Motorcycles are very popular throughout Oz. Many pre-Rifts designs have been copied, even by single mechanics in small towns (especially Harleys). Rarely mount weapons.

Crew: seats 2, or 3 with a sidecar (+25% to price).

Performance: top speed 200 km/h, endurance 4 hours.

Dimensions: 1.8-2.5m long, 100-400 kg

MDC: body 50, wheels (2) 1; SDC versions are available, body 100 SDC, wheels (2) 20

Cost: $15,000 with a liquid-fuel engine, $20,000 with an electric engine, reduce cost by $10,000 for the SDC version.

Light ATVs or 4WDs are also very popular in all of Oz, both pre-Rifts designs (especially the ubiquitous Land-Rover and Jeep) and post-Rifts designs. If armed, it's just a single railgun or energy rifle on a roof hatch ring mount or windscreen swivel mount.

Crew: seats 4, plus the cargo space will hold 1 tonne or 4 more passengers

Performance: top speed 150 km/h, endurance 6 hours

Dimensions: 4-8m long, mass 1-6 tonnes

MDC: body 100, wheels (4) 5; SDC examples exist, body 400 SDC, wheels 50 SDC

Cost: $20,000 with a liquid-fuel engine, $25,000 with an electric engine, reduce cost by $10,000 for the SDC version.

Very robust, popular contemporary 8X8 designs used mostly in the UAR. Slow but capable, and found throughout Rifts Oz. Low-slung with armoured balloon tyres. Can mount roof-hatch or front-swivel weapons, or even a turret.

Crew: seats 4, plus the cargo space will hold 3 tonnes or 8 more passengers

Performance: top speed 100 km/h, endurance 10 hours

Dimensions: 8m long, mass 5 tonnes

MDC: body 200, wheels (8) 25.

Cost: $50,000 with a liquid-fuel engine, $60,000 with an electric engine, $360,000 with an atomic engine.

Fast, noisy, and expensive. Rare in the Republic. If armed, it's only with a single fixed-forward energy weapon (railguns and autocannons or machine guns cause too much vibration). These first appeared after a couple of lunatics tried stripping the smallest ground-effect engine they could get down to almost nothing, then howling up and down local roads on it; despite all efforts, they survived, and a market was born.

Crew: seats 2

Performance: top speed 300 km/h, endurance 3 hours

Dimensions: 3m long, 300 kg.

MDC: body 75

Cost: $90,000 with a liquid-fuel engine, $100,000 with an electric engine, $400,000 with an atomic engine.

Another workhorse of Oz, made in many styles. If armed, it'll only be a roof-hatch or windscreen swivel mount with a single energy rifle, machine-gun or railgun.

Crew: seats 4, plus the cargo space will hold 2 tonnes or 6 more passenger

Performance: top speed 200 km/h, endurance 4 hours

Dimensions: 5-8m long, mass 2-5 tonnes

MDC: body 100, jets (6) 30

Cost: $120,000 with a liquid-fuel engine, $135,000 with an electric engine, $435,000 with an atomic engine

A light, stripped-down design, made by companies throughout Oz. All are identical in terms of performance. Atomic-powered versions must be permitted 4 hours to cool after every 4 hours of flight.

Performance: top speed 200 km/h, ceiling 1 km, endurance 30 minutes

Dimensions: 1m long, 40 kg

MDC: 20

Cost: $50,000 with a liquid-fuel engine, $360,000 with an atomic engine

An open-cockpit, vector-jet aircraft found everywhere. It looks like a jeep with 4 hover pods instead of wheels. The cockpit can be closed if desired. Armament is usually just a windscreen swivel energy rifle, but can also mount a roof hatch ring mount gun as well as a strafing gun or minimissile launcher.

Crew: seats 4 and up to 1 tonne of cargo or 4 more passengers

Performance: top speed 400 km/h, ceiling 1 km, endurance 4 hours

Dimensions: 6m long, 2 tonnes

MDC: body 100, jets (4) 50, cockpit 40

Cost: $70,000 with a liquid-fuel engine, $400,000 with an atomic engine

Combat bonuses: +1 dodge

A medium-sized, high-speed vessel used all around Oz. Good for enforcing the law and also for avoiding it.

Crew: 10, but can accommodate up to 10 passengers or 5 tonnes of cargo

Performance: top speed 75 km/h, endurance 4 days

Dimensions: 20m long, displacement 40 tonnes

MDC: body 200, bridge 80, turret 50, missile pack 50

Armament: (1) 2 or 4 fixed-forward torpedo tubes, 2 torpedoes per tube (treat as medium range missiles; 8 torpedoes carried)

(2) railgun turret on the forward deck

(3) Some MTBs mount a 2-tube medium range missile launcher on the back deck (total 4 MRMs)

Cost: $1.5 million with liquid-fuel power, $3 million with nuclear power, +$200,000 for the missile system

A legged personnel transport for the civilian market. Robust and stable, it can lose one leg on either side with only 33% speed loss. The loss of two legs on either side causes a -66% speed loss, and losing more than two legs on any side disables it. A light armored vehicle (LAV) upgrade package is offered, including extra armor (body +100 MD, cockpit +50 MD) and turret with single weapon: choose from C-1 Neon laser, 20mm cannon or RG-4 light railgun. Turret MD is 50.

