Vehicle Overhaul - 2014

Goals: Make vehicles more customizable and versatile.

To do:

• Make multiple chassis types for each class of vehicle

• Define weapon hard points for vehicles to help with balance.

Vehicle Frames

Light Tank Frames

Lightning - high mobility frame, access to 'Medium' weapons

Thunder - low mobility frame, sacrifices speed for access to heavy weapon

Cloud - scout tank frame, weapon selection is limited to light AV/AI weaponry, but can carry four soldiers on the thread skirts

Magspeeder (VS) - A prototype VS light tank frame that affixes a magrider levitation body to the standard lightning frame. It offers the light tank unparalleled mobility, at the cost of a reduction of armor.

Heavy Tank Frames

Prowler - (TR) - Middleground Heavy Weapons Frame. Offers decent maneuverability

Jaeger - (TR) - Siege Frame that sacrifices mobility and armor for an extra set of twin-linked heavy weapons.

Magrider - (VS) - High maneuverability weapons platform with a fixed cannon that can levitate over tough terrain

Magbreaker - (VS) - Frame built from alien alloys allows the Magbreaker to take extra damage. It's speed is significantly reduced, and the weapon choices are limited to medium.

Vanguard - (NC) - Super heavy tank, equipped with a shield unit. Dishes out unparalleled firepower

Sternguard - (NC) - Shifts the Vanguard's role from a frontline tank to a rearguard tank adept at chasing down flankers. Offers up higher mobility but loses range of sight with a fixed turret.

APC Frames

Sunderer - Generic APC frame that offers a versatile range of options, from a spawn location to a supply cart.

Pummeler - (TR) - A converted TR APC loses the ability to carry personell and instead gains a single gunners seat. The APC has access to long range artillery weapons or heavy AA weaponry. Cannot fire on the move.

Railhauler - (NC) - This NC APC has a reduced carrying capacity but has a large mounted superheavy AV railgun affixed to the top of the vehicle. Can fire on the move, but the railgun overheats.

ATV Frames

Flash - Generic fast transport. Great for getting one or two people from place to place. May be cloaked. Only allows for a single light weapon to be mounted on the handle. (Guns only, no grenades)

Spectre - (VS) - The VS spectre frame comes standard with a cloaking device as well as a high mobility hoverjet. It's limited to one integrated, nose mounted light machine gun.

Rumbler - The Rumbler frame allows not only for one passenger riding on the rear seat but also comes stock with a side-mounted rumble seat that may be equipped with a light weapon on the rumble seat and on the handle. This vehicle has reduced speed and manueverability and cannot be cloaked.

Aerial Transport Frames

Galaxy - All purpose flying fortress and troop transport. Allows for hotdrops, shielding soldiers as they jump from high altitude. Soldiers can also Spawn on deployed Galaxies, and refill ammunition.

Scutari - Aerial Transport frame that is adept at landing in the field and deploying as a mobile fortress. Boasts heavier armor, and deployable energy shields. This frame no longer supports hot drops, and moves even slower than a standard galaxy frame, making it the slowest and most hulking vehicle in the game.

Skycrane - Converts the Galaxy from an aerial personnel carrier to a vehicle carrier. One manned heavy tank/two light tanks can be towed by the Skyrane. Because of it's heavy load, the skycrane sacrifices armor, as well as maneuverability while burdened.

Hailstorm - (TR) - The Hailstorm is a personnel carrier converted into a low altitude attack fortress. Equipped with 8 light weapons, the hailstorm has been stripped of much of it's armor, making it a terrifying anti-infantry weapon platform (this may edge over into gunship territory, but I'm sure we can think of some really cool Faction specific Gunship frames to give to VS and NC to balance this out)

Weapon Hardpoints:

Ground Vehicles

Flash

1 Light Hardpoint

Harasser

1 Light Hardpoint

Sunderer

2 Medium Hardpoints

Lightning

1 Medium Hardpoint

Prowler

1 Heavy Hardpoint

1 Medium Hardpoint

Vanguard

1 Heavy Hardpoint

1 Medium Hardpoint

Magrider

1 Heavy Hardpoint

1 Medium Hardpoint

Air Vehicles

Liberator

1 Heavy Hardpoint

1 Medium Hardpoint

1 Light Hardpoint

Galaxy

4 Medium Hardpoints

Mosquito

2 Medium Hardpoints

Reaver

2 Medium Hardpoints

Scythe

2 Medium Hardpoints

Light Weapons

M12 Kobalt-F/H

M20 Basilisk-F/H

M40 Fury-F/H

M60-D Bulldog-F/H

E540 Halberd-F/H

Renegade

G40-F Ranger

G30 Walker

C20 Vulcan-H

P525 Marauder-H

Proton II PPA-H

Saron HRB-H

Enforcer ML65-H

C85 Canister-H

Medium Weapons

M12 Kobalt

M20 Basilisk

M40 Fury

M60-D Bulldog

E540 Halberd

G40-F Ranger

G30 Walker

C20 Vulcan

P525 Marauder

Proton II PPA

Saron HRB

Enforcer ML65

C85 Canister

C75 Viper

L100 Python HEAT

L100 Python AP

L100 Python AP

Skyguard

Heavy Weapons

P2 120 HEAT

P2 120 HE

P2 120 AP

Titan-150 HEAT

Titan-150 HE

Titan-150 AP

Supernova PC

Supernova FPC

Supernova VPC

Air Medium Weapons

L30 Vektor

CAS30 Tank Buster

L-24R Spur - pilot view following

M20 Drake

M60-A Bulldog

A30 Walker

Hyena Missile Launcher

M14 Banshee

M18 Needler

M18 Rotary

M18 Locust

M20 Mustang

Vortek Rotary

M30 Mustang AH

M20 Kestrel

Hailstorm Turbo Laser

Light PPA

Saron Laser Cannon

Anteres LC

Coyote Missiles

Hornet Missiles

Tomcat A2AM Pods

Hellfire Rocket Pods

Breaker Rocket Pods

Photon A2A Missile Pods

Dual Photon pods

Air Heavy Weapons

AP30 Shredder

C150 Dalton

L105 Zepher

Dual-75 Duster