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So we all know that many tanks are based on the rhino STC. and many SM players will know that the rhino can attemp to repair itself if it is immobilised.

So my question is why don't predators/vindicators/razorbacks/whirlwinds, get the repair special rule.

Well, first point: The crew of those vehicles might not be that schooled in self-repair, because Predators and Whirlwinds and so on are not that common as Rhinos (which will therefore, statistically, fail more often).
Second point: Ammunition and weapons on those vehicles requires much space. Maybe the tools or auto-repair-systems that Rhinos have were removed in other vehicles to make place for bullets and guns.

That, and because adding the weapons systems means more can go wrong. Instead of it being a faulty mechanical part, now it might be some damaged electronics, or some mechanical exclusive to the vehicle that isn't featured on the Rhino.

Witzkatz wrote:Well, first point: The crew of those vehicles might not be that schooled in self-repair, because Predators and Whirlwinds and so on are not that common as Rhinos (which will therefore, statistically, fail more often).
Second point: Ammunition and weapons on those vehicles requires much space. Maybe the tools or auto-repair-systems that Rhinos have were removed in other vehicles to make place for bullets and guns.

Another factor is that a lot of those vehicles can work as effectivley on the move or in a static fire base.The rhino probably also gets a repair rule as its armour is not that strong. So GW would make it more appealing to players by having it able to repair itself

A rhino didnt repair itself.
The crew does this instead of shooting, so maybe the other crews are just too triggerhappy....

Rhino variants trade the self repair systems for more internal bracing, armor and munitions storage.

1hadhq wrote:
A rhino didnt repair itself.
The crew does this instead of shooting, so maybe the other crews are just too triggerhappy....

Sorry.

penut the butter wrote:

1hadhq wrote:
A rhino didnt repair itself.
The crew does this instead of shooting, so maybe the other crews are just too triggerhappy....

Sorry.

No worries.
Just dont give GW any idea of more skulls....servo skulls? to be the damage control system or auto repair system or however they like it to be known.

Yeah. Here a skull there a skull everywhere a skull,skull old mcdonald had a farm eieio.

Fair question though

Would be nice if the imperium cracked the living metal the necrons mastered while we were still bacteria chewing on rocks at the bottom of the ocean.

IA volume 2 wrote:Ancient records show that the Rhino started life as the RH1-N-0 Tracked Exploration and Multi-Purpose Defence Vehicle, a Standard Template Construction for the use by colonists and explorers as Mankind spread throughout the galaxy colonizing worlds. They needed a robust, tracked all-terrain vehicle, sealed against hostile environments and providing some measure of protection and defense.

It like the old John Deere tractor, in it's most basic form it is really easy to fix with whatever you have laying around. The modified STC for the variants add complex systems which make field repairs more difficult.

I just got the mental image of a John Deere tractor with a turret.

(Something not typically seen outside Iraq where any kind of vehicle can sprout a turret)

Even if the Imperium did master the living metal, they wouldn't give it to the basic people. Probably something to do with "mass-heresy"?

MC

Napalm wrote:I just got the mental image of a John Deere tractor with a turret.

(Something not typically seen outside Iraq where any kind of vehicle can sprout a turret)

Amen. Who knew 1980s Toyota trucks could be dangerous to anyone but the driver...

DoW