Crew: 1 (can hold up to 16 passengers and gunners).

Dimensions: 8m long, 3m high, 4m wide, mass 16 tons.

Performance: 75 mph top speed.

MDC: body 200, legs (8) 75, cockpit 50.

Power plant: petrol (8 hour endurance), electric (6 hour endurance) or nuclear (5 years).

Armament: pintle mount by roof hatch for rifle or light railgun is standard.

Cost: $5 million, LAV upgrade option +$1.5 million, nuclear engine +$500,000.

Robust 6X6 wheeled cargo transport. A light armoured vehicle (LAV) upgrade option is offered: doubles MD values, adds cabin roof turret (100 MD) with an RG-3 railgun and dual Sterling L-3 laser rifles, and a tailgunner swing-out remote turret with similar weapons. Either turret can be operated by the driver and any gunners.

Crew: 1, and can seat 3 passengers, plus 30 tonnes cargo

Dimensions: 4m wide and high, 12m long, 8 tonnes (box van encloses 120 cubic meters, 4 x 4 x 7.5m)

Performance: 120 km/h

MDC: body 200, cockpit 50, wheels (6) 50

Power plant: liquid-fuel (1000 km range), electric (750 km range) or atomic (5 year endurance).

Armament: pintle mount by roof hatch for energy rifle or light railgun is standard.

Cost: $150,000, LAV ugrade +$1.5 million, nuclear engine +$500,0000.

12X12 wheeled cargo transport. The top of the range in cargo vehicles. Axles are angled toward ground from front-rear centreline axis & each can be retracted for automated tire change, even while moving. No loss of performance if at least 1 wheel remains (of 3) at each corner. Spare tire capacity: 6.

Crew: 2, and can seat 2 passengers, plus 50 tonnes cargo

Dimensions: 4m wide and high, 15m long (box van encloses 160 cubic meters, 4 x 4 x 10m), 15 tonnes including fusion plant.

Performance: top speed 120 km/h

MDC: body 300, cockpit 100, turret 100, wheels (12) 50, cargo arm 50

Armament: (1) dorsal turret (which can slide the entire length of the vehicle) sports dual Sterling Neon C-1 energy rifles (ammo unlimited, damage 5D6 each or D6x10 dual)

(2) cabin roof hatch and left side door have pintle mounts for rifles or portable heavy weapons

(3) cabin front mounts a 4-tube minimissile launcher with autoloader holding 8 more minimissiles (12 total).

Cost: $8 million.

Light, mobile UAR descendant of the Leopard tank. Conventional tank design, cost-effective.

Crew: 4, but an addition passenger could be squeezed in

Performance: 80 km/h, endurance 6 hours

Dimensions: 8m long, 20 tonnes

MDC: body 350, turret 150, cannon 75, roof guns (2) 25

Armament: (1) turret mounted 105mm cannon (40 rounds, manually loaded, maximum 2 rounds/melee)

(2) coaxial .50 MG in turret

(3) remotely-operated roof-mounted .50 MG and Sterling Neon C-1 laser rifle

Cost: $2 million with a liquid-fuel engine, $2.2 million with an electric engine, $4 million with an atomic engine

Similar, but larger than the Komodo, with a newer chassis design. An autoloader permits a faster rate of fire with an identical main gun, and the other armament is also updated.

Crew: 4, but an additional passenger could be squeezed in

Performance: 80 km/h, endurance 5 hours

Dimensions: 9m long, 28 tonnes

MDC: body 450 MD, turret 200, main gun 75, roof guns 25, missile pack 30

Armament: (1) turret-mounted 105mm cannon with autoloader (maximum 5 rounds/melee, 40 rounds of ammunition)

(2) coaxial RG-3 railgun in turret

(3) remotely-operated roof-mounted RG-3 railgun and Sterling Neon C-1 heavy laser rifle

(4) 4-tube minimissile system on the side of the turret (12 missiles total).

Cost: $3.5 million with a liquid-fuel engine, $3.8 million with an electric engine, $6 million with an atomic engine

A stripped-down UAR exoskeleton design. Looks like a stretched man, 2.5m tall with long limbs and big hands and feet. No sensors, but has spotlights, a short-range radio link, and climbing claws on the feet and hands (the hand claws fold back). Total climb bonus is +30%. Used for scouting, construction, exploration, and other duties.

