Vehicles in PlanetSide

PlanetSide, a massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS) computer game published by Sony Online Entertainment, currently contains 35 different ground and air vehicles, each with radically different attributes. Almost every vehicle has at least one type of onboard weapons system (the exceptions are the AMS, ANT, Lodestar, Router, and Wraith, though all have important capabilities). Some vehicles are only available to members of a particular Empire, while others are available to all. All vehicles, however, may be hacked into by a sufficiently advanced hacker and jacked.

Common Pool
Common Pool vehicles are available to soldiers from any Empire.

Ancient Tech
"Ancient Tech" vehicles are available with the Core Combat expansion. All are hovercraft that use anti-grav technology similar to the Magrider and Thresher, and thus can travel over water as well as land. These vehicles have no doors per se; the driver is teleported in and out of the vehicle.

Air Vehicles
All air vehicles in PlanetSide are Common Pool, meaning they are available to all Empires, and are all VTOL aircraft.

Battleframe Robotics
Introduced with the "Aftershock" event, Battleframe Robotics (BFRs) are the most powerful vehicles available to players in PlanetSide. Each one features a shield generator that can absorb large amounts of damage. The shields will also regenerate as they are taking damage. While they require the Core Combat expansion to access, they are not considered "Ancient Tech" (although the backstory indicates that some ancient technology is needed to pilot them).

BFRs come in two types: Standard or Gunner variant and the Flight variant. The Standard variant has a pilot and a gunner and weapons for each. Flight variants give up the gunner in exchange for "jumpjets" that allow the BFR short flight abilities. The Flight variant is only available to soldiers that have achieved the Advanced BFR Merit Commendation.