Alternatively, you could just ask someone really nicely if they could retexture the Combat Speeder to some colourless Imperial tone (grey, white, black, whatever). Would be nice to have, especially since there are Combat Speeders on Ryloth already.

*cough* AT-AT *cough*

But yes, ground maps need more vehicles. What I personally miss the most is a dedicated Imperial AA vehicle, and an Alliance  Heavy Tank.

Yeah, it's unlikely I'm afraid. I too am of the mind that we need some sort of Imperial light troop transport similar to the Mos Espa Speeder. Heh, maybe something based off of the old classic Star Wars Figure Stormtrooper Transport toy?

Heh, that works.  Just as long as we get something that fills the roll that the Tatooine transport does and that will work as an Empire asset.

I'm working on a map and the Tatooine speeders just don't look right inside of the cold grey walls of an Imperial base.

The only other option is the speeder bike.  Its perfect except for the fact that it can fly and would ruin the flow that I had in mind for my map.  Since the community has already grown accustomed to, and developed tactics for using the speeder bike in its current form, I wouldn't want it changed.   Not to mention its just too much fun to ride around in.

It would be nice, however, if mappers had a choice between non-flight and flight capable speeders for the Empire.  This is where the Mandalorian Speeder comes in.

With the proper color scheme it would be perfect sitting inside an Imperial base.  Especially, since the Empire is known to use the services of Mandalorian bounty hunters.

A non-flying variant of the speeder bike would work as well.  This would be easier as a new model wouldn't have to be created.  It could have a unique texture to differentiate itself from the flying variant.

On a side note, the Empire needs a counterpart to the Rebel Freerunner and the Rebels need a counterpart to the Lambda.  I'm sure you guys are aware of this,  just wanted to get it out there.

Anyway, just some thoughts.