Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Red Guard

"We stand together!"

-Red Guard

The Red Guard is one of two basic infantries of the Elsword Empire alongside the regular ranked Fei Long. They're easily amassed and capable of challenging other infantry in larger numbers unlike the Fei Long. Planned to be voiced by Neil Ross, reprising his Generals Red Guard voice with new lines.

Tactical analysis

 * We Stand Together: The Red Guard is the basic soldier of the Elsword Empire army. While not terribly impressive, they number in the millions.
 * Rifles at the ready: The Red Guard's standard issue weapon is the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle. While far from the best weapon around, the Type 56 is cheap and outranges the AK-74M assault rifle that the Conscript use, although it has a lower rate of fire.
 * Charge!: Attached to their Type 56 is another weapon; a blade bayonet. While the practice of bayoneting is obsolete, it is quite effective at taking chunks of flesh out of enemy soldiers, although it is not nearly as effective as the Imperial Warrior's beam katana. With Red Guards often psyching themselves up with a battlecry before charging.
 * Luresia Protect Me!: But in comparison to most forces the Red Guards have little armor and little training, relying on overwhelming numbers to take on most enemies. And their rifles are compleely useless against aircraft and tanks.

Overview
* TBA*

History
"6 miles of ground has been won. Half a million men are gone. What's the price of a mile?"

-From a letter, source unknown

In Season of the Eden 2008 V.C., a five-kiloton tactical nuclear warhead was detonated in the heart of (insert) by the MLA during a grand military parade organized to celebrate Elsword's 70th anniversary as a Empire and independence from the Voshkod. Curiously, the first Imperial soldiers that arrived at the scene were dressed in period uniforms from the civil war and armed with Type 56 battle rifles, a Elsword variant of the popular Voshkod SKS. Before the disaster, these soldiers were meant to march as a special part of the parade in order to honor the heroes of the red revolution and pay tribute to the historical roots of the Imperial Army. One of them, a young man by the name of (insert), was filmed as he climbed on top of the rubble that used to be the Gate of Heavenly Peace and raised the red flag as a symbol of indomitable defiance and a searing hunger for revenge that soon engulfed the entirety of Elsword. Once the site of the attack was secured, the soldiers moved out into the city and hunted down any and all MLA stragglers that survived the attack, including a large detachment of terrorists camped outside the city who had filmed the explosion from afar.

After the skirmish, hearing the story of the brave soldier (insert), Elsword was so impressed that he ordered the formation of a new military unit that would be known as the Red Guard.

Disconnected from the infamous student movement of the Cultural Revolution, the new Guard was meant to serve as a massive military auxiliary unit that would also accept volunteers that fell outside the requirements of the regular Army. In order to galvanize the popular sentiment of defiant nationalism, the Red Guards were issued the same olive, brown, and khaki-colored combat fatigues and Type 56 and 63 battle rifles as the historical Imperial soldier. Over the course of the War Against the MLA the Guard grew bigger and bigger, absorbing hundreds of thousands of patriotic citizens into its ranks. While the regulars of the Imperial Army continued to operate under a relatively modern doctrine with advanced equipment like the ZTZ200 'Overlord' tank or the famous 'Meteor' 280mm atomic cannon, the Red Guard was exclusively used as a shock force: Massive formations of infantry and refurbished ZTZ-88A 'Battlemaster' tanks would sweep across the land and eradicate anyone that dared to stand against the People's Republic while the state propaganda romanticized the image of the Red Guard as a physical manifestation of Elsword collective spirit that could never be stopped, broken or defeated.

After the end of the War, the Red Guard continued to exist as a distinct branch of the Elsword military. The soldiers of the actual Imperial army generally had a low opinion of their Red Guard brethren, as they regarded them as little more than unprofessional cannon fodder with inferior training and equipment that had to be kept in check through propaganda and political officers. By 2020 V.C., Elsword had a standing force of roughly 6.658.000 active troops, only three million of whom belonged to the ground, air, and naval forces of the Imperial Army while the rest was composed entirely of Red Guards who also served as auxiliary police units in the countries of the GAPA as well as the Elsword protectorates in the Southern Continent.

The Guard itself was known for its humility and camaraderie: The state benefits for injured combat veterans left a lot to be desired and so the former Guardsmen would often share living communities with members of their old units, support each other and raise public awareness for the difficult life of Guard veterans. Many former Red Guards even became vocal peace activists, for they had seen the brutal, primal reality behind the allegedly 'clean' facade of modern warfare up close, whilst men like (insert) became the unwitting poster boys who had either become too accustomed to the simple, spartan life of a Guardsman or fell under the delusion of their own mythos.

Guardians of the Tacitus

 * Marine (Aquila)
 * Gunner G.I (Alliance)
 * Alliance Peacekeeper
 * Asrai Peacekeeper
 * ADI Rifle Squad (ADI)
 * Erune Division (Protectorate)
 * Protectorate Peacekeeper
 * Rifleman (Andora)
 * Red Guard (Empire)
 * Fei Long
 * Swordsmen (Community)

Destroyers of Balthazar

 * Conscript (Voshkod)
 * Vieran Reservist (Voshkod)
 * Brotherhood Light Infantry (Brotherhood)
 * Acolyte
 * Slugger Boy (Horde)
 * Rebel (MLA)
 * Auring Militant (Collective)
 * Recruit (Encantadia)
 * Watcher (Scrin)

Neutrals

 * Hearthkyn Pioneer (Coalition)
 * Vinci Conscript
 * Heretic (Heralds)
 * Footman (Order)
 * Minuteman (Survivors)
 * Legionnaire Securitate (Syndicate)
 * Exo Trooper (Conglomerate)
 * Imperial Guards (Legion)
 * Skitarii Vanguards (Adeptus Mechanicus)

Bonus Factions

 * FAriadna Nationalists (ASA)
 * Bastion Qadir (Bastion)
 * Rifle Creep (Rangers)
 * Regular Raider (Pirates)
 * Ascalian Rifle Infantry (Ascalia)
 * Sepoy (Elona)
 * War Pig (Dominion)
 * Enlisted Riflemen (Security)
 * Espaconaut (Ascendancy)

DLC

 * UNSC Marines (Federation)
 * Jade Warrior (Corona)
 * Spreyer Soldier (Party)
 * Aggressor (Skynet)
 * Genshin Harvester (Elemental)
 * Storm Trooper (Autocracy)
 * Saurus Regular (League)
 * Zergling (Swarm)
 * Custodian (Confederation)
 * Pansarskytte Team (Kingdom)
 * ... (Goo)
 * Chosen Grenadiers (Imperium)
 * ... (Dynasty)
 * Gnoblar Fodder (Warlords)
 * Ghoul (Cult)
 * Ardent Rifleman (Raiders)
 * State Trooper (Theocracy)
 * Underhive Rifle Gang (Insurgents)
 * Radiant Soldier (Guardians)
 * Overwatch Trooper (Hierarchy)
 * ... (Sundered)
 * Tauren Recruit (Ecumene)
 * General Infantry (Concordat)
 * Standard Bearer Vanguards (Contingent)
 * Soldier of Elysea (Eden)
 * Radical (InGen)
 * ... (Hallows)
 * Commune Infantryman (Commune)
 * Frontliner (Clique)
 * Guild Trooper (Guild)
 * Soldier Ant (Threat)
 * Armed Merchant (Traders)
 * Greyguards (Entente)
 * Possessed Soldier (Oblivion)
 * Ganado (Corporation)
 * Unggoy (Covenant)
 * Synth (Institute)