Legged Vehicle
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It is a kind of Vehicle and Ground Vehicle
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Legged Vehicles use jointed limbs to undertake movement across a land surface. This is a complex process for mechanical control and most successful examples use computer controlled leg-management systems.
Not Legged Vehicles[edit]
Power Armour is not usually classed as a Legged Vehicle despite having many features in common.
Examples of Legged Vehicles[edit]
19 Legged Vehicle items[edit]
| Item | Type | Mode | TL | Mass | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AD-26 Argus | Combat Vehicle | Ground (Legged) | 15 | 26.49385 tons empty, 28.04297 tons loaded | 4,284,632 |
| Ares class Combat Walker | Main Battle Tank | Ground (Walker) | 10 | ~3.2 dton | Cr3,186,343.278 |
| Auto-angel | Service Vehicle | Ground (Legged) | 10 | 1500-1750mm tall | Cr1,000,000 |
| Breakthrough Heavy Infantry Walker | Light Tank | Ground (Legged) | 16 | 6.45 tons | 257,383 |
| Cannisia class Giant Combat Robot | Armored Fighting Vehicle | Ground (Legged) | 10 | 9 dtons | 1.3064475 MCr. |
| Engineering Droid | Industrial Vehicle | Ground (Legged) | 11 | 1,250-1,750mm tall | Cr350,000 |
| GSD Achilles class Combat Walker | Light Tank | Ground (Legged) | 9 | ~1.43 dton | Cr751,744.5 |
| Gladius class Combat Walker | Light Tank | Ground (Legged) | 8 | 1.0 dton | Cr324,097.9 |
| Heveka Cargo Loader | Mobile Crane | Ground (Legged) | 13 | 8 tons | Cr628,000 |
| Infodrone class Expert Robot | Service Vehicle | Ground (Legged) | 10 | 1 L | 20 KCr |
| Kuyt class Spider Tank | Main Battle Tank | Ground (Legged) | 11 | 1 dton | Cr697,165.5375 |
| Marauder class combat walker | Infantry Support Armored Fighting Vehicle | Ground (Legged) | 12 | 1.0 dton | Cr516,927.52 |
| Night Stalker class Scout Walker | Reconnaissance Vehicle | Ground (Legged) | 8 | 1 dton | 256,385.05 |
| Onslaught Heavy Infantry Walker | Armored Fighting Vehicle | Ground (Legged)/Flight (Grav) | 16 | 21.13 tons | Mcr1.05 |
| Overrun Heavy Infantry Walker | Personal Vehicle | Ground (Legged) | 16 | 18.59 tons | Mcr1.05 |
| R7 Elfenbeinturm class Heavy Combat Mecha | Combat Vehicle | Ground (Legged) | 8 | ~8.9 dtons | Cr1,754,498.3 |
| Recreational Vehicle of the Apocalypse | Civilian Vehicle | Ground (Legged) | 9 | 10 tons | Cr324,000 |
| Scylla Drainage Control Robot | Industrial Vehicle | Ground (Legged) | 15 | 97.62 tons | Mcr6.99 |
| Skorp Landshaper | Construction Vehicle | Ground (Legged) | 13 | 5.5 tons | Cr304,000 |
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Legged Vehicles are a separate approach to land transport from the wheel. It is unusual for this to be the primary method of locomotion for a species Land Vehicles - but if it is, it is more commonly so for aquatic Sophonts.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Fire, Fusion, & Steel (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), 17-21.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: BackworldTraveller