Designed with strategic mobility in mind, the PC-8 can carry eight soldiers into battle. It is armed with a 3cm railgun, capable of defeating any other light AFV on the battlefield, and a K-21 launcher for the Slammer missile, which can defeat just about everything else. A 10mm light railgun is provided for use against militia and soft-skinned vehicles.
Subassemblies: Body +4, full rotation Turret +2, eight Off-Road
+2
P&P: 200 kW fission w/ 150 kW improved all-wheel drive drivetrain
Occ: Body: 2 NCS (driver and commander/gunner), 8 NS (infantry)
Cargo: 25 cf internal
| Armor | F | R/L | B | T | U |
| Body | 6/400 L | 5/300 L | 4/200 L | 4/200 L | 4/200 L |
| Turret | 6/400 L | 5/300 L | 4/200 L | 4/200 L | 0/0 |
| Wheels | 4/100 |
Weaponry
30mm K-19 railgun [Turret:F] (300 APFSDS)
120mm K-21 launcher [Turret:F] (8 Slammer missiles)
10mm K-34 minirailgun [Turret:F] (3000 AP)
Equipment
Turret: PESA (10 miles, Scan 17), searchlight (1 mile), 4x short
range laser comms, advanced battery (3000 shots for 1cm railgun), advanced
battery (300 shots for 3cm railgun), anti-blast magazine for missiles,
full stabilizations for both guns
Body: 4x PESA (1x4 miles, Scan 14; 3x1 miles, Scan 11), advanced
laser/radar detector, HUDWAC w/pupil scanner, 2 medium range scrambled
radios, 10-man NBC kit, full fire suppression system, 2x IFF, military
GPS, 8x decoy dischargers (blackout gas), 2x hardened small computers (C3),
hardened microframe (C5), three terminals
Statistics
| Size: 26'x11'x7' | Payload: approx. 2,800 lbs | Lwt: 20,350 lbs (10.17 tons) |
| Volume: 860 cf (Size Mod: +4) | Maint.: 16 hours | Price: $1,550,000 |
HT: 12
HP: 1385 [body], 59 [each wheel], 244 [turret]
| gSpeed: 68 | gAccel: 4 | gDecel: 20 | gMR: 0.5 | gSR: 4 | GP: high (1/4) |
| wSpeed: 4 | wAccel: 0.3 | wDecel: 10 | wMR: 0.5 | wSR: 5 |
Design Notes
Frame is heavy for 675 cf body, 50 cf turret, and 135 cf wheels. The
Python has heavy compartmentalization, is sealed, has basic emission cloaking,
basic stealth, basic sound baffling, instant cameleon, puncture-resistant
tires, improved brakes, all-wheel steering and smartwheels. Armor is advanced
laminate for body and turret and advanced metal for wheels.
New Weapons (SS includes HUDWAC and pupil scanner)
30mm K-19 railgun: short barrel, slow autloader, electromag
Dam 6dx24(2) APFSDS, Acc 17, SS 13, 1/2Dam 4,000, Max 13,500, ROF 6,
AWt 0.68 lbs
120mm K-21 launcher:: short barrel, smoothbore, slow autoloader,
liquid propellant, gun/launcher
SS 13, ROF 1/6
10mm K-34 minirailgun: very short barrel, light automatic, electromag
Dam 6dx3(2) AP, Acc 14, SS 10, 1/2Dam 1300, Max 5600, ROF 6, AWt 0.04
lbs
120mm Slammer anti-tank missile: normal HEAT warhead, passive
radar guidance
Dam 6dx48 (10), Skill 17, SS 20, Max 6000, Speed 1140 yd/s, End 5.3
sec, ROF 1/6, AWt 64.8 lbs, $28,700