Styx Special 2059 - RPG Pickup

Pickup (1 sp.ext.), Xhvy Ch., Hvy.-Active Sus., Sport PP (PC/SC), 6 SD-Steel-FP-Radial Tires, Driver; VMG (20/expl.) in UM turret, 7 oil/smoke dischargers, 4 bumper triggers, ABS-HD brakes, HD shocks, panic-button link for all dischargers, safety seat, cyberlink, IFE, 2 10 pt. WG rear, 2 10 pt. WH front, 2 5 pt. WH rear, spoilers & airdams, active sus., 10 pts. RPFP CA each around driver & PP, surge protector, tinted-no paint windshield, Long Range Radio, LR Radar, Radar Detector, Radar Jammer, HTM & Overdrive (linked), driver has blended BA; 175 pts. RPFP Plastic armor: F35 B35 R36 L36 T18 U15; Acc. 5 (10), Top 110 (82.5/130), HC 4 (5), 7800 lbs., $109,800.

Remove non Combat Accouterments - remove Surge, Tinted Windshield, LR Radio, all Radar goo, and UM from turret: -$15650

Pulse Option - Replace VMG with Pulse Laser, add 4 pts armor & 1 discharger: 7799 lbs, $118,802

Super Pulse Option - Replace VMG with Pulsed Twin Laser, remove 15 pts. armor & rear WH, add 1 discharger; 7800 lbs, $119,730

Straight Pickup Version - No extended cab, replace cyberlink with HRSWC, add 1 discharger, 10 WH on all wheels, 189 pts armor (+14); 7799 lbs., $94,482

Design Notes - Still trying to create the perfect vehicle. This is still an RPG design, made mainly for road combat. I pretty much got everything I wanted except a roll-cage (and maybe some metal armor). Armor is still a bit light; don't know what to do about that. But I wanted to have the highest possible HC, best tires, and best protection for the driver. I originally went with gas, for the acceleration, but decided on electric (because the 250 cu engine, fully modified, was just 10 lbs less than a Sport with PC/SC, and 1 space bigger - so the weight saved went into a bigger componant armor array). The VMG is for accuracy, ammo, and explosive rounds for metal opponents.

I'm trying a luxury version - which is necessary for a higher HC. Note, when I switched body styles from reg. Pickup to Midsized (same # spaces), even when reducing the tires, I was left with a 662 lbs deficit. Just food for thought.

Benedict - Div100 Luxury (Amber)

Luxury (C/A frame), XHvy Chassis, Hvy-Active Suspension, Sport PP (PC/SC), 4 Solid (FP-Radial-StB) tires, driver, 2 linked HMG (20/HD ammo) in turret, FOJ (25/reg) back, 8 dischargers (2 R,L,T,U & 1 F,B - 4 oil, 4 ice, 2 hot-smoke), cyberlink to HMG, IFE, HDHTM & overdrive (each linked to HMG & as well as HMG-FOJ link), Anti-Lock Heavy Duty Brakes, Heavy Duty Shocks, spoiler & airdam, Fake Ramplate, no paint tinted windshield; 4 bumper triggers linked to side's dischargers, 9 pts LRFP CA each around driver, PP and FOJ; driver has blended BA, 2 8 pt WH front & 2 7 pt WH front(all LRFP), 170 pts sloped plastic FPLR armor (F32 B32 R35 L35 U16 T20); Acc 10 (20), Top 122.5 (142.5 overdrive, 80 HDHTM), HC 5 (6), 6600 lbs, $86,705

Option 1 -
Design Notes - Benedict is the strongest character in the Amber series so I wanted to make the best car possible, cost be damned. Now, mind you, I haven't playtested this - from the standpoint of design theory, a C/A frame is a gamble I'm willing to suggest but I have no idea how it would survive in the arena. But this has much of the stuff I like to see all-together.

Original draft from Sept 9-2008, dunno why it waited till now. Pic from here