Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Minedrop

Minedrop is one of the Minutemen's support powers.

Overview
"Don't tread on me."

-A warning sign, upon which a column of Voshkod tanks exploded upon ignoring it.

The Aquilans prefer not to use mines in war. Mines are too much trouble to place, too much hassle to recover, and if lost, are too dangerous to civilians for years to come. Millions have already been spent on mine-removal programs in former battlefields between the Voshkod and Alliance, and the Aquilans are trying to negotiate treaties with all nations to give up the use of mines in war.

The Minutemen, not being a proper nation, have no such qualms.

Aside from their already troubling use of the M-93 Ogre Minelayer, the Minutemen have begun using a tactic that the Voshkod first explored during the GVAW. Using high-capacity modified transports, the Voshkod experimented with the concept of dropping highly visible landmines on an area, forcing the Allies to either clear them and lose valuable time and even resources, or blindly stumble into the minefield when under heavy Voshkod attack. Though met with initial successes, the program ultimately didn't pack enough punch for many Voshkod leaders, and all files were left to become covered in the dust of ages in the Voshkod archives.

So imagine the surprise of one high-ranking Voshkod official when, on drinking his morning tea, he read about Voshkod forces in Embry that reported bombs being dropped from aircraft onto active battlefields, either denying them a route of advance or forcing them into ambush positions that were already created by the Minutemen forces. Aside from being the first time that the Voshkod actually tried to go to an international court for "theft of intellectual property", the Aquilans and Voshkod had to face yet another dirty trick in the Minutemen arsenals, and in the case of the latter a taste of their own medicine.