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Medium Trailer.
Middleweight trailers provide 1 additional build slot to the towing vehicle. Can be purchased only by middleweight or heavyweight vehicles.
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Articulated.
An articulated vehicle is comprised of two parts: the cab and the trailer. The front part of the articulated vehicle is referred to as the cab. The rear part of the articulated vehicle is referred to as the trailer. The cab and trailer are connected by a hitch.
When arming an articulated vehicle with a weapon, the player must declare whether that weapon is mounted on the cab or the trailer. When measuring range, place the shooting template touching either the cab or the trailer, depending on where the weapon is mounted.
When moving an articulated vehicle, the cab is moved like a normal vehicle, separately to the trailer, and then the trailer is place back into contact with the cab once it is in its Final Position.
To move an articulated vehicle, follow these steps:
• Select a movement template as normal
• If the vehicle selects any template other than a Straight, it gains 1 Hazard Token
• Place the movement template so that it is touching the centre of the front edge of the cab
• Optionally, roll and resolve Skid Dice as normal
• Ignoring the trailer, place the cab in its Final Position
• Place the trailer so that it is reconnected with the hitch of the cab, covering as much of the surface area of the movement template as possible.
The trailer should follow the path of the cab as closely as possible during this vehicle's movement. This is enforced by ensuring that the trailer is covering as much of the surface area of the movement template as possible, but sometimes a little player judgement may be needed to ensure it moves in a way that you feel is realistic.
When an articulated vehicle is moving in reverse, treat the rear of the trailer as the front of the cab, and treat the cab as the trailer.
When pivoting an articulated vehicle, for example when resolving a Spin, pivot both cab and trailer together as a single fixed object around its shared centre point.
If an articulated vehicle suffers a Flip, do not resolved a Flip and instead resolve a Jackknife:
• Swing Trailer: The player to the left hinges the trailer into any position they like, without disconnecting or overlapping the cab and trailer. This creates a COLLISION WINDOW.
• Pivot Vehicle: The player to the left then pivots the articulated vehicle to face any direction. This creates a COLLISION WINDOW.
• Crunch: The articulated vehicle than performs a 4D6 attack against itself that cannot be Evaded.
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Ponderous.
Ponderous vehicles are inexorable, unable to manoeuvre easily but also hard to shift from their current course once they are rolling.
Tanker Anchor: At the start of its activation, a Ponderous vehicle may gain 1 Hazard Token to skip its Movement Step. The massive vehicle may then increase its current Gear by 1.
Slides: When a Ponderous vehicle resolves a Slide result, it must ignore the Slide template: do not place it. Each Slide result provides a Hazard Token as normal.
Wipeouts: When a Ponderous vehicle suffers a Wipeout, the player to the left does not pivot it during the final step of the Wipeout process. Leave it in its current orientation.
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Piledriver.
During this vehicle's Movement Step, when this vehicle collides with another vehicle of a lighter weight-class, it may declare a Piledriver Attack as its reaction. A Piledriver Attack counts as a Smash Attack in all regards, and also includes an additional effect.
If a vehicle is targeted with a Piledriver Attack, after resolving the Collision, the controller of the vehicle that made the Piledriver Attack may place the target vehicle anywhere within Short range of the target vehicle's original position, then pivot the target vehicle to face any direction, such that it does not collide with the active vehicle again during this Movement Step.
If the vehicle has a Ram on the appropriate facing, the piledriver attack *does* benefit from the Ram's special rules.
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Stowage.
When purchasing a weapon for a vehicle with a trailer, the player must declare whether that weapons is installed on the cab or the trailer. When measuring range, place the shooting template touching either the cab or the trailer, depending on where the weapon is mounted, as per the Articulated special rule.