Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Beatdown

Beatdown is one of the Minutemen's support powers.

Overview
"Load sabot- What the hell?! It's paper mache!"

-Voshkod tank commander, overheard on the radio during the Battle of Des Moines.

The Minutemen often rely on every trick in the book when it comes to fighting the Aquilans and Voshkod. While PAWI is the most prominent example, another behind-the-scenes factor is sabotage. While it's easy to simply cause a vehicle to explode while it should be undergoing repairs in a base, it is also good for morale to show victorious Mastiffs over fallen Paladins/Apocalypses.

Operation Beatdown was first conceived by General Carville of the Aquilan Remnants in early 1969. The plan is relatively simple. Thieves and Delta Rangers would sneak into munition dumps the Aquilan/Voshkod have set up within their bases and swap out anything useful (for the Minutemen cause) with dummy ammunition (repainted to look like live ammunition), commonly used in various wargames. Should an attack occur nearby, Aquilan/Voshkod tank crews would have to grab whatever shells they could to fight the Minutemen, often scooping up dummy ammunition in the process. While an enemy commander may not know until it is too late, a Minutemen commander can take advantage of the vehicle's misfortune...