Some Time Before The Autobot Conference
The Shadow is a Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Targeting Vehicle (RST-V), developed by General Dynamics Land Systems. The Shadow RST-V was developed for the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Agency and the Office of Naval Research.
The Shadow RST-V is a 4x4 hybrid electric drive vehicle with reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting and C3I (command, control, communications and intelligence) capability coupled with integrated stealth and survivability features. The vehicle can be equipped in a range of mission variants including: forward observer, forward air control, reconnaissance, light strike, battlefield ambulance, air defense, logistics, personnel carrier, anti-armor and mortar weapons carrier. For a Command Post variant, the roof of the Shadow is extended.
The Shadow RST-V has significantly improved fuel economy and survivability and can be transported in roll on/roll off mode in a CH-53 or CH-46 helicopter, V-22 tiltrotor and C-130 transporter. Up to 21 vehicles can be carried in a C-5 Galaxy aircraft or 12 in the C-17 Globemaster. The vehicle has demonstrated maximum road speeds of 112km per hour. With 95 litres of fuel, the Shadow has an unrefueled range of 758km at a speed of 50km per hour. Using only battery power the vehicle's range is 32km.
There are six of them in the possession of military bases within unrefueled range of Autobase. They are not a common sight, per se, but given the nature of the region they are not considered especially unusual.
And unless all of them are in the same place at the same time, nobody notices when there is one more.
"SOUNDWAVE: REPORTING. LOCAL CAMOUFLAGE: ACQUIRED. ALLSPARK ENERGY SIGNATURE: DETECTED.
"BEGINNING AUTOBOT SIGNAL DECRYPTION AND DATA ACQUISITION: NOW."
The Shadow RST-V is a 4x4 hybrid electric drive vehicle with reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting and C3I (command, control, communications and intelligence) capability coupled with integrated stealth and survivability features. The vehicle can be equipped in a range of mission variants including: forward observer, forward air control, reconnaissance, light strike, battlefield ambulance, air defense, logistics, personnel carrier, anti-armor and mortar weapons carrier. For a Command Post variant, the roof of the Shadow is extended.
The Shadow RST-V has significantly improved fuel economy and survivability and can be transported in roll on/roll off mode in a CH-53 or CH-46 helicopter, V-22 tiltrotor and C-130 transporter. Up to 21 vehicles can be carried in a C-5 Galaxy aircraft or 12 in the C-17 Globemaster. The vehicle has demonstrated maximum road speeds of 112km per hour. With 95 litres of fuel, the Shadow has an unrefueled range of 758km at a speed of 50km per hour. Using only battery power the vehicle's range is 32km.
There are six of them in the possession of military bases within unrefueled range of Autobase. They are not a common sight, per se, but given the nature of the region they are not considered especially unusual.
And unless all of them are in the same place at the same time, nobody notices when there is one more.
"SOUNDWAVE: REPORTING. LOCAL CAMOUFLAGE: ACQUIRED. ALLSPARK ENERGY SIGNATURE: DETECTED.
"BEGINNING AUTOBOT SIGNAL DECRYPTION AND DATA ACQUISITION: NOW."