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Are you tired of not having a way to get 4-8 of your friends across a planetary segment in one off road vehicle? Ever felt bored just shooting across the planet in what is equivalent to a modern day crotch rocket?
Ever wish you could just make a 'sled' and scrap along the ground pretending you were an actual motorized vehicle? Well, be weary no longer!
The Solar Trade Confederation unveiled it's newest product line, the "Ground Tactical Assault" Units. This particular GTA model sports 6 wheels, and space for up to 8 astro-marines! To crew the vehicle, you will need a driver, a passenger riding shotgun, and as many trigger happy buddies as you can coax into the back with rocket launchers and sniper rifles.
You could say the main weapon of the vehicle is the space it has. Imagine 10 players all firing wildly into the air with the automatic pistols, rockets, and sniper rifles. Just don't get too carried away with your war wagon though, this thing is not a front line vehicle in a futuristic warzone.
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Gameplay:
The Transport Hog itself is balanced to the standard issue laser rifle in the game, with even less shields than the Warhog. While it retains the same number of thrusters, due to the reduced mass it can scoot across the ground at a still respectable clip, and can even handle small inclines. On high gravity it is impossible to take off into space, which is intended, like all ground vehicles made by me. The front is made from advanced armor blocks to insure longevity on the field, and to not have your vehicle instantly pop upon discovery by a vehicle with mounted weapons. The bottom parts of the wheels are advanced as well to prevent immobilization, because while it sounds cool, we wanted play-ability over realism.
However, the sides are made from thin basic hull to provide infantry with laser rifles a chance to kill the vehicle. If you look at just behind the middle tires, you can see the "FUEL CELLS". Shooting the middle tire and hitting the "FUEL CELLS" will insure the destruction of the vehicle, and will most likely put the core on overheat. Also could kill most of the passengers... which sounds awesome! xD
The front cabin also has 2 medical devices for the passenger riding shotgun to heal up while on patrol, should they encounter resistance and to prevent the damage from adding up. You could replace one or both with a bobby AI module, a Storage Block, a Team Colored Light, or a Faction Block.
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If you would like to see more of these, let me know!
These vehicles participated in the NFD triathlon server event, as part of the ground portion. Some were destroyed early on, and others where just never used, but they were their, with a Warhog Blue ending up in the center of the map and changed hands multiple times.
Other 'GTA' Units made by me:
Troop Transport Truck:
http://starmadedock.net/content/troop-transport-truck-red-by-stc-foundries.3453/
Warhog:
http://starmadedock.net/content/warhog-red-from-stc-foundries.3449/
Are you tired of not having a way to get 4-8 of your friends across a planetary segment in one off road vehicle? Ever felt bored just shooting across the planet in what is equivalent to a modern day crotch rocket?
Ever wish you could just make a 'sled' and scrap along the ground pretending you were an actual motorized vehicle? Well, be weary no longer!
The Solar Trade Confederation unveiled it's newest product line, the "Ground Tactical Assault" Units. This particular GTA model sports 6 wheels, and space for up to 8 astro-marines! To crew the vehicle, you will need a driver, a passenger riding shotgun, and as many trigger happy buddies as you can coax into the back with rocket launchers and sniper rifles.
You could say the main weapon of the vehicle is the space it has. Imagine 10 players all firing wildly into the air with the automatic pistols, rockets, and sniper rifles. Just don't get too carried away with your war wagon though, this thing is not a front line vehicle in a futuristic warzone.
---
Gameplay:
The Transport Hog itself is balanced to the standard issue laser rifle in the game, with even less shields than the Warhog. While it retains the same number of thrusters, due to the reduced mass it can scoot across the ground at a still respectable clip, and can even handle small inclines. On high gravity it is impossible to take off into space, which is intended, like all ground vehicles made by me. The front is made from advanced armor blocks to insure longevity on the field, and to not have your vehicle instantly pop upon discovery by a vehicle with mounted weapons. The bottom parts of the wheels are advanced as well to prevent immobilization, because while it sounds cool, we wanted play-ability over realism.
However, the sides are made from thin basic hull to provide infantry with laser rifles a chance to kill the vehicle. If you look at just behind the middle tires, you can see the "FUEL CELLS". Shooting the middle tire and hitting the "FUEL CELLS" will insure the destruction of the vehicle, and will most likely put the core on overheat. Also could kill most of the passengers... which sounds awesome! xD
The front cabin also has 2 medical devices for the passenger riding shotgun to heal up while on patrol, should they encounter resistance and to prevent the damage from adding up. You could replace one or both with a bobby AI module, a Storage Block, a Team Colored Light, or a Faction Block.
--
If you would like to see more of these, let me know!
These vehicles participated in the NFD triathlon server event, as part of the ground portion. Some were destroyed early on, and others where just never used, but they were their, with a Warhog Blue ending up in the center of the map and changed hands multiple times.
Other 'GTA' Units made by me:
Troop Transport Truck:
http://starmadedock.net/content/troop-transport-truck-red-by-stc-foundries.3453/
Warhog:
http://starmadedock.net/content/warhog-red-from-stc-foundries.3449/
