Ok... the idea of the idea for the Armodilo is to create a vehicle capable of ovverriding impassable terrain such as lava, craters, etc... However in order to balance (or try to) this vehicle I thought that the vehicle could be a fragile vehicle that would require another vehicle to use it's terrain override feature.
The Armodillo could be launched over a small distance via a susrb or (single use solid rocket booster) system which would auto eject and selfdestruct when they ran out of fuel. Once ejected the Armodillo could use a air bag system (like the ones used on the mars probes) to soften the impact. Also in order to level the ability out this vehicle would be an arachnid class ConVec and would thus require several Micro-Kits in order to biuld a structure (maybe like 6).
In order to prevent usage of unusable area's it is simple, the unit would require a launch vehicle that would add the booster systems onto the vehicle and would provide a launch ramp. Also the air bag system on the Armodillo requires that the rocket boosters be ejected and that the vehicle have sufficent time before impact to deploy the air bags. This would mean that you could permitt it to bounce off the side of a cliff, however if you tried to deploy it on top the vehicle would be so close to the ground that the air bag system wouldn't have time to deploy which would cause the vehicle to be destroyed on impact.
The explanation of that is that it only has sufficent altitude to be at the same height as the cliff at the momment the boosters burn out.... and that means that the momment the boosters actually ejected it would be to close to the ground that it would collide in less than a second and blow up. So... if you distance it properly you can bounce it off a cliff face but if you don't it will crash and BURN!!!
Boosters cannot be told where or when to eject, they only eject when their fuel cells are depleted!!!
Armodillo
Stats: All
HP: 400
Armor: Light reinforced
Speed: Medium
Legs: 6 legged
Ability: Is legged there-for is effected less by terrain change
SAbility: Can construct sections of a structure (6 sections will complete a structure)
AAbility: Can be launched 12 squares by a launcher
(Over lava, craters, boulders, etc...)
LOS: 4 tile radius
Common Ore: N/A
Rare Ore: N/A
3rd Ore: N/A
Armodillo Launcher
Stats: All
HP: 1200
Armor: Medium
Speed: Slow
Wheels: 18 wheels
Ability: Can construct an air bag module and mount the Armodillo inside it and then construct a susrb system and mount it on an Armodillo so it can be launched
SAbility: Can launch an Armodillo 12 squares every 20 marks
(Over lava, craters, boulders, etc...)
LOS: 6 tile radius
Common Ore: N/A
Rare Ore: N/A
3rd Ore: N/A
For some reason I doubt this will even be entirely read before it is locked...
