Ride Chaser

In Mega Man X2, vehicles known as Ride Chasers (ライドチェイサー) were introduced as quick forms of transportation with weapons. Some enemies are also seen piloting Ride Armors and use them to attack X, Chill Penguin's stage being a notable example.

Characteristics
A Ride Chaser is a type of advanced cycle recognizable for the lack of wheels, relying instead on hovering technology. Ride Chasers serve the purpose of allowing the player to traverse a stage quickly. In Mega Man X2, Ride Chasers could be boarded in the same way as Ride Armors, but from Mega Man X4 onwards, those are exclusive to "on rails" stages, where the focus is usually to avoid obstacles on the way to the boss. Ride Chasers cannot stop or be dismounted in these stages, and crashing means instant death. The character will automatically leap off the vehicle upon reaching the end of the stage. In Mega Man X7 and Mega Man X8, the Ride Chaser stages follow a vertical flow, making use of the 3D perspective.

Although the Ride Chaser designs vary significantly, they usually retain the same features: a frontal cannon and an optional turbo boost.

List of Ride Chaser

 * Cheval Ride Chaser: Called the Ride Chaser ADU-T400 turbo, it also introduced as the first Ride Chaser. In the introduction movie and at the beginning of the Intro Stage, a CPU-controlled X rides one towards the Reploid factory. Later, in Overdrive Ostrich's stage, X has full control of the Cheval. It constantly moves forward at a fast pace, and it can accelerate even more and turn around, albeit slowly. It can fire small shots and dash along the ground, as well as jump. Unfortunately, like the Ride Armors before it, other enemies, the Road Riders, may pilot the Ride Chasers as well.


 * Adion Ride Chaser: The Adion Ride Chaser is an upgraded version of the Cheval Ride Chaser from Mega Man X2. X and Zero ride an Adion through Jet Stingray's marine base. A new feature of the Adion is the option to perform an offensive dash, which can also be performed in the air. Any enemy that comes into contact with the Adion during a dash will be incinerated, but it is a risky maneuver, as the pilot has little control during the dash. Jet Stingray's troops sometimes ride the Hornet Ride Chaser, an illegally-modified version of the Adion.


 * Raptor Ride Chaser: An previously unnamed ride armor in the used by the player in Ride Boarski's stage.


 * Sirius Ride Chaser: A flying Ride Chaser used to chase Gigabolt Man-O-War in his stage. The Boost gauge used to speed up has the same size of the active character's Weapon Energy gauge, and can be refilled with flashing Weapon Energy items in the stage.


 * Barius Ride Chaser: Ride Chaser used in Avalanche Yeti's stage. The attack of this Ride Chaser varies depending of the Hunter used, being able to charge shots with X, a wide shot with Zero and rapid fire with Axl.


 * Kelpie Ride Chaser: A modified Barius Ride Chaser used by enemies in Avalanche Yeti's stage.