Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Dragon Tank

"It's very hot in here!"

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The Dragon Tank. This is planned to be voiced by

History
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In August 1961 V.C., a massive revolt, made by Brotherhood infiltrators, broke out in the city of (insert). With most of the Imperial garrison driven out of the city by the rebellious populace, the commander of the garrison forces made a desperate move, not wanting to be executed for his incompetence. The military base had been the testing ground for a new weapon of war, the Type 21 Flamethrower Tank, and the commander ordered almost all of the examples he had into the city to quell the revolt. They succeeded, simply rolling into the city and burning down hundreds of protesting citizens until the survivors were begging for mercy. Within hours the city had been cowed into quiet submission, and the ringleaders, all Brotherhood, were arrested and condemned to execution, their corpses proudly displayed on the Empire's border to show them what they do to spies.

Initially, the Type 21--nicknamed the Dragon Tank, for the flaming gouts of hellfire it spewed from its nozzles--had been designed as an anti-fortification weapon, meant to clear out entrenched positions that proved a constant obstacle to the Empire's armored forces. But the success of (insert) proved just how effective the Dragon Tank could be, as a tool to suppress revolts, though they would switch out to using water.

Though a crude and simple modification of the Battlemaster tank, with the turret and weapons stripped out and replaced with a spray nozzle and two pressurized tanks containing large quantities of gasoline or water, the Dragon tank proved effective in both its roles, with Dragon tank operators helping to pacify several revolts that broke out (though they switched to non-lethal water), and proving crucial in the recapture of several Brotherhood held cities. Whereas previous attempts had been repulsed by the entrenched Brotherhood garrisons, this time the PLA forces, with Dragon tank support, burnt out hundreds of screaming Brotherhood soldiers from their fortifications and marched the rest of their forces past the charred corpses of the defenders.

However, problems soon began to appear. The Brotherhood adapted their tactics to account for the Imperial's new weapon, and the Empire advance was soon slowed. More distressingly, however, was the notably heightened occurrence of mental disorders and defection amongst Dragon tank operators. While mental instability was not considered to be an issue, the increasing tendency amongst Dragon tank crews to disobey orders was a problem that needed to be resolved.

To this end, the Imperial leadership instituted intensive loyalty screening, indoctrination, and other techniques to ensure the absolute and unquestioned loyalty of its Dragon tank operators, so that they would be utterly devoted to the Communist government and would carry out their orders, no matter what they were. This proved successful; though perhaps a little too enthusiastic to use their flamethrowers to "punish enemies of the state", the Dragon tank battalions of the Imperial army were unquestioningly obedient, unflinchingly loyal to the Empire, an utterly reliable tool of the government.