Vulture-class Hover bike

Post by **doodstormer** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:20 pm

The StarCraft Wiki wrote:The Vulture is a lightly-armored one-man hoverbike primarily used for scouting and patrol, designed with speed and reliability in mind. Its limited gravity hover technology allows the bike to travel over rough terrain with little loss of traction or speed, and reach speeds up to 230 miles per hour; an onboard computer and sensors mounted in the "nose" of the craft keep it at a steady pace for most of the time. These features make the Vulture suitable for patrolling the vast wildernesses typically found around terran colonies. They produce a humming whine as they move.

Vultures are ill suited for heavy combat, given their light frame. However, they make excellent skirmishers, especially against lightly armored targets. Vultures are also tasked with scavenging ("scavenger hover bike" is a term occasionally used). In some occasions, Vultures may be formed into small squadrons, usually attached to mechanized infantry. Given the speed at which the bikes move however, it is difficult to maintain cohesion. The Vulture's driver seat can be enclosed depending on model, customization, or operating environment and can be configured for someone to ride shotgun.

In the Confederate Armored Vehicle Corps, aspiring Vulture pilots had to pass a minimal physical fitness exam before becoming a pilot.[8] Originally, the standard Vulture armament was an anti-personnel APG-2 "Thumper" Grenade Launcher. Since the Brood War however, may instead be equipped with a mounted laser cannon. Other optional equipment includes spider mines and ion thrusters.

The Vulture remained in use by the Terran Dominion into 2505, where it was subsequently removed from its armed forces. Up to this point, Dominion Ghost Program trainees began training in the use of Vultures in their second year. However, Vultures can still be found in use by the mercenary group Raynor's Raiders.

Technology similar to that found in the Vulture is available in civilian hoverbikes, such as the 428 hoverbike.

Now that you know all about it, here it is:

The Vulture, stupidly enough, is only going to appear in StarCraft 2 as a campaign unit only. Same goes for anything else that was really cool. Firebats? Gone. Medic? Gone. What is up with that, huh?

Post by **james+burgundy** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:23 pm

nice one

Post by **Blitzen** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:27 pm

That's a really cool vulture. Are you planning on building any other StarCraft units in the future?

Post by **doodstormer** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:37 pm

Blitzen wrote:That's a really cool vulture. Are you planning on building any other StarCraft units in the future?

I dunno. This was more of a suggestion from somebody who pointed out my speeder could be easily modified to be a Vulture.

Post by **Bonn-o-Tron** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:54 pm

YES!
100+ respect for you, my good sir.

You have to admit, some of the new SC2 units are pretty bad-ass, like the Banshee, the Viking and the Thor (my favourite new Terran guys).

Post by **Ceid** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:48 pm

doodstormer wrote:I dunno. This was more of a suggestion from somebody who pointed out my speeder could be easily modified to be a Vulture.

Without him, you guys wouldn't have gotten this piece of awesome.

Post by **Niflheim** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:09 am

Ceid wrote:
doodstormer wrote:I dunno. This was more of a suggestion from somebody who pointed out my speeder could be easily modified to be a Vulture.
Without him, you guys wouldn't have gotten this piece of awesome.

I agree. Without him, this nice Vulture wouldn't of been made.
I like the Boosters and the use of the hinge thingy for the front.

*~*Niflheim*~*