Craft: Galactic Power Engineering GPE-3130 Podracer
Type: Podracer
Scale: Speeder
Length: 7.20 meters
Skill: Repulsorlift operation: Podracer
Crew: 1 Pilot
Passengers: None
Cargo Capacity: 0 kg
Cover: 1/4
Altitude Range: Ground to 50 meters
Cost: 11,500 credits
Maneuverability: 2D+2
Move: 258; 775 kph
Body Strength: 2D
Background: Designed by Galactic Power Engineering, the 3130 was crafted with straight-line speed in mind, powered by two GPE ThrustMaster 9000 aerospike rocket engines. These engines were augmented by two smaller ramjets that provided short bursts of boost and powered the Podracer’s attitude thrusters. The cockpit had a flat nose, and the wedge-shaped engines with their outrigger mounted ramjets gave the Podracer and overall awkward design. The rocket engines were known to require seemingly endless maintenance and the fuel needed to power them was highly volatile and prone to exploding. Hard to control in turns due to the power of the engine, the attitude thrusters did nothing to assist this. Coupled with the unintuitive design of the control layout and the cockpits uncomfortable seating, the design of the craft was almost universally panned by critics.