Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/M112A2 "Jackson" APC

"Jackson here!"

-M112A2 "Jackson" APC

The M112A2 "Jackson" APC is primary armored personal carrier of the Minutemen Survivors. This unit is planned to be voiced by Heather Marie Marsden, using her Sarah Lyons voice

Tactical analysis

 * Welcome to the wasteland: An armored vehicle designed to survive and operate in the harsh, radiation-scarred wastelands that make up what was once Embry, the M112A2 "Jackson" is hardy and fairly survivable APC with amphibious capability.
 * Playing Dixie: As troops disembark, the crew of the Jackson will usually shout either quotes from the Constitution or simple shouts of encouragement from roof-mounted loudspeakers, raising troop morale and encouraging nearby Minutemen soldiers to fight with more ferocity than normal. And also provide suppression fire with their .50 cal heavy machine guns.
 * Radaway: As its original role was to locate and rescue survivors, it is not surprising that all Jacksons have a supply of medicine onboard. This medicine comes in very handy during battles, allowing the crew to attend to the wounds of friendlies who are nearby. Though an Ambulance is healing is superior.
 * Stop For Nothing: With a complete disregard for obstacles standing between them and their destination, Jackson drivers are known to simply roll over infantry who try to stop them, and will smash their way through barricades as though they weren't there.

History
"There stands Jackson, like a stone wall."

-...

The M112A2 Retriever, or just Retriever, was a standard infantry transport introduced at a late stage of the Great Voshkod-Aquilan War, for the Federation of Aquila and the Alliance, until the development of the M113 in 1962 V.C..

The well-armored, slow-moving Aquilan-made APC was intended to replace older half-tracks like the M3, although complete displacement of Ironfroge and Aquilan trucks hasn't been reached. Originally, Retrievers had .50 cal heavy machine guns in special mounts, but when they were consigned to the New California Commonwealth, the Andorans stripped them of their Brownings to mount them on the first generation of Riptides.

After the atomic fire that annihilated Embry, the entire country was transformed into wastelands filled with radioactive waste, particles, debris, mutated livestock, and choking fumes. Certain resources suddenly became very rare to the people. However, one resource is held by the Minutemen above all else, and that is the decimated population that still hasn't been subjected to radiation. These people are precious, as the only hope for Embry to repopulate its land.

One major issue was transporting these people safely across the radioactive wasteland to the safety of the vast fallout bunkers of the Minutemen without them getting killed by the harmful radiation and mutated beasts. A problem that needed to be solved quickly. The survivors were dwindling, prey to the wilderness of the irradiated lands and unknown beasts that lurked in the wastelands.

After a devastating loss of a dozen survivors when their convoy was ambushed by raiders and another five survivors to radiation sickness, the General was unable to allow any more losses of their last hope. In order to better protect survivors being transported back to strongholds in the future, When the Minutemen recovered the Retrievers from the waste they upgraded them so that would serve as a sturdy and durable transport to protect them while traveling across the wasteland. A transport that had a bunker offering protection from the poisonous fallout, radiation and, of course, weapon fire. The transport was armored with ceramic slabs with lead plating to further protect them from radiation, while an MP122 speaker system would send out an SOS and Minutemen calls to help survivors find them.

The first few deployments of the new transport was a massive success, so much so that the rescued survivors dubbed it the "Jackson", in honor of the famous "Stonewall" Jackson of the original Minutemen - although veterans of the Second World War sometimes joke by confusing those names. The transport proved to be fast and rugged enough to simply plow through the dangerous environment of the wasteland. As the Minutemen does occasionally encounter survivors in the wastelands of Embry during patrols and battles, the Jackson was assimilated into the army. Their MP122 speaker system now used to simulate the effect of Empire propaganda, and in addition allow the unarmed crew to affect the course of the battle by shouting cheerful chants, which they take utmost delight in doing.

Guardians of the Tacitus

 * Stryker ICV (Aquila)
 * M113A3 (Task Force Eagle)
 * ACCE (Task Force Eve)
 * Archon ARV (Alliance)
 * Goliath APC (ADI)
 * Type 73 Armored Personnel Carrier (Protectorate)
 * Sudden Transport
 * Lynx (Andora)
 * M113 Ultra (Community)
 * Troop Crawler (Empire)

Destroyers of Balthazar

 * BTR-90 (Voshkod)
 * Scarab APC (Brotherhood)
 * Ratel (Black Hand)
 * M3 Halftrakk (Horde)
 * BTR-50P (MLA)
 * BTR-60 (Encantadia)
 * Dump Truck
 * Kamaz Armored Truck (Collective)
 * ... (Scrin)

Neutrals

 * FV432 APC (Coalition)
 * Rhino Transport (Astarte Legion)
 * Heretical Ural Transport Truck (Heralds)
 * Charger Assault Transport (Order)
 * M112A2 "Jackson" (Survivors)
 * Testudo (Syndicate)
 * Devilfish (Syndicate)
 * ... (Conglomerate)
 * Taurox (Legion)

Bonus Factions

 * IFV-6c Panther (ASA)
 * M113A1 "Safari" (Bastion)
 * APC Creep (Rangers)
 * Sdkfz 251 (Pirates)
 * Civet Mobile Gun (Elona)
 * Fahd (Haqqislam Battlegroup)
 * SKOT (Ascalia)
 * ... (Dominion)
 * Ratel (Security)
 * ... (Ascendancy)

DLC

 * Federation APC (Federation)
 * ... (Corona)
 * ... (Party)
 * ... (Skynet)
 * Preservence APW (Elemental)
 * ... (Autocracy)
 * BTR-70 (League)
 * ... (Swarm)
 * Guarani (Confederation)
 * Patgb 360 (Kingdom)
 * ... (Goo)
 * Sdfkz. 250 (Imperium)
 * ... (Dynasty)
 * Land Rover (Warlords)
 * ... (Cult)
 * BTR-80 (Raiders)
 * Transport Lorry (Theocracy)
 * Underhive Transport Truck (Insurgents)
 * ... (Guardians)
 * ... (Hierarchy)
 * ... (Sundered)
 * Cheetah Transport (Ecumene)
 * Universal Carrier (Concordat)
 * Piranha IV (Contingent)
 * XM1283 APC (Eden)
 * Eco-Skirmisher Transport (InGen)
 * ... (Hallows)
 * M3 Half-Track (Commnune)
 * Patria (Clique)
 * Ho-Ki (Guild)
 * Millipede AIC (Threat)
 * HH-A Javelin (Traders)
 * Baltdjur (Entente)
 * Chariot Carrier (Oblivion)
 * ... (Corporation)
 * ... (Covenant)
 * ... (Institute)
 * Zhuk (Eremite)
 * ... (Nimbus)
 * ... (Carnival)
 * ... (Wraiths)
 * ... (Chronophage)
 * ... (Privateers)
 * ... (Foundation)
 * Angriffwagen (Spartacus)
 * Tiger Assault Carrier (Regency)