Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Rakshasa Land Cruiser

"Pride of the Desert!"

-Rakshasa Land Cruiser

The Rakshasa Land Cruiser is the premier breakthrough tank of the Regal Sultanate of Elona. Voiced by

Tactical analysis

 * Pride of the Sultanate: The Rakshasa is Elona's thundering superheavy vehicle, armed with huge and powerful missile launchers that can devastate vehicles, structures, aircraft, and infantry, armored with thick, angled armor that laughs at lesser anti-tank munitions, and enough size and weight to simply roll over and crush lesser vehicles should they be unworthy of the Rakshasa's time.


 * Signal interruption: As if this titan of the Rajas wasn't already fearsome enough, the Rakshasa can release a burst of jamming signals with deletrious effects on enemy communications, and even when not set to burst mode, guided missiles have a chance of being redirected or losing their guidance; missing their marks entirely.


 * The Tiger Demon takes his time: The Rakshasa is however, slow, and in terms of raw stats such as durability and firepower, is strictly inferior to the likes of the Apocalypse.  It's own turret traverse also leaves something to be desired, making swift approaching aircraft or quick flanking enemies who can pierce it's armor a powerful worry.  It is also hardly anything anyone would label "cheap".


 * Let me show you some spells: The most elite Rakshasa crews get gifts from Elona's excursions into Eorzea. Engines improved in mysterious ways give a respectable speed boost, and new warheads increase the power of the Land Cruiser an appreciable amount, making the Land Cruiser even better suited for bringing war to the enemy.

Appearance
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History
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Though the Guardians frequently state their preference for mobile units for the battlefield and many generals dismiss superheavy units as impractical, in truth, they have always wanted their own counterparts for the likes of the Apocalypse. The very fact that the Alliance's Wolfhound is capable of taking down any armor, especially as it was later joined by the Challenger, Aquila had it their counter in the form of the Paladin with the F.I.S.T. is exclusive to Task Force Wolf, the ADI has it's own superheavy MBT, the Andorans with the Jagdmammut and Ironforge is still working on an "Uber-Panzer" for their Panzergrenadier units, with promising results.

Elonais no exception. As stated before, they greatly admire Voshkod weaponry and the Red Army despite their anti-communist stance. So a commission was put out for Sultanate companies to give Elona her own Voshkod-style superheavies. The winning designer based the design on the EG-11 Mammoth Tank, made infamous in the Great Voshkod-Aquilan War for its power and the dread Guardian tankers had for "Garlean's tank", which outclassed all other attempts at superheavies by leaps and bounds. But perhaps the most major change (save for those that were an inevitable result of going from Voshkod technologies from Garlean's era to Elonan ones in the 80s V.C.) was the decision to remove the guns in favor of using missile launchers, lowering the weight and saving on the expense needed to create and maintain guns for their secret weapon as well as offering, in their minds, the advantages of added range and accuracy.

The other great change was using the weight saved by the removal of the guns and their connected systems was adding electronic warfare suites to make up for Elona's inferiority to Voshkod material science by being able to strike at the enemy's ability to attack them at all. Dubbed the Rakshasa and ordered into mass production, great things were expected from the Land Cruiser. Not expecting such a monster from the Sultanate in the Desert Rage, the Rakshasa was able to hold down numerically inferior Hyborian forces before being destroyed, and much was made from their role in the defense of Bourak in the most desperate hours of the war.

Once again, the tiger demon of the Rajas strikes fear into the hearts of those who oppose the Sultanate, and the Elonan Army cannot get enough of them, making the industry behind producing them a center for jobs and the accumulation of wealth. No longer a secret weapon, the Rakshasa is as heavily promoted by Elona as the Apocalypse is by the Socialist Union of Voshkod. Workers are proud to make them, crews are eager to operate them, soldiers are glad to fight besides them. As Voshkod dreams of an ever-expanding sultanate, they are sure to see even more action.

Although Haqqislam and Harkonnen, two members of Elona, do not prefer the Rakshasa, as they have their own superheavy vehicles in the form of the Lion and Oblivion respectively, thus forming Elona their own Big 3 Monsters, much like Voshkod.