Performance: top speed 60 km/h, endurance 6 hours

Dimensions: 2.4m tall, 180 kg.

MDC: body 100, head 50, arms 50, legs 70

Armament: punch or kick 2D4 MD

Cost: $150,000 with electric power, $450,000 with fusion power

An oversized jet pack, conventional strap-on design. This design is sized for borgs, bots, power armour and giant d-bees. A rip-off of a Toogarth item, it is produced by unscrupulous companies in the UAR. Atomic-powered versions must be permitted to cool for 4 hours after every 4 hours of use.

Performance: top speed 150 km/h, endurance 30 minutes

Dimensions: 1.5m long, 80 kg

MDC: 50

Cost: $70,000 with a liquid-fuel engine, $410,000 with atomic power

The ubiquitous aircraft of the UAR. Boomerang-shaped with pusher propeller engines, there are single, 2, 4 and 6-engine models. They can manage short and rough airfields.

Crew: 1 or 2, and can carry 2 X (number of engines squared) in passengers, or 1/4 that amount in tonnes of cargo (i.e. a 4-engine Gull can carry 32 passengers or 8 tonnes), but only half the maximum if attempting a hover, vertical takeoff or landing (VTOL types only).

Performance: top speed 400 km/h, endurance 6 hours, ceiling 10 km; some are VTOL tilt-engines.

Dimensions: wingspan = number of engines X 10m + 20m, mass = (number of engines squared) /2 in tonnes (i.e. a 4-engine Gull has a 60m wingspan and masses 8 tonnes).

MDC: body =50X number of engines, engines =50 each, cockpit =20 per engine

Armament: 2 energy rifles, railguns or minimissile launchers per engine maximum

Cost: $20,000 per engine for liquid-fuel engines, $30,000/engine for electric, and $40,000/engine +$300,000 for atomic. VTOL types cost double per engine.

A high-speed UAR hover vehicle resembling a jet airliner. Unable to hover without forward speed, it must take off from water in 0-20 km/h range, and can only operate in the 20-100 km/h range transitionally (i.e. when speeding up to 100+ km/h or slowing down to 20 km/h or less). At 20 km/h or less it operates like a trimaran, with its foils in the water. At 100+ km/h, up to its maximum speed of 500 km/h, it uses an aerodynamic effect to hover 1-10m above the surface (and can at this speed cope with level ground and obstructions up to 9m high). Able to cope with only moderately rough weather, but can run before most storms. Nuclear-powered. Prototypes of such a craft were actually proven in the former Soviet Union, but the project went bankrupt.

Crew: 2, and can carry up to 60 passengers or 20 tonnes of cargo

Dimensions: wingspan 60m, mass 20 tonnes

Performance: top speed 500 km/h, ceiling 10m (at 100+ km/h)

MDC: body 100, foils (6) 30, engines (2) 75, cabin 50

Cost: $10 million

A powerful jet pack with clip-type fittings for attaching to Tekagi armour, power armour or Type-E robots. They may be liquid-fuelled, nuclear-powered or nuclear-thermal, in which case they utilise the power plant of the armour or robot to which they are attached (only TCS armour and robots have the special connector). The nuclear-thermal system draws air in and superheats it using the attached nuclear pack, then jets it out the back.

Performance: top speed 200 km/h, endurance 30 minutes

Dimensions: 1.2m long, 40 kg

MDC: 30

Cost: $80,000 liquid-fuel or nuclear-thermal, $400,000 atomic-powered.

Combat bonuses: the oversized verniers add +3 dodge.

A vector-jet aircraft, shaped much like a univalve seashell. It can take off and land vertically, or use a ground-effect mode to hover just above the ground. Nuclear-powered. Manufactured only in the TCS, it is in service in the UAR military.

Crew: 2 and can carry 12 passengers or 5 tonnes of cargo

Performance: top speed 500 km/h, ceiling 10 km

Dimensions: 10m long, 8 tonnes

MDC: body 150, thrusters (4) 50, cabin 75 (NOTE: military versions are body 250, thrusters 100, cabin 120)

Armament: chin and tail turrets each mount dual Sterling Neon C-1 lasers; the tail turret can fire forward over or under the vehicle's body, if desired.

Cost: $1.4 million

Similar to the TCS Utility Vehicle, but much larger. Nuclear-powered.

Crew: 3, and can carry 100 passengers or 30 tonnes of cargo

Dimensions: 50m long, 30 tonnes

Performance: top speed 400 km/h, ceiling 8 km

MDC: body 300, thrusters (6) 75, cockpit 100

Armament: dual Sterling Neon C-1 lasers in each of two side sponsons foward of the side cargo doors

Cost: $30 million.

A Republican 16X16 design rarely seen elsewhere. Very big and capable. Nuclear-powered. Serves in the Republic military and with mining concerns in the outback.

