Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Ranger Scout Car

"Out in the boneyard!"

-Ranger Scout Car

The Ranger Scout Car is the primary scout/light attack vehicle of the Minutemen. This unit is planned to be voiced by

Tactical analysis

 * General Purpose: Used by the Minutemen for scouting purposes, the Ranger Scout Car is quick, has a low profile, and is capable of (very) minor harassment. Thousands of these vehicles have been recovered by the Minutemen, making the deployment of these vehicles very cheap.
 * Used Arms Dealer: The Ranger's main armament is a machine gun manned by a Minuteman, which is useful for attacking opposing recon units or isolated infantry and decent at downing thin-skinned aircraft and flying infantry.
 * It's (a) mine: In addition, Minutemen Rangers also carry a stash of Seismic Scanner mines. These mines act as a scout, watching the terrain in a large radius, until an enemy vehicle drives by, where it then attaches to the vehicle, slowing them down and damaging them over time.
 * No-Star Crash Rating: The Ranger is not a proper combat unit and should be kept away from combat. Its armor leaves much to be desired and its machine gun is nearly useless against heavier vehicles.

History
"In one sense the charge that I did not fight fair is true. I fought for success and not for display."

-...

When the Aquilans caught in the early days of the Voshkod-Aquilan War, they brought with them a huge production capacity and the fruits of the Aquilan automotive industry, the most famous of which was the Ranger General Purpose Motor Vehicle, the successor to the old Willys MB Jeeps back in 1940s V.C.. Existing in twenty-eight distinct variants and marks, the Ranger was the backbone of supply, scouting, patrol, mobile warfare, and, well, just about any other role the Guardians could think of.

There was even an anti-tank version of the machine, armed with a recoilless rifle. However, the most common version is the regular GPMV-2, which was designed for combat. The GPMV-2 was a staple of Allied ground forces, used to support advances as well as on their own in massive "Ranger Fleets", often consisting of hundreds of vehicles probing deep into enemy lines.

With robust suspension, four-wheel drive, and a powerful compact V6 engine, the Ranger was quintessentially Aquilan; a cheap, robust, and reliable model. The survivability of these vehicles is legendary; they could be jury-rigged back together with almost anything and would come back from almost any damage with only a few hours in the repair shop. "The Ranger is winning us this war, without a doubt," quipped famed Aquilan General James Marshall II in 1957 V.C. Ironically, he was killed two days later in a crash between his staff car and a Voshkod supply truck, but it is said that he was driven to the hospital in the same vehicle, a testimony to its rugged nature.

After the war, surplus GPMV-2s were sold to various world powers, mainly within Embry to aid the New California Commonwealth and the Alliance of Hawke, which would later modernize the design as the GPMV-5, while others were left in the Boneyard, stacked one on top of each other, such were their numbers. It is estimated a million Rangers were constructed by all the various powers during the Voshkod-Aquilan War, including a limited production run of 2,500 built from captured models by Voshkods to serve as command vehicles, such was their reputation. Millions more have been produced around the world, making it one of the most common vehicles in existence.

The Ranger is the workhouse of the Minutemen military, used in every way imaginable. Due to the untold number of vehicles recovered from the storage facilities, it is estimated that there may, in fact, be more Rangers than Confederate military personnel. The concept of the Ranger Fleet has been resurrected, and many among them consider themselves the successors to (insert character), a famed Minutemen cavalry raider of the First Embry Civil War. One of their uniquely Minutemen-ish uses is as a deployment system for Seismic Scanners, which is a small combination of resonance weaponry and remote cameras. They are built cheaply on the move, out of scrap materials; it's rumored they are built out of spare Ranger parts, so one thing is for certain; they aren't going to run out of them any time soon.

Guardians of the Tacitus

 * Humvee (Aquila)
 * Valanx
 * Ranger Jeep (Alliance)
 * Pitbull (ADI)
 * M-Gator
 * SDF Humvee (Protectorate)
 * Multigunner IFV (Andora)
 * LSV (Community)
 * CSK-131 'Warrior' Light Protected Vehicle (Empire)

Destroyers of Balthazar

 * GAZ Tigr (Voshkod)
 * Raider Buggy (Brotherhood)
 * Wartrakk (Horde)
 * Technical (MLA)
 * Roadwatcher (Collective)
 * BRDM-2 (Encantadia)
 * ... (Scrin)

Neutrals

 * Jerboa Scout Buggy (Coalition)
 * Chaos Humvee (Heralds)
 * Cuirassier (Order)
 * Ranger Scout Car (Survivors)
 * Combat SUV (Syndicate)
 * Oshkosh (Conglomerate)
 * Tauros (Legion)

Bonus Factions

 * Strider LAV (ASA)
 * VAMTAC (Bastion)
 * Scout Car Creep (Rangers)
 * Wolf Scout Vehicle (Pirates)
 * BTR-40 (Elona)
 * Vydra (Ascalia)
 * Hellion (Dominion)
 * AIL Storm (Security)
 * Riemann Astral Buggy (Ascendancy)

DLC

 * Warthog (Federation)
 * Monkey Combat Car (Corona)
 * ... (Party)
 * STAP Rider (Skynet)
 * Sd. KS 49 "Grimbart" (Elemental)
 * Tie Mauler (Autocracy)
 * UAZ-469 (League)
 * ... (Swarm)
 * LMV (Confederation)
 * Tgb 16 (Kingdom)
 * ... (Goo)
 * Kubelwagen (Imperium)
 * ... (Dynasty)
 * Steyr 4K (Warlords)
 * Archer Cart (Cult)
 * Otokar Cobra (Raiders)
 * Peugeot (Theocracy)
 * Escher Pickup Assault Car (Insurgents)
 * Superiar (Guardians)
 * Drover Walker (Hierarchy)
 * ... (Sundered)
 * Ecumene Raider LAV (Ecumene)
 * Tilean Ranger (Concordat)
 * Panhard CRAB (Contingent)
 * RST-V Shadow (Eden)
 * Eco-IMV (InGen)
 * Yeoman (Hallows)
 * MUTT (Commune)
 * VBL (Clique)
 * Kurogane (Guild)
 * ... (Threat)
 * Drummond Spitfire 100d (Traders)
 * Stria Facocero (Entente)
 * ... (Oblivion)
 * ... (Corporation)
 * ... (Covenant)
 * Rizzo's Combat Car (Institute)