Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Turtle Mini-Sub

"Charges ready, let's seek through."

-Turtle Mini-Sub

The Turtle Mini-Sub is an mini-sub vessel used by the Survivors. Planned to be voiced by ...

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History
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Not all of the Freedom Guard come from Eorzean nations, or indeed from nations formally members of the Guardians at all. Some smaller nations, in regions dominated by the Guardians' pervasive influence, fear the increasingly intrusive Guardian culture, secular morality, and willingness to interfere with nations that do not comply with the Guardians' desires - the Embry Archipelagos is a stark example of the Aquilans and Alliance willingness to subjugate rebellious nations, till it bows or destroys itself. As such, a number of smaller nations throughout the world have begun to covertly support the Minutemen rebellion out of fear that their nation might be next. One such nation is the Commonwealth of the Seaworth, almost completely ignored by the world powers as a potential military threat.

This is proving to be a mistake on the Aquilan' part, as the Seaworthian government was quick to lend covert support to the Minutemen. In addition to sending numerous omni-landers, the Royal Seaworth Defence Force has contributed its expertise in underwater demolition work, complete with the RSDF's weapon of choice for the job, the Turtle Mini-Sub. These submarines, even smaller than the Protectorates Yari submersibles or even the Alliance's Minisub, are little more than an engine, airlock, magnetic clamp, and enough supplies for the two-man crew. These ships are not particularly suited for true blue-water work, and thus usually make oceanic crossings clamped to the bottom of a larger vessel.

However, this system is only a convenient bonus, as the Lamprey clamp was designed to allow the Turtle to carry out far more nefarious activities. It was in fact a system originally designed for espionage, bringing divers into enemy harbors and doing nasty things, but it has lately seen more active use as a weapon of sabotage. Ships are notoriously vulnerable to gaping holes on the bottom, and the expert commandos of the RSDF can rig a ship to blow in what often seems like only moments. Extremely large vessels may survive such an attack, but for most vessels, a Turtle bomb is a one-way ticket to the bottom. Of course, it goes without saying that the Turtle was never designed to sustain weapons fire and will not be long for the world if spotted and engaged.