Crew: 1 or more, and can carry 20 passengers or 20 tonnes of cargo

Performance: top speed 75 km/h

Dimensions: 30m long, 12 tonnes

MDC: body 300, wheels (16) 50, cockpit 100

Armament: can mount up to 2 turrets

Cost: $450,000.

A single-engine flyer with a TK engine, for transport routes along ley lines. It has excellent gliding characteristics and rough-field capabilities, so that if it leaves a ley line, it can usually land safely (if open ground is available).

Crew: 1, and can seat 7 passengers or 2 tonnes of cargo

Dimensions: 10m wingspan, 2 tonnes

Performance: top speed 380 km/h

MDC: body 75, cockpit 40

Armament: a single dorsal TK-MG turret

Cost: $40,000.

A dual propeller-engine fighter aircraft, with a pusher TK engine and nose liquid-fuel engine. On patrol the liquid-fuel engine is usually idled and the prop feathered until speed is required, thus allowing instant response.

Crew: 2

Performance: top speed 400 km/h, ceiling 6 km, endurance 4 hours on liquid fuel.

Dimensions: 20m wingspan, 8 tonnes

MDC: body 150, cabin 80

Armament: (1) dual fixed-forward TK-MGs

(2) 4-tube minimissile launcher (12 missiles total)

Cost: $100,000.

An actual ship, enchanted to fly along ley lines. Those which ply routes entirely or partly over the sea are seaworthy, but most others are not. The backbone of Java's transport system.

Crew: 20 and may carry up to 1000 passengers and 2000 tonnes of cargo, or just 5000 tonnes of cargo

Dimensions: 150m long, displacement about 10,000 tons

Performance: top speed 240 km/h

MDC: body 500, turrets (2) 50, missile pack 30, bridge 100

Armament: (1) 2 TK-AC turrets, one forward, one aft

(2) 4-tube minimissile pack (12 missiles total) atop the bridge

Plus the small arms of crew and any passengers.

Cost: $30 million

Identical to the transport airship, but a fully armed warship along the lines of the pre-Rifts Leander-class frigate from the UK. The Java Company has at least a dozen of these craft, but reserve them for defensive and escort duties, rather than offense.

Crew: 100, and can accommodate up to 40 passengers

Dimensions: 150m long, displacement 8,000 tonnes

Performance: top speed 240 km/h along ley lines only

MDC: body 1000, bridge 350, turrets and missile pack 100 each

Armament: (1) 2 dual TK-AC turrets, one forward, one aft

(2) 4 light railguns, mounted in pairs forward and aft of the superstructure

(3) 8 energy rifle turrets spaced alongside the superstructure

(4) 2 mini-missile-4 systems (64 missiles total); one atop the bridge, one aft of the radar mast

(5) 8-tube medium range missile launcher (32 missiles total) mounted just forward of the aft TK-AC turret

Cost: this vehicle is not, nor has it ever been, for sale either legally or otherwise.

A large sub used for transport and military activities. Even in the military it's primarily a transport, though it also serves a patrol function.

Crew: 60 and can carry 100 passengers or 200 tonnes of cargo

Dimensions: 80m long, displacement 800 tonnes

Performance: top speed 60 km/h

MDC: body 400, conning tower 200, railgun turret 50, laser turrets (4) 25

Armament: (1) shrouded deck railgun turret

(2) 4 pop-up laser turrets on the upper deck, 2 forward, 2 aft

(3) 4-tube minimissile pack (32 missiles) mounted on the front of the conning tower

(4) 4-tube medium range missile pack (12 missiles) beneath the rear deck

(5) 4 forward torpedo tubes (12 torpedoes; treat as medium range missiles)

Cost: this vehicle is not, nor has it ever been, for sale either legally or otherwise.

A pre-rifts design used by the Australian Republic as a fast, light armoured vehicle. In armament it's equivalent to the UAR's King Komodo, but it's much more mobile. It was intended for use with an "enhanced" crew with specialised cybernetics permitting them to interface with the sensors and target systems, but can be controlled manually.

Crew: 3 and can carry 3 passengers

Dimensions: 6m long, 3m wide, 2.5m high, 20 tonnes including fusion plant

Performance: top speed 240 km/h, ceiling 10m

MDC: body 400, thrusters (8) 75, turret 200, missile pack 75, sensor mast 50, cockpit 200

Armament: (1) turret-mounted 105mm cannon (+3 strike or +6 with gunner DNI system, range 1500m, damage APDS 3D4x10, autoloader, ammo 40)

(2) coaxial Peacemaker railgun in the turret

(3) remotely operated roof-mounted Peacemaker railgun

(4) 4-tube minimissile launcher (24 missiles total) on the left side of the turret

Cost: could sell for $20 million