Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Sisyphus Transport Truck

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The Sisyphus Transport Truck is the Lumeris Syndicate ore miner. This Harvester is set to be planned to be voiced by

History
"Obstruction detected, please remove."

-Recorded response when a Sisyphus is forced to slow down. Children in the Sprawls often stop a truck just to hear it.

Most world powers, even the most otherworldly, follow the same pattern established in Great Voshkod-Aquilan War of supplying the front. While much of the logistics of war are still done with trucks and trains transporting material from rear areas, advances in the areas of ore refinement promise to make war even more localized. Ore and Supplies is collected from mines and supply fields respectively across the entire front and carried to buildings to be refined through a variety of means.

The refined ore is in turn fed into SPAM modules (at least, in the case of the Allies), which produce ammunition, building materials, and various other expendables. In this way, armies can stay in the field for longer without support; MCVs can be dropped in the middle of enemy territory in this way with no other support than the men that can’t be made from ore.

The Lumeris Syndicate is the sole exception to this. Being manned primarily by mercenaries and private military contractors, the Syndicate’s military forces are completely self-contained by definition. Employers are not expected to provide supplies or support, but simply to pay the fee and watch the fireworks. Instead, the logistical support of individual mercenary units is without equal.

This is possible due to the relatively small sizes of units fielded; the Syndicate fields far fewer men than even the weakest military of any notable nation. Since the Syndicate mostly combats militias and warlords quite beneath their ability, this isn’t much of a problem, though the Syndicate is notably stockpiling supplies in Syndicate-owned warehouses and caches throughout the world.

The Syndicate does not shy from taking ore from a region, however. Though instead of refining, they start demanding that the mines owned by the people of the region be signed over to them as payment for continuing action. Ore is collected from these mines and taken to the local Syndicate Headquarters, where it is further packaged and shipped to other Syndicate bodies either to sell or refine for their own industries.

In return, the PMC is given further support with vehicles or construction work. While this whole process was once done with normal big rigs and heavy transports, the Syndicate recently engaged in a highly budgeted, multi-level project to synergize the whole process, which is anchored on a new automated truck.

The Sisyphus Transport Truck is surprisingly small and vulnerable, which can be a hindrance when enemies raid their supply lines, but this has many advantages. For one, the Sisyphus is fairly cheap compared to such large vehicles like the Medusa, and many can be made for the cost of one Medusa, with geometrically improved carrying capacity.

The real secret, however, is the array of Zero Point Energy emitters built around the cargo bay. In severe emergencies, the Sisyphus can be remote-ordered to use a moving mass to anchor the Sisyphus on, making it fly into the air and out of danger, where the lightness of the vehicle allows it to survive such a maneuver. The drawback of this process is the only thing that can provide such a mass is the ore the Sisyphus is carrying. Needless to say, the Syndicate loses half of their immediate money on this, and it is generally believed someone is fired every time this is done.

Guardians of the Tacitus

 * Shredder ABV (Aquila)
 * Alliance Supply Truck (Alliance)
 * Chrono Miner (Alliance)
 * Ultra Miner (Alliance)
 * Harvester (ADI)
 * Harvester (Protectorate)
 * Prospector (Andora)
 * Peasant (Community)
 * Stolly Supply Truck (Community)
 * Bronco Ore Carrier (Community)
 * ... (Empire)

Destroyers of Balthazar

 * War Miner (Voshkod)
 * ... (Brotherhood)
 * ... (Horde)
 * ... (MLA)
 * ... (Collective)
 * ... (Scrin)

Neutrals

 * Dwarf Prospector (Coalition)
 * Miner (Coalition)
 * ... (Heralds)
 * ... (Order)
 * ... (Survivors)
 * Sisyphus Transport Truck (Syndicate)
 * Medusa
 * ... (Conglomerate)

DLC

 * Minermite (Federation)
 * ... (Corona)
 * ... (Party)
 * ... (Skynet)
 * ... (Dominion)
 * ... (Elemental)
 * ... (Autocracy)
 * ... (League)
 * ... (Legion)
 * ... (Swarm)
 * ... (Pirates)
 * ... (Elona)
 * ... (Ascalia)
 * ... (Confederation)
 * ... (Kingdom)
 * ... (Goo)
 * ... (Security)
 * ... (Imperium)
 * ... (Dynasty)
 * ... (Warlords)
 * ... (Cult)
 * ... (Raiders)
 * ... (Theocracy)
 * ... (ASA)
 * ... (Insurgents)
 * ... (Bastion)
 * ... (Guardians)
 * ... (Hierarchy)
 * ... (Sundered)
 * ... (Ecumene)
 * ... (Concordat)
 * ... (Contingent)
 * ... (Rangers)
 * ... (Eden)
 * ... (InGen)
 * ... (Hallows)
 * ... (Commune)
 * Ore Truck (Encantadia)