Vehicle: Mecanum Wheels Option

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Ilon-, Mecanum or Swedish Wheels

Link to Wikipedia: Mecanum Wheel

I can imagine this as an option for Light and Heavy Ground Vehicles in the Vehicle Handbook, similar
to the Monowheel-, Rail Rider- or Tracks-option.

As option for a Light Ground Vehicle:

Mecanum Wheels
A wheeled Light Ground Vehicle can be equipped with Mecanum wheels instead.
Each wheel needs to be powered and controlled induvidually. This requires an Improved Control System or better.
Mecanum wheels work best on a relative flat surface so this can not be combined with the Off-Roader or ATV-trait.

TL: 7
Agility: +1
Cost per space: +Cr750
Traits: Mecanum wheels

As option for a Heavy Ground Vehicle:

Mecanum Wheels
A wheeled Heavy Ground Vehicle can be equipped with Mecanum wheels instead.
Each wheel needs to be powered and controlled induvidually. This requires an Improved Control System or better.
Mecanum wheels work best on a relative flat surface so this can not be combined with the Off-Roader or ATV-trait.

TL: 7
Agility: +1
Cost per space: +Cr2000
Traits: Mecanum wheels

 

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What do you think?
Any changes to the values I have assigned these options?

Not sure if these have already been included in the Robot Handbook, but I think Mecanum wheels would be great for a robot with wheeled locomotion.

 

[Gavain]

I love these and will be adding them to my game As far as I can see they aren't included in the robot book or vehicle book. The costing for vehicles looks entirely consistent with other updates. I might be tempted to double the penalties for off-road travel with mecanum wheels.
Robot Locamotion

Locomotion	TL	Agility	Traits	Base endurance	Cost Multiplier
Wheels, Mecanum	7	+1	Mecanum wheels	72 hr	x4

 

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Here is a bike using Mecanum wheels: