Speeder Bike (Empire)

Speeder Bike
Unit Information
Unlocked by	Building a Factory
Produced at	Factory
Minimum Barracks, Factory, or Hero Command level required	1
Type	Vehicle
Class	Striker
Damage type	Standard
Favorite target	Infantry
Movement speed	40
Range	6 tiles
Unit capacity	6
Can be upgraded to level	10
Availibility
Rebellion	No
Empire	Yes

Note: This article covers Imperial Speeder Bikes. You may be looking for the Rebel Speeder Bike.

"Speeder Bikes are very fast and see widespread deployment in ground forces. Because of their light armor, they're an easy target when stationary, making them best suited to anti-infantry operations."
~In-game description of Speeder Bike (Empire)

Summary

Speeder Bikes are vehicles that are fast and lightly armored. They are best suited for attacking enemy infantry or undefended buildings since they are very vulnerable when they aren't moving due to their lack of armor.

Tactical Analysis

An excellent combination of small size (for a vehicle), speed, damage and health, the Speeder Bikes are virtually identical to the Rebellion version but are far more dangerous in Empire hands because of Repair Droids. A group of Empire Speeder Bikes backed up by Repair Droids are only threatened by Rocket Turrets, Bomber traps (which everything is vulnerable to) and heavily over-powered donated troops in a Command Center. Accompanied with a good turret killer like the AT-MP Mark III and careful air strikes aimed at Rocket Turrets in particular, an Empire Speeder Bike squad can be absolutely devastating to an enemy base.