Vehicles

Vehicles have one hit point per 50 lbs. of weight (rounded up). Hit Points mean the same thing to vehicles as they do to living things, which is to say they represent how much damage the vehicle can withstand. [Normal] vehicles which have taken damage equal to one-quarter of their total Hit Point value become inoperative until the damage is repaired. Super-powered vehicles are not disabled until they've lost at least half their Hit Points. Vehicles which have lost all their Hit Points are demolished, being no longer anything but a heap of scrap metal.

Listed here is a short selection of common vehicle types, their Hit Point scores, and other important statistics.

Vehicle	Weight	Passengers	Cargo Capacity	Speed	HP to Disable	HP to Demolish
Motorcycle	500	1 + 1	50	100	3	10
Car, Compact	2000	1 + 3	825	80	10	40
Car, Sports	3000	1 + 1	500	200	15	60
Car, Mid-Sized	4000	1 + 3	1000	120	20	80
Car, Full-Sized	5000	1 + 4	1400	100	25	100
Van	6000	1 + 1*	2200	90	30	120
Motorboat	4500	1 + 5	2200	35	23	90
Lt. Hydrofoil	11000	1 + 12	11000	125	55	220
Lt. Single-Prop Plane	2200	1 + 6	2200	220	11	44
Lt. Twin-Prop Plane	6600	2 + 12	4400	250	33	132
Lt. Twin-Jet Plane	13000	2 + 12	8800	625	65	260
Lt. Helicopter	1650	1 + 3	1650	225	9	33

Weights and cargo capacities are in pounds; the first number listed under Passengers indicates the number of pilots/drivers required. Speed indicates normal top speed in miles per hour.

*Additional seats may be installed at reduction of cargo space.

This is an incomplete list, but the GM need only do minimal research to compile the statistics of any vehicle. Super-powered vehicles are not disabled until they've lost at least half of their Hit Points.

As may be imagined, simply slugging away at any large vehicle is not the best way to stop it; to hit a specific part of a vehicle will be far more effective. For example, a fist through the engine of a van may not inflict 30 points of damage, though it would disable that vehicle nonetheless. The GM should consider the Structural Point damage inflicted by any attack to a specific vehicle part and take it from there. (Even "general" vehicle damage would enjoy the benefit of at least SR 8 protection. -B.)

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