Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Typhoon Attack Submarine

"Typhoon leaving pen"

-Typhoon Attack Submarine leaving the Submarine Pen

The Typhoon is the primary attack submarine of the Socialist Union of Voshkod. Planned to be voiced by Martin McDougall.

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Overview
The main attack sub and the primary undersea killers of the Voshkod naval forces and their answer to Aquila's SSN, Typhoon-class are submarines capable of moving quickly through the sea, ambushing any enemies with a salvo of torpedoes, quickly sinking them, and returning to the depths within seconds. Though they are one of the worlds most dangerous ship killers, they cannot attack land targets and have difficulty maneuvering due to their length.

Two different sets of torpedoes are loaded onto Typhoons: Type-O, a standard precise and effective type of torpedo, and Type-T, which has a tesla-tipped highly explosive warhead, capable of travelling at larger distances and greater speeds at the cost of its accuracy and reload time.

History
Recent years have seen the Voshkod pursuing an aggressive policy towards all perceived threats to its waterways, including the sinking of numerous civilian cargo ships and passenger liners, clashes with SSNs and Hailfires, the aging of the Alfa and Victors and the failure and the subsequent selling of the Akula attack sub project to Encantadia. Emblematic of this attitude is the Typhoon, a deadly undersea killer and a replacement for the aging Alfa-class and Victor-class Attack Submarines that is often held up as a symbol of Voshkod aggression. For all of its notoriety, however, details about the Typhoon were largely a mystery as most think it was the Alfa or the Victor until an Allied cargo ship found a Voshkod sailor adrift in open waters, kilometers from all known Voshkod naval forces.

The sailor, an illiterate peasant impressed into the Voshkod naval service, was a crewmember of the Typhoon Sub K-420. During regular maintenance of one of the Typhoon's torpedoes, he had inadvertently damaged that torpedo’s motor, preventing an attack on the undefended Allied ship. The captain, uncharacteristically calm, ordered the sailor into a loaded torpedo tube to attempt a repair before the enemy escaped. He then ejected the crippled torpedo into the ocean along with the surprised sailor, who, resigned to his fate, swam to the surface to await capture.

Based on evidence like that gleaned from the Voshkod sailor’s interrogation, Allied commanders have been piecing together the story of the Typhoon Sub. During its design, the Voshkod navy knew it needed an effective ship killer and a replacement to the aging Victor and Alfa submarines, but also that they would have to crew these ships with poorly trained crews, often with no maritime experience. As a result, they chose the Type-O torpedo as the Typhoon's main weapon. Based on the previous generation of Voshkod torpedoes, the Type-O is a time-tested design, reliable, effective, and easily used even by an inexperienced crew.

Voshkod commanders realized, however, that an even more powerful weapon was needed to deal with the new generation of larger, more heavily armored naval vessels, so the Typhoon fleet was also given the new Type-T "supercavitating" tesla torpedoes. Monstrous in size and power, the Type-T give the Typhoon an immense destructive capability. However, their power is offset by a slow firing rate, trading a lengthy loading and firing sequence for high reliability.

Trivia

 * The Typhoon in Gaiaterra here is the Mental Omega version.

Guardians of the Tacitus

 * SSN (Aquila)
 * Minisub (Alliance)
 * ... (ADI)
 * Yumi Submarine (Protectorate)
 * Astute-class Submarine (Andora)
 * Yuan Submarine (Empire)
 * Jang Bogo (Community)

Destroyers of Balthazar

 * Typhoon Attack Submarine (Voshkod)
 * ... (Brotherhood)
 * Horde Mini-Sub (Horde)
 * Red Sea Submarine (MLA)
 * Piranha (Collective)
 * Alfa-class Submarine (Encantadia)
 * ... (Scrin)

Neutrals

 * Cyrene-class Submarine (Coalition)
 * Chaos Typhoon (Heralds)
 * Sea-Yeoman Submarine (Order)
 * Razor Sub (Survivors)
 * Siren Sub (Syndicate)
 * ... (Conglomerate)
 * ... (Legion)

Bonus Faction

 * Daedalus Submarine (ASA)
 * Sauro-class submarine (Bastion)
 * Attack Sub Creep (Rangers)
 * U-Boat (Pirates)
 * Alfheimr Victor-class Submarine (Ascalia)
 * Naga Patrol Submarine (Elona)
 * ... (Dominion)
 * ... (Security)
 * ... (Ascendancy)

DLC

 * Angelshark (Federation)
 * ... (Corona)
 * ... (Party)
 * Mitosis Sub (Skynet)
 * Snezhnaya Submarine (Elemental)
 * ... (Autocracy)
 * ... (League)
 * ... (Swarm)
 * Kilo-class Submarine (Confederation)
 * Karv Submarine (Kingdom)
 * ... (Goo)
 * Todaro (Imperium)
 * ... (Dynasty)
 * S-189 (Warlords)
 * ... (Cult)
 * ... (Raiders)
 * Gelt-Class Submarine (Theocracy)
 * Cachalot(Insurgents)
 * ... (Guardians)
 * ... (Hierarchy)
 * ... (Sundered)
 * ... (Ecumene)
 * Endeavour Submarine (Concordat)
 * ... (Contingent)
 * ... (Eden)
 * Megalodon (InGen)
 * ... (Hallows)
 * Gato (Commune)
 * Nautilius (Clique)
 * I-56 (Guild)
 * ... (Threat)
 * ... (Traders)
 * ... (Entente)
 * ... (Oblivion)
 * ... (Corporation)
 * ... (Covenant)
 * ... (Institute)
 * ... (Commonwealth)
 * ... (Netstorm)
 * ... (Carnival)
 * ... (Wraiths)
 * ... (Chronophage)
 * Balao (Privateers)
 * ... (Foundation)