The Picador is a small, fast and maneuverable jetboat.[2] Used by the RDA, they primarily carry out short-range water patrol missions on Pandora.[1] A variant is deployed from the SeaDragon as a pursuit boat for tulkun hunting.
Specifications[]
Smaller than any other maritime seacraft, the Picador is lightly armed, reliant on its speed and maneuverability to avoid danger. By itself, it is unarmed, however, Cet-Ops operatives are known to mount a Hydra Machine Gun[3] on its stern, as well as a Sound Cannon[1] on its starboard and a searchlight on its port side. Likewise, it can also mount one or two Chunkers in replacement of the Ultrasonic Cannon or Hydra.[1]
They can get on station quicker than Mako Submersibles. Explosives are used to drive the targeted animals back toward the mothership.[4]
It is also equipped with smokescreen launchers for defensive measures[1] alongside a sensor "basket handle" on the boat's roof that contains the radar, antennae, camera and more sensor equipment. Likewise, the boat's cockpit windscreen has a HUD that displays critical tactical and vehicle data.[1]
It only requires a small crew of a pilot, two gunners and a spotter.
Service history[]
At least six Picadors were attached to the SeaDragon tasked with hunting Tulkun and later locating Jake Sully. They were destroyed during the Skirmish at the Three Brothers. One of two Picadores with orange markings was used as a lifeboat after the SeaDragon sustained critical damage.
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