Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Mutant Hound

"Arf!"

-Mutant Hound

The Mutant Hound is the primary animal scout of the Minutemen Survivors.

History
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Throughout the war, the Minutemen desperately needed parts for their rusting fleet of vehicles. The Boneyard raid only brought a small stash of spare parts; thus, the Minutemen had to find other sources. With Embry rich in civilian junkyards full of old parts, now abandoned in the afterman. The junkyard owners were convinced to part with the valuable junk, through fair means or foul. However, they hadn't counted on the hidden guardians who couldn't be bullied, bribed (In the traditional manner), negotiated, or reasoned with.

A Minutemen detachment learned this lesson the hard way. In the opening stages of the uprising, a squad of Minutemen from the 17th Infantry Division (The Volunteers) sneaked into a junkyard in Tennessee. They approached the fence without incident, but shortly after crawling under the barbed wire fence, Marksman Rondald Buckles was brought to the ground by a junkyard dog, mutated by the FEV, biting him on his shin. Though he managed to fight him off, the Doberman caught his hand in its jaws and wouldn't let go.

He and his comrades were about to shoot the mangy Mutant Hound, but Thief Carol Kerr instead brought out a bit of beef jerky, knowing that the mutated dogs were very friendly to humans at heart. Properly bribed, the dog stopped biting Buckles and instead joined the detachment as they looted the junkyard. Kerr reported this to fellow Minutemen militias and soon had every junkyard dog in Embry join the Minutemen.

Mutants Hounds rely on their speed and agility to attack human targets and refuse dog-sized bulletproof vests; every attempt to give them one resulted in a Minutemen with a bleeding hand. Other than that, Guard Dogs are friendlier than even Alliance Attack Dogs and don't need training because they are just doing what they were born to do. They're especially effective against other animals, which they've been bred for years to be aggressive to. Famous news footage of a cybernetic, armored Syndicate War Wolf being cowed by a Mutant Hound is a testament to this.

Guardians of the Tacitus

 * K-9 (Aquila)
 * Attack Dog (Alliance)
 * Battle Cat (ADI)
 * Burst Drone (Protectorate)
 * War Lion (Asur Command)
 * Halfling Wolf Rider (Andora)
 * Tiger (Empire)
 * Atomic Tiger (Castanic Nuclear Division)
 * Gorilla (Community)
 * Merlion (Serpent Clan)

Destroyers of Balthazar

 * Attack Bear (Voshkod)
 * Giant Scorpion (Brotherhood)
 * Squig (Horde)
 * Alshain (MLA)
 * Long Legs (Collective)
 * Cold One (Cult of Pleasure)
 * Hippo (Encantadia)
 * Buzzers (Scrin)

Neutrals

 * Cyber Wolf (Coalition)
 * Ice Wolves (Heralds)
 * Hawk (Order)
 * Mutant Hound (Survivors)
 * War Wolf (Syndicate)
 * Giant Rat (Skaven Horde)
 * Kroot Hound (Tau Merchant Guard)
 * Exo Scout (Conglomerate)
 * Cougar (Legion)

DLC

 * ... (Federation)
 * ... (Corona)
 * ... (Party)
 * ... (Skynet)
 * ... (Dominion)
 * ... (Elemental)
 * ... (Autocracy)
 * ... (League)
 * ... (Swarm)
 * ... (Pirates)
 * ... (Elona)
 * ... (Ascalia)
 * ... (Confederation)
 * ... (Kingdom)
 * ... (Goo)
 * ... (Security)
 * Giant Centipede (Imperium)
 * ... (Dynasty)
 * ... (Warlords)
 * ... (Cult)
 * ... (Raiders)
 * ... (Theocracy)
 * ... (ASA)
 * ... (Insurgents)
 * ... (Bastion)
 * ... (Guardians)
 * ... (Hierarchy)
 * ... (Sundered)
 * ... (Ecumene)
 * ... (Concordat)
 * ... (Contingent)
 * ... (Rangers)
 * ... (Eden)
 * ... (InGen)
 * ... (Hallows)
 * ... (Commnune)
 * ... (Clique)