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[[File:RR manual Hover Scout.png|thumb|Art of the Hover Scout from the ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' video game]]
The '''Hover Scout''' is a fictional vehicle in the [[LEGO Rock Raiders]] theme. It is depicted as a small floating vehicle used for [[Wikipedia:Reconnaissance|reconnaissance]]. A Hover Scout model was released in a LEGO construction set in the summer of 1999. The Hover Scout appears in LEGO Rock Raiders books and comics, and is one of the vehicles that can be used in the theme's tie-in [[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|computer]] and [[LEGO Rock Raiders (PlayStation video game)|PlayStation]] video games.

== Design ==
The Hover built around a 6×6 "cross with dome" plate (part 30303), which was introduced in and heavily used by LEGO Rock Raiders sets.{{R|BLP 30303}}

The Hover Scout was designed at [[LEGO Futura]] in [[Wikipedia:Billund, Denmark|Billund, Denmark]].{{R|Adventures 7|p=32}}

== Product release

== Game information ==
=== Windows ===
In the Windows version of [[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|''LEGO Rock Raiders'']], the Hover Scout is classified as a Small Vehicle.<ref name="CFG Hoverboard"/> It costs one [[Energy Crystal]] to transport down one Hover Scout.<ref name="PC manual p72"/> It transports down at the [[Teleport Pad]].<ref name="PC manual p62"/> [[Rock Raider]]s must be trained as Drivers to use this vehicle.<ref name="CFG Hoverboard"/>

The Hover Scout can travel across land and moves at a speed of 3 blocks per second.<ref name="CFG Hoverboard"/> This is the fastest default speed of any objects in the game; if upgrades objects are included, the Hover Scout's default speed is tied with the [[Small Transport Truck]] with an Engine upgrade and slower than only the [[Small Digger]] and itself with Engine upgrades. It can [[Wikipedia:Strafing (video games)|strafe]]<ref name="CFG Hoverboard"/> by pressing {{Key|Z}} or {{Key|X}}, an ability shared only with the Rock Raider, [[Tunnel Scout]], and [[Granite Grinder]].

==== Game files ====
In the game's [[Main Lego Config File|configuration file]], the Hover Scout is defined as <code>Hoverboard</code><ref name="CFG Hoverboard"/> in the <code>VehicleTypes {}</code> section.<ref name="CFG VehicleTypes"/>

==== Pre-release ====
The ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' instruction manual claims that Rock Raiders must be trained as Pilots to use the Hover Scout.<ref name="PC manual p72"/> In the game it can only cross land, meaning that Rock Raiders must be trained as Drivers to use it instead.<ref name="CFG Hoverboard"/>

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Adventures 7">Yeo, Matt (ed.) (October 1999). "Behind the Scenes: Rock Raiders". ''[[LEGO Adventures!]]''. Issue 7. Egmont Fleetway Ltd. pp. 30–33. {{ISSN|1465-0738}}.</ref>
<ref name="BLP 30303">[https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?itemType=P&itemNo=30303&in=S&v=1&oV=Y&srt=2&srtAsc=A "Sets which Contain Part 30303"]. [[BrickLink]] Reference Catalog. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230912184124/https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?itemType=P&itemNo=30303&in=S&v=1&oV=Y&srt=2&srtAsc=A Archived] from the original on 12 September 2023.</ref>
<ref name="PC manual p62">Instruction Manual, p. 62.</ref>
<ref name="PC manual p72">Instruction Manual, p. 72.</ref>

<ref name="CFG Hoverboard">Main Lego Config File, line 2507–2526. <code>Hoverboard {}</code> section.</ref>
<ref name="CFG VehicleTypes">Main Lego Config File, line 2016–2031. <code>VehicleTypes {}</code> section.</ref>
}}

=== Sources ===
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* [[Data Design Interactive]] (25 September 1999). [[Main Lego Config File]]. ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' (Windows). [[LEGO Media International]]. File path: <samp>Rock Raiders\LegoRR1.wad\Lego.cfg</samp>.
* McPhail, Jim (13 December 1999). [https://archive.org/details/LEGORockRaiders-manual-Win-EU-2299598/mode/1up?view=theater ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' Instruction Manual (UK FRONT, BACK, I/F & I/B COVER)]. [[LEGO Media International]]. Serial no. IB2G-ROC3 2299598.
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