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[[File:RR manual Hover Scout.png|thumb|Art of the Hover Scout from the ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' video game]] | [[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. | 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 == | == Game information == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
{{Reflist|refs= | {{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 p62">Instruction Manual, p. 62.</ref> | ||
<ref name="PC manual p72">Instruction Manual, p. 72.</ref> | <ref name="PC manual p72">Instruction Manual, p. 72.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 00:03, 16 September 2023
The Hover Scout is a fictional vehicle in the LEGO Rock Raiders theme. It is depicted as a small floating vehicle used for 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 computer and 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.[1]
The Hover Scout was designed at LEGO Futura in Billund, Denmark.[2]: 32
== Product release
Game information
Windows
In the Windows version of LEGO Rock Raiders, the Hover Scout is classified as a Small Vehicle.[3] It costs one Energy Crystal to transport down one Hover Scout.[4] It transports down at the Teleport Pad.[5] Rock Raiders must be trained as Drivers to use this vehicle.[3]
The Hover Scout can travel across land and moves at a speed of 3 blocks per second.[3] 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 strafe[3] by pressing Z or X, an ability shared only with the Rock Raider, Tunnel Scout, and Granite Grinder.
Game files
In the game's configuration file, the Hover Scout is defined as Hoverboard[3] in the VehicleTypes {} section.[6]
Pre-release
The LEGO Rock Raiders instruction manual claims that Rock Raiders must be trained as Pilots to use the Hover Scout.[4] In the game it can only cross land, meaning that Rock Raiders must be trained as Drivers to use it instead.[3]
References
- ↑ "Sets which Contain Part 30303". BrickLink Reference Catalog. Archived from the original on 12 September 2023.
- ↑ Yeo, Matt (ed.) (October 1999). "Behind the Scenes: Rock Raiders". LEGO Adventures!. Issue 7. Egmont Fleetway Ltd. pp. 30–33. ISSN 1465-0738.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Main Lego Config File, line 2507–2526.
Hoverboard {}section. - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Instruction Manual, p. 72.
- ↑ Instruction Manual, p. 62.
- ↑ Main Lego Config File, line 2016–2031.
VehicleTypes {}section.
Sources
- Data Design Interactive (25 September 1999). Main Lego Config File. LEGO Rock Raiders (Windows). LEGO Media International. File path: Rock Raiders\LegoRR1.wad\Lego.cfg.
- McPhail, Jim (13 December 1999). LEGO Rock Raiders Instruction Manual (UK FRONT, BACK, I/F & I/B COVER). LEGO Media International. Serial no. IB2G-ROC3 2299598.
