Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Technical

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The remarkably fast but lightly armored Technical is the MLA's basic troop transport. It is fast and deadly when used properly. This unit is planned to be voiced by Amanda Lee (driver) alongside Christina Valenzuela (gunner).

Background
The Technical is the most basic combat unit that had been ever devised in modern warfare. In reality, it is nothing more than a souped-up pickup truck with a gun at the back. But the Technical was and is a force to be reckoned with, especially at the early stages of the War Against the MLA, where this vehicle sent terror to the hearts and minds of the people under MLA rule. Even though very anachronistic in comparison with today's modern technology, technicals are not forces to be easily trifled with.

History
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A gun truck is a type of improvised fighting vehicle, typically a civilian or military non-combat vehicle, modified to add an offensive capability. It is usually an open-back civilian pickup truck or four-wheel drive vehicle mounting a machine gun, light anti-aircraft gun, recoilless rifle, or other weapons. Among irregular armies, often centered around the perceived strength and charisma of warlords, the prestige power of gun trucks are strong. It is a small truck with large tripod-mounted machine guns mounted on the back. A warlord's power is measured by how many of these vehicles he has.

In the tradition of militias in developing nations, the MLA used Technicals, also referred to simply as gun trucks, for transport and anti-infantry purposes. Resourceful MLA fighters would upgrade the Technical's weaponry with parts scavenged from destroyed enemy vehicles. They are ridiculously cheap to acquire and can transport up to five members of the rebellion in the flatbed.

Unlike other transports, however, the passengers must hold on for dear life as the Technical batters its way across mountain trails and empty cities. The only benefit from hitching a ride on a Technical is the fact that if the truck were to be disabled by an enemy combatant, then all of the passengers would be spared from serious injury. Most of the time the blast of the gas tank exploding is enough to propel the terrorists of the Technical, away from danger.

While valuable in combat, the Technical also acts as a measure of power to gauge an MLA warlord by. Technicals seem simple to maintain compared to fleets of tanks or aircraft, but in the regions the MLA operates in a technical can mean the difference between life and death, literally. As Kalimdor has few actual refineries, actual gasoline is also hard to find in sufficient quantities. While all MLA warlords have at least one Technical, most can barely afford to keep five or six running. Higher up in power or influence the number of Cobra trucks grows, anywhere from seven to fifteen. Rare is the warlord who can afford more than twenty Technicals fielded, and some even claim that the most powerful warlords have at least fifty at their beck and call.