Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Dump Truck

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The Dump Truck is the primary "APC" of the Aristocracy of Encantadia. This unit is planned to be voiced by

History
The Voshkod is the single largest country in the world by landmass, covering up to a sixth of Gaiaterra land area. While this has advantages, namely in that the Voshkod have claim to vast resources and no shortage of space for their large population, the disadvantage is that the Voshkod is also a country of vast distances, making transportation difficult.

To get around this, one of the things the Voshkod invested in was infrastructure, improving upon the already existing rail network built