Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Sputnik Drop

Sputnik Drop is one of the Voshkod's support powers.

Overview
"Make sure it's soft landing yes?"

-Sputnik Driver to Mir crew.

The Sputnik is the Voshkod's favorite way to remind a population that the Union is present and ready to take charge. The outposts of the Union spread the "gospel" of communism to the masses, alerting to everyone that the Voshkod people will welcome them not only as comrades but as friends and loved ones. Before that, however, the Union needs to get the Sputnik on-location.

Mir, as with so many of the Union's obstacles, presented an answer. Assembling the Sputniks in space in a manner similar to the Lunokhod tank, Voshkod space command takes orders from Voshkod command to fire the Sputnik on-location, where it would utilize the force of impact to instantly deploy into an outpost. After a few failed trial efforts (One miscommunication had a Sputnik fired into the Arctic Larsen B ice shelf where the operator felt "chilly"), the communication between Mir and Gaiaterra was cemented, meaning that a commander with proper clearance can move forward without risking a lost expansion vehicle.