"Any colour, so long as it's White"

- A spokesperson's comment on queries about the decor options for Dark Lament's new line of vehicles.

SLA POWERBUS LINE

Powerbus One

At last, an affordable APC for operative squads. This base model seats seven passengers plus driver, all with full kit. The design of the chassis is taken from the time-tested Battle Taxi, with a rigid body designed specially by EXOarms. The driver compartment is given a 180 degree slot window and recessed mirrors to make maneouvering in tight areas a cinch. Although this version is not supllied with any weapons, punch-out hardpoints are provided for retro-fitting.

Electronics-wise, the vehicle comes with a 200km AV comms unit made by BluntPau as standard, and a motion-intelligent security system, also by BluntPau is available for just 1,000c!

Type: APC
Max. Speed: 150 kph
Skill: Drive, Military
Cost: 28,000c
PV/ID: 15/300
Crew/Passengers: 1/7

Powerbus Two

A long-wheelbase version of the last model, available with standard seating and a special cargo area, or three more seats at no extra cost.

Type: APC
Max. Speed: 130 kph
Skill: Drive, Military
Cost: 32,000c
PV/ID: 15/300
Crew/Passengers: 1/7 or 1/10

Powerbus Terminator

The special edition, limited to 200,000 production models. Includes a superior engine, designed by Augustus, and a built-in turret-mounted FEN 808 Power Reaper 2.4000!

Type: APC
Max. Speed: 180 kph
Skill: Drive, Military
Cost: 56,000c (+ limited availablity)
PV/ID: 17/400
Crew/Passengers: 1/7

Customisation

SLA have arranged a low-cost upgrade system for owners of Powerbuses. Paintjobs in any one of 400 metallic, pearlescent, gloss or matt shades are a measly 120c, or 140c for the Powerbus Two.

Custom patterns and designs can be checked over with a drafter and a technichian, and are avalable for 50c per colour used (min. 3 colours), or a straight 2,500c fee for a full 256 colour stipplled image.

Zaikuro T-Port

Zaikuro Samurai

Picture the situation: you're responding to a Red Alert. You straddle your shiny new Calaharvey, all intimidating bulges and chopped accessories. Power! You roar off, ready to make your hero entrance at the scene of the crime. You see the site ahead of you, flames, gunfire and blood. You feel.... small.

The reason you feel small is that you're on a bike, and you're surrounded by Battle Taxis, Kilcopters, armoured limos and even the occasional SLA Powerbus. They couls all reverse over you without noticing. Your steed's mighty roar becomes a sad little whimper among the eight-litre supercharged V12s.

And this is why you need a Zaikuro Samurai. It's a bike. Well, it used to be. This is a bike that's taller than you are. The frame is taken from an 899SD Zaikuro 500, the bike that's won the Orienta 2-500 five years in a row. The 28" diameter, 6" width wheels are designed by Augustus and the bodywork is sheer Zaikuro glam. The ordnance rack, carried on a gracefully geometrical extension of the pillion above the rider's head can be full of anything you want; lights, flares, rockets, cameras, loud hailers... if you can name it, you can fit it.

Controlling this monster is made easy with a full power-assisted system. The traditional handlebars are replaced with two horizontal joysticks mounted on the inside walls of the control cavity, which also houses a full system readout and command pad. The other advantage to this system is that the rider can easily take one hand off a joystick to control other functions of the bike while maintain full control with the remaining hand.

The Ordnance rack has sixteen bays, arranged in four rows of four. Each bay can hold one of the following items:

Floodlight 50c
Spotlight 50c
Loudhailer (miked to helmet) 40c
Camera 230c
200km AV comm suite 300c
Flares (each bay holds four flares. They travel 200m and burn for eight minutes) 50c per bay, .
Guidance pod (req'd for rockets) 500c
Rockets (1 per bay) 100c

Rules for rockets: A guidance pod must be fitted to use rockets. Rider selects target via display in control cavity, and a rocket fires.The guidance pod will attempt to keep a laser trained on the target for the rocket to follow, but if the bike veers hard the lock will be lost and the rocket will collateral damage and plenty of embarrassment for the rider. To this end, after selecting a target (taking one phase) the rider must make a Drive/Motorbike roll as the "hit" roll for the attack, with whatever modifiers the GM deems appropriate, for e.g. a fast moving target. If and when it hits, the rocket does damage as for a frag grenade: blast rating 10, PEN 6.

Other fittings may be available at the GMs discretion.

Type: Motorbike
Max. Speed: 270 kph
Skill: Drive, Motorbike
Cost: 17,000c
PV/ID: 5/100
Crew/Passengers: 1/1