Guardians of the Tacitus

 * Paladin/Plasma Paladin (Aquila)
 * Chevalier/XF-32 F.I.S.T. (Task Force Wolf)
 * Wolfhound Tank Destroyer (Alliance)
 * Mammoth Tank (ADI)
 * Type 40 Yonmaru/King Oni (Protectorate)
 * Super Goliath/Queen Oni (Asur Command)
 * Greater King Oni (Exo-Command)
 * Jagdmammut (Andora)
 * Overlord (Empire)
 * Conqueror Tank (Grand Chase Royal Guards)
 * Emperor Overlord (Elsword's Royal Force)
 * K3 Grey Tiger (Community)
 * Sensenmann Tank (Lotus Clan)
 * Wasteland Superheavy Tank (Wolf Clan)

Destroyers of Balthazar

 * Apocalypse Tank (Voshkod)
 * Catastrophe (Kvant Division)
 * Blackbear (Zenit Division)
 * Stealth Tank (Brotherhood)
 * Gorkanaut (Horde)
 * BRDM-1 "Roach" (MLA)
 * Shturm-S (Nightborne Chemical Division)
 * Colossus (Collective)
 * Shagohod Tank (Encantadia)
 * Sentinel (Hathoria)
 * FCM F1 (Adamya)
 * Annihilator Tripod (Scrin)

Neutrals

 * Land Raider Phobos (Coalition)
 * Hekaton Land Fortress (Primaris Votann Guards)
 * Fellblade (Heralds)
 * Cataphract Land Ironclad (Order)
 * Sidewinder Burrow Tank (Survivors)
 * Kronos Heavy Tank (Syndicate)
 * Stormsurge (Tau Merchant Guards)
 * Mastodon Walker (Conglomerate)
 * Baneblade (Legion)

Bonus Factions

 * T-140 Angara (ASA)
 * Voidpanzer (Bastion)
 * Linebreaker Creep (Rangers)
 * Ariavanna Tank (Pirates)
 * Rakshasa Land Cruiser (Elona)
 * Lion Heavy Tank
 * Gorgon Mammoth Tank (Ascalia)
 * Thor (Dominion)
 * Super Merkava (Security)
 * ... (Ascendancy)

DLC

 * UNSC Elephant (Federation)
 * Federation Mastodon
 * Zhurong Assault Tank (Corona)
 * ... (Party)
 * Executor Tripletank (Skynet)
 * SKS 300 "Kaiser" (Elemental)
 * PZM-24 "Tur" (Elemental)
 * AT-AT (Autocracy)
 * BZ-75 (League)
 * Ultralisk (Swarm)
 * Machu Pichu Advanced Tank (Confederation)
 * Strv 2000 (Kingdom)
 * Scorpion Grav-Tank (Aeldari Guard Corps)
 * ... (Goo)
 * Maus (Imperium)
 * Doomsday Ark (Dynasty)
 * ST-II (Warlords)
 * Envenomators (Cult)
 * Dais of Destruction (Raiders)
 * Sigmar Tank (Theocracy)
 * T28 (Insurgents)
 * Apexia (Guardians)
 * Gondwana Heavy Tank (Hierarchy)
 * ... (Sundered)
 * Ifrit Tank (Ecumene)
 * Black Prince (Concordat)
 * Akula Tank (Contingent)
 * Cerberus (Eden)
 * Facemelter Assault Vehicle (InGen)
 * ... (Society)
 * ... (Conclave)
 * ... (Hallows)
 * MBT-70 (Commune)
 * ... (Lordships)
 * ... (Directorate)
 * ... (Columbia)
 * Soban (Clique)
 * O-I (Guild)
 * Tanker Bug (Threat)
 * O-75b "Ares" (Traders)
 * EG-14 Terminator (Entente)
 * Tyrant (Oblivion)
 * Judgement (Corporation)
 * Arrogance Heavy Tank (Institute)
 * Mazdak Supertank (Commonwealth)
 * ... (Nimbus)
 * ... (Carnival)
 * ... (Wraiths)
 * ... (Chronophage)
 * ... (Privateers)
 * ... (Foundation)