Staff Car

Versioning

This article is considered accurate for the current version (1.58) of the game.

Staff Car
Information
Vehicle Type	Relic Vehicles
Health	900
Disabled Under	40% health
Resistance(damage reduction)	Unarmored -40%  -40%  -50%  -25%  -30%  -70%  -00%  -00%  -40%  -00%  -70%
Repair Cost	100
Crew	1
Passengers	1
Inventory Slots	10
Intelligence Gathering Radius	60 meters
Production Site	Garage
Cost	80
Packaged Size	Unpackageable
Fuel Capacity	175L /

“	A vehicle once used by officers to survey the battlefield, or to deliver emergency supplies and orders.	„
	— In-game description

The Staff Car is a support Relic Vehicle that possesses a boost capability when pressing Shift. It automatically gathers and transmit Map Intelligence of its surroundings within a 60m radius. Its most distinctive features are its small frame, and curved, teardrop-shaped vehicle frame.

General Info

Crew

The Staff Car holds one passenger, and a crew of one soldier:

• Driver (Seat 1)
  • Controls the movement of the vehicle, and can see the remaining fuel in the vehicle
• Passenger (Seat 2)
  • A seat used to hold/transport players
  • Has no tactical function
  • Due to being in an enclosed vehicle, they cannot use their secondary equipment

Armament

The Staff Car is not equipped with a main armament.

Inventory

It has 10 inventory slots that can hold any item.

Engine & Mobility

• Fuel Tank: 175 L of Diesel or Petrol
  
• Fuel Consumption Rate: 3.75L / min (Autonomy: 46:40 min)
  
• Fuel Consumption Rate (Boost): 15L / min (Autonomy: 11:40 min)
  
• Speed: 15.39 m/s on road, 4.62 m/s off-road
  
• Speed (Boost): 19.24 m/s on road, 5.77 m/s off-road
  
• Inventory weight decreases speed by up to 18.2%
  
• Can ram and destroy Sandbag Covers and Tier 1 Walls, but not Barbed Wire Fences or Deployed Tripods
• Can cross Field Bridges, slightly damaging them
• Can't cross Trenches
• Does not trigger Anti-Tank Mines

Health & Armor

The Staff Car has 900 HP and is disabled under 40% health. It has "Unarmoured" resistance, even small arms fire and Flamethrowers are a danger to it.
It takes 100 Basic Materials to fully repair it from 1% to 100% health with a Hammer. Its health can be instantly repaired at a Garage for 100 Basic Materials.

Interactions

• Automatically gathers Map Intelligence within 60 meter radius every few seconds and transmits it .
  • Only active when driver seat is occupied
• Can interact with most structures in proximity - press E or Shift + E
  • Can pull three times the normal amount from stockpiles - press Shift + LMB

Production

Structure	Input(s)	Output	Time
Garage	80 x Relic Materials	Staff Car	80 Hammer hits

The Relic Vehicles are only available during Relic Wars.

Must be fully researched in the Vehicle Tech Tree in order to be produced.

Storage & Transport

The Staff Car cannot be stored in a Storage Depot, Seaport or Storage Ship.

Tactics

The Staff Car, much like most LUVs, are not directly designed for frontline combat, and instead are to act as a support vehicle for frontline troops. This can be done by ferrying troops to a destination, or running various supplies to the front.

Due to not having any armament, it is of utmost importance to not get into range of enemy fire, especially those with AT weaponry (such as handheld AT equipment, or vehicles with AP or explosive rounds). Doing so will greatly increase the chance of the vehicle getting disabled, or outright destroyed.

Trivia

• The base speed of the Staff Car is faster than the UV-05a “Argonaut”, which is currently the fastest LUV in the game.
• The Staff Car possesses dilapidated white Warden combat identification marks regardless of the faction to manufacture it. These markings aren't present on "prop" staff-cars found within major cities, implying that the Staff Cars originated from an emergency mobilization of civilian infrastructure.
  • This detail is likely inspired by the mobilization of the Parisian taxi service during the onset of the first world war.
• Destroyed Staff Cars can be found across the world map, mainly on the sides of roads near Town Bases.
  • These are for ambiance/map visuals and cannot be rebuilt.

Gallery

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  A Colonial soldier next to a Staff Car

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  Showcase of the Staff Car during Devstream #60 for the Update 0.25