Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Elephant Tank

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The Elephant Tank is Minfillia Warde's personal vehicle and the epic unit of Voshkod's Zenit DIvision. This epic unit is planned to be voiced by Amy Bolton.

Tactical analysis

 * Are you ready?: The Elephant Tank dates back to the Great Voshkod-Aquilan War, and now serves the Voshkods once more, in the role of a mobile command post/fortress. With extremely thick armor, the Elephant can withstand quite a bit of damage.
 * Nothing in our way: Despite its age, the Elephant is still a monster on the battlefield, capable of laying waste to anything within range, with old but still mighty twin 350mm cannons. In a pinch, the Elephant can fire its many Katyusha rocket launchers, allowing it to better deal with those pesky smaller enemies.
 * It won't be long: The Elephant has a horrendously slow top speed, and without a turret, it can be easily flanked. Also, without modern explosive shells, it's best kept behind the front lines.
 * Make it worth my time: Recent research has shown that, with some minor tweaks, the Vacuum Imploder's rockets can be fitted on the Katyusha, further increasing its lethality, especially against buildings, while its cannons can be loaded with Tesla shells, which explodes into an electric storm that fries infantry and shuts down survivors. But with how expensive and labor-intensive it is to make each round the defense bureau is hesitant to give the munitions unless necessary.

History
"Mother Eorzea is like an Elephant. She is big, grey and never forgets anything."

-Minfillia Warde

Premier Emet-Selch was not a large man. Standing at five foot five inches, he, like many historical dictators, had something of a disparity between the size of their ambitions and the size of their bodies. And, like these dictators that preceded him, Emet-Selch made an effort to surround himself with the very large by way of compensation.

He could not turn down any project grand enough in scale; massive monuments, huge skyscrapers, and endless military parades. Thus, it was not surprising that Emet-Selch pushed through the T-39 Superheavy project, which he carefully named after himself. Going by the old truism "Bigger is Better" (a motto that now graces the front entrance to Arkhangelsk Tank Plant) the designers of the new Emet-Selch Garlean tank aimed to build the largest and most powerful design in the world.

Beginning with a more modest aim of 900 tons, demands from Emet-Selch and access to battleship-grade weaponry led to the final design weighing in at 2100 tons. Equipped with twin 330mm cannons, each set deep into the hull and extending twenty feet in front of the tank, the EG-X "Elephant" was big enough to crush lesser tanks under its tracks and armored enough to resist even the largest of anti-tank or even naval guns.

Crewed by twenty-one men (Commander, sub-commander, three drivers, eight gunners, four-point defense gunners, two engineers, and two rocket operators) the Elephant served as a mobile command post as well as an artillery piece, battle tank, and rolling fortress. Though a gas-guzzling, slow monster of a vehicle, the Elephant was impenetrable to the best anti-tank weapons of the time and could destroy even the robust Andoran TOG2 or the Ironforge Maus in a single shot; along with every Maus in its company and even claimed that can go against the Ratte. However, it was marred by a great many restrictions; pathetic range, lack of speed, and lack of turret being the main concerns, not to mention difficulty maintaining the beasts. a hundred and twenty-eight vehicles were manufactured between 1941 V.C. and 1946 V.C. until newer vehicles better suited for the roles it took replaced them.

Nearly 20 years later, the Elephants sat mothballed, useless in modern war as a mobile fortress. However, during Voshkod-Valyrian War, a breakthrough with Voshkod computers meant the smaller ones could fit into a two-story house, or indeed, a superheavy tank. Removing the machine gun posts left room inside for computers, radio equipment, and other modern features needed to command a battle on the field, though the old map system was still the favored way. The 350mm cannons could still crush a lesser tank like an egg, no matter how modern, and even Void Elf troops fall to Katyusha rockets. Whenever the next war comes, everyone is sure that Minfillia Warde, the general of Zenit Division takes the mighty Elephant, back from retirement, will lead the many tank columns of the Voshkod under.