Driving

This is the ability to drive a specif-
ic type of ground vehicle.
Make an IQ-based Driving roll for
basic map reading, to diagnose simple
malfunctions, or to recall rules of the
road.
You must specialize:
Automobile: Any vehicle with three
or more wheels that weighs less than 5
tons and does not move on rails.
Defaults: Heavy Wheeled-2 or other
Driving at -4.
Construction Equipment: Any kind
of bulldozer, crane, plow, etc. Default:
other Driving at -5.
Halftrack: Any vehicle that moves
on tracks and either wheels or skids.
Defaults: Tracked-2 or other Driving at
-4.
Heavy Wheeled: Any vehicle with
three or more wheels that weighs 5
tons or more and does not move on
rails. Defaults: Automobile-2 or other
Driving at -4.
Hovercraft: Any kind of air-cushion
vehicle. Default: other Driving at -5.
Locomotive:
Any vehicle that
moves on conventional or maglev
rails. Default: other Driving at -5.
Mecha: Any kind of legged, bounc-
ing, rolling, or slithering vehicle.
Defaults: Battlesuit-3 or other Driving
at -5.
Motorcycle: Any powered one- or
two-wheeled vehicle, including those
with sidecars. Large motorcycles often
have a Minimum ST, just like a
weapon
(see
p.
270).
Default:
Bicycling-4.
Tracked: Any vehicle that moves on
tracks. Defaults: Halftrack-2 or other
Driving at -4.
Note that the ability to “drive” a
team of animals is not Driving, but
Teamster (p. 225).
Modifiers: -2 or more for bad driv-
ing conditions; -2 or more for a vehicle
in bad repair; -2 for an unfamiliar con-
trol system (e.g., an automatic when
you are used to a manual); -4 or more
for a vehicle of an unfamiliar type
within your specialty (e.g., a race car
when you are used to stock cars).