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Siouxsie the Goth Visigoth is a unique, highly unnofficial Visigoth variant. Created by an angst-ridden Republican tank commander, Sous-Lieutenant Andrew Eldritch, to take all the unpleasant suicide jobs, Siouxsie is the most cursed tank in the 666th Republican Armor Regiment. Eldritch salvaged Siouxsie from no less than ten different crippled Visigoth husks, the NNet taken from an especially brutalized wreck. Eldritch suspects Siouxsie's NNet is damaged critically, but the injury is so deep that technicians have been unable to find the malfunction.
Siouxsie has a variety of quirks, including the typed composition of really bad poetry. Although the poetry would seem to indicate an intelligence not found in any other machine (not even Bowser), Eldritch is unimpressed. The poetry is so painfully bad and unoriginal he assumes the NNet merely mixes and matches verses from the work of ancient poets like Shelley and Keats, and the composition is not a sign of higher intelligence.
Siouxsie epitomizes the phrase "hangar queen," requiring near constant maintenance by Eldritch --and only Eldritch-- or else she refuses to function at all. Siouxsie is plagued by problems, but Eldritch manages to keep her running for the few occasions she's utilized.
Despite being high-maintenance and a bit on the fragile side, Siouxsie can be quite the Valkyrie when involved in combat. She and Eldritch are a force to be reckoned with if you don't mind their propensity for self-destructive tactics. Siouxsie is one ominous-looking vehicle, black, with lots of sharp pokey angles and additions that make infantry charges A Bad Idea(TM).
Name: Siouxsie the Goth Visigoth
Vehicle Type: Tank
Production Type: Scratch Built
Cost: 855,923.08 Dinars
Manufacturer: The Cruel World
Use: Suicide Commando
Height: 3.45 meters (it's mostly tread)
Length: 8.94 meters
Width: 5.5 meters
Avg. Armor Thickness: Thinner than you'd think.
Armor Material: Armoplast w/ Leather, Lace, Spiky Things
Standard Op. Weight: 58300 kg
Primary Move Mode: Ground (60 kph)
Secondary Move Mode: -
Deployment Range: 550 km
Sensor Range: 2 km
Communication Range: 0 km (No Com, Siouxsie's a loner.)
Powerplant: Fueled by despair
Engine Output: A Whole Lot
Threat Value: 3,709 (Don't mess with a goth chick.)
Offensive Value: 3,540
Defensive Value: 615
Miscellaneous Value: 6,970
Size: 13
Original Default Size: 15
Indv. Lemon Dice: 12
Crew: 1 (Siouxsie and Eldritch don't like people.)
Bonus Actions: 0
Primary Move Mode: Ground
Combat Speed: 5
Top Speed: 10
Maneuver: -2
Sensors: 0
Communications: 0
Fire Control: 0
Light Damage: 35
Heavy Damage: 70
Overkill: 105
Availability Threshhold: 12 (Siouxsie is a one of a kind.)
Max Number on Field: 1
Qty Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo 1 Heavy Field Gun HFG F 0 x28 8 /16 /32 /64 25 IF 1 Heavy Autocannon HAC F 0 x12 3 /6 /12 /24 +1 300 2 Medium Rocket Pack/9 MRP/9 F -1 x18 2 /4 /8 /16 +1 18 IF (All standard Visigoth stuff.) 1 Chassis Reinforcement CR F 0 +1 0 /0 /0 /0 0 M (All those Spiky Bits) 1 Whip WP F +1 x7 0 /0 /0 /0 0 En (To make the slaves beg. Mounted on a tool arm.) 1 Self-Destruct Grenade SDG F -1 x30 0 /0 /0 /0 0 AE0, Dis (The SDG is in case she finds the world too oppressive.) 1 Digging Cannon DC F 0 x10 0 /0 /0 /0 5 (The Digging Cannon is for digging your grave, punk.)
Name Rating Game Effects
AI 1 AUX
Automation 1 Siouxsie and Eldritch are misanthropes.
Autopilot Acts as Level 1 Pilot AUX
Backup Sensors Absorbs first "Sensors" hit
HEAT Resistant Armor 8 Net.Goths are flame-retardant.
HEP: Desert -
Luxury Crew Accom 1 Cushy baroque interior,festooned in purple
velvet and black lace.
Rugged Movement Sys. Big spiky boots (treads).
Smoke Launcher 10 shots of minty clove smoke. AUX
Stealth 1 For the black paint job, nothing more. AUX
Tool Arm 1 Crack that whip!
Urban Friendly Isn't it obvious?! Goths are city creatures!
Very Loudspeakers For listening to the Bauhaus during battle. AUX
Name Rating Game Effects
Annoyance NNet writes REALLY bad poetry.
Annoyance Needs a lot of attention.
Annoyance NNet tends to complain a lot.
Brittle Armor Goths are fragile.
Extreme Overheating Goths don't sweat.
Fragile Chassis She's a softie,underneath it all.
Large Sensor Profile 3 Hell,Siouxsie WANTS to be seen! How else is she
going to show off her cool outfit?
No Communications She doesn't want to talk about it.
Problem Prone Goths are high-maintenance.
Name Rating Game Effects
Annoyance Flaw NNet has an extremely fatalistic outlook,and
reacts sluggishly when the going gets tough.
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