Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Alliance Pathfinder

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The Alliance Pathfinder is the of the Alliance of Hawke. Planned to be voiced by.

Overview
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History
"It takes a special kind of crazy to jump out of a perfectly functional plane."

-Quote by an anonymous reporter in regards to airborne operations

As the Alliance and the Voshkod both kept their eyes focused on Europe after World War II, the Pacific front was mostly left unthought of; indeed, this vulnerability would later be exploited by the (insert). California, Oregon and Washington were too heavily defended to be invaded from Vladivostok, and the vast distance of the Pacific likewise kept the Alliance from attempting an invasion of the Voshkod Pacific port. The Bering Strait had been considered as an attack route by the Voshkod, but while Voshkod forces could be transported freely in their own nation, the Alaskan and Canadian wastelands lacked logistical capabilities for enemy troop movements. Any invasion would starve before reaching Anchorage.

While the Voshkod therefore left the Siberian Alternative alone, the Alliance considered it as a possibility; not as an attack road for land forces into Moscow, but as a distraction. If they could get forces behind the defense lines at the Pacific coast, the forces could then harass the Voshkod supply lines and assist a war in Europe. Thus, in 1956, the McCarthy administration set "Plan Troy" into motion, dubbed after the famous horse used as a backdoor in the Greek myths. An extensive paratrooper training program, bigger than any of the Andoran or Voshkod equivalents, was started at the Colorado Air Force Academy. Over 20,000 soldiers were educated before Voshkod spies found out about the plans, and the Union proceeded to install anti-air battery networks at the Kamchatka peninsula and the Transamur region.

The Alliance military realized that continuing with Plan Troy in its original form would not be fruitful in an eventual war, but it was decided that the resources would not be counted as wasted. The paratroopers were relocated to Europe, and the program would continue. During the war, the "Pathfinders", as they became known, landed behind the fronts several times and inflicted substantial damage on Voshkod forces, armed with assault rifles and grenade launchers; while more conventional along the lines of the Alliance Reservists, the Peacekeepers also use the Pathfinders in many operations. Project Troy has thus been dubbed a success by Alliance military, and financing is secured for several years.