Vehicle CMC Digger Crawler "Sandcrawler"

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CMC Digger Crawler "Sandcrawler"

AFFILIATION
Jawas, Open Market

MANUFACTURER
Corellian Mining Corporation

CLASS
Transport

ROLE
Mining Transport

COMPOSITION
Durasteel, transparisteel

DIMENSIONS
36.8 m long
20 m tall

CREW
4-7 (Bridge)
3-9 (Engineering)
3-9 (Processing)

PASSENGER CAPACITY
30
(300 Jawas)

CARGO CAPACITY
50 tons

HANGAR CAPACITY
N/A

CONSUMABLES
2 months

SPEED/MANEUVERABILITY
30 kph

EQUIPMENT
  • 1x Magnetic Suction Tube
  • 1x Magnetic Crane Arm
  • 1x Smelting Furnace

DESCRIPTION
The most iconic, and perhaps infamous creation of the long defunct Corellian Mining Corporation, the CMC Digger Crawler has left its mark on dozens of planets across the galaxy. This is because the CMC was especially aggressive, and remarkably shortsighted, in their efforts to mine Outer Rim planets in the wake of the Sith Wars. Unfortunately, many of these worlds proved to be less profitable or more dangerous than CMC expected, and as executives and investors were busy losing their shirts much of their mining equipment was left behind in unfinished mining complexes across the galaxy. Because of this many industrious scavengers have taken to using Sandcrawlers as mobile fortresses, perhaps none more famously than the Jawas of Tatooine.

It's easy to understand why Sandcrawlers are popular among scavengers, as they are equipped with a wide range of features designed to make them both durable and practical. Sandcrawlers are highly resistant to extreme elements, physical shocks, and even small arms fire, although they are still no match for heavy anti-vehicle weaponry. They also come fully equipped with an internal smelting furnace, forges, and workstations that can break down both metal ore and salvaged metal with ease. Raw materials can be brought in through the massive front ramp via a magnetic crane arm located inside the main storage area, or through a magnetic suction tube that can be lowered down either side of the crawler.

In their unmodified form, the Sandcrawler requires a crew of 25 to drive, maintain, and work processing equipment on the ship, although a skeleton crew of ten can get the job done. The accommodations on the ship are bare, but it can comfortably fit a full crew contingent and 30 other passengers, usually miners or industrial workers. Jawa Sandcrawlers however, thanks to ingenious and frankly unsafe living arrangements, can cram twice the crew and ten times the passengers, squeezing a full clan of 350 Jawas into a Sandcrawler. Of course, already weighing several tons and being able to hold several more tons of cargo, most Sandcrawlers rarely see their middling 30 kph top speed, although their tracks allow them to turn in place making them easy to maneuver.

LEGALITY
Restricted. These are not designed for use in populated, urbanized areas, and they can easily devastate any natural environment they roll through. As such most civilized planets restrict where they can be used.

Uncivilized planets, not so much.

INTENT
I wanted to create a writeup for a canon vehicle.

RESTRICTIONS
Due to the crew, cost, and licensing requirements for this vehicle, it can only serve as an asset for a player run business or faction, or as an NPC faction asset.

 
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