A-A5C Combat Speeder Truck

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Trast Heavy Transports' A-A5 speeder truck was designed to transport heavy cargo across rough worlds, and was covered in armored plates to protect it and its cargo from harsh environmental conditions.

The A-A5 speeder truck was manufactured by Trast Heavy Transports as a repulsorlift long-distance cargo transport. It measured 21.4 meters in length,[ and consisted of two sections; the cab and the cargo bay. A-A5s had a ground clearance of three meters, and could reach speeds of one hundred and sixty kilometers an hour. A-A5s were covered in armor as strong as some light military vehicles.

The A-A5 only required a single pilot, but the cab had room for a crew of three. This was to allow the crew to alternating driving duties so as to extend the distance the vehicle could travel without stopping. Each cab featured two folding bunks attached to the back wall. An enclosed cargo bay could carry 25,000 kilograms of cargo, as well as twenty-five passengers who were seated on fold-out benches[4]along the top of the bay. A weeks worth of consumables were carried aboard. A-A5s cost between 13,600 and 30,500 credits to buy new; used vehicles could retail for anywhere between 7,850 and 8,250 credits.

A-A5 speeder trucks were designed to ferry cargo over long distances through rough terrain, usually among the uncivilized planet of the Outer Rim Territories. Many were modified by militias and insurgents with heavier armor plating to act as armored personnel carriers.

Pg'lax, owner of the Quick Pit docking bay service service at Mos Eisley, used modified A-A5 speeder trucks for his work.

The Alliance to Restore the Republic used speeder trucks like the A-A5 as troop transports. Despite being used as combat vehicles, A-A5s were unarmed, as they were never intended to actually enter a combat zone. Some vehicles, however, "acquired" weapons including blaster rifles, repeating blasters, or grenade launchers hand-mounted to the body by the crews. The practice was disliked by Alliance High Command as they felt that such actions resulted in the crews taking risks they should not.

**Purchase TN:** 70 (To Build) 47 (New) 31 (Used)

**Restriction:** Mil (+3)

• • Speeders require the Drive Skill to be operated.

• • Many speeders have vehicle mounted weapons, these vehicle weapons require the Vehicle Weapon Proficiency feat.

• • A speeder travels just above the ground there fore it may ignore difficult terrain, and even travel above water as if it were ground.

• • A speeder can change the height at witch it travels to a maximum of 10 meters above the ground. This allows the speeder to travel above most typical obstacles.

• • *[Special]:* Characters hit with a concussion grenade must make a Fort Save as if the damage was high enough to hit their Damage Threshold even if the damage was not enough to do so (Save is rolled nomally). Characters who fail their Fort Save additionally are stunned for 1 round.

***Accommodations***

• • 12 Seats

***Power System***

• • Cryogenic Power Cell (PL 6)

***Vehicle Systems***

• • 2x Rocket-Jet Space Engines (200 meters) (PL 5) **• •** 8 Unit Fuel Tank (PL 6) **• •** Fuel Economizer (PL 6) **• •** Radio Transceiver (PL 5) **• •** Class I Sensor Array (PL 5) **• •** Depolarizing Charge (PL 6) **• •** Subspace Radio (PL 7) **• •** Anti-Accident System (PL 6) **• •** Radiation Shielding (PL 6) **• •** DW-3 Concussion Grenade Launcher (PL 6)