allows replenishment of the ion supply.

* **Plasma Energy Bombs:** Located in an internal bay; launches discrete plasma energy packets (similar to those used by the Evad-Gorul Heavy Particle Bazooka) for use in area bombing attacks. The hover sled typically caries nine 'bombs'.

In addition, the Bioroids operating the Hover Sled could use their own gun pods. Often the passenger Bioroid would use heavy pods such as the Terlog-Gohr Heavy Gun Pod or Evad-Gorul Heavy Particle Bazooka.

## Notes

* Design Notes
* Bioroid Main File