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Skimmer

Fast hover bike for raids

Skimmer render, front three-quarter view
RENDER 01Skimmer // render 01

Role

Skimmer is a fast hover bike for scouting and raids. Its frag launcher is good against small targets and poor against armour. With Salvage Mines it can plant hidden mines that detonate on enemy ground units.

Look

A long narrow raked hull with an oversized rear thruster and an ochre guard. The rider leans forward in an open seat, and three disc mines sit in an open rear dispenser.

groundmedium target
Brood War equivalentVulture
Skimmer render, reverse view
RENDER 02Skimmer // reverse

Test range

LOADING TEST RANGE

Stats

Cost75 ore
Supply2
Build time18.9 s
Hit points80
Armor0 (+1 per Hull Plating level)
Sizemedium
Speed4.76 tiles/s
Sight8 tiles
Trained atFoundry
RequiresFoundry

Weapons

TargetsGround
Damage20 concussive (+2 per upgrade level)
Cooldown1.3 s · 15.9 damage/s
Range5 tiles

Abilities

Salvage Minesresearch 100 ore · 100 gas
Eight facings · in-game sprite
Skimmer facing EE
Skimmer facing NENE
Skimmer facing NN
Skimmer facing NWNW
Skimmer facing WW
Skimmer facing SWSW
Skimmer facing SS
Skimmer facing SESE

Nearest-neighbour enlargement of the baked sprite. The game draws units at 32 pixels per map tile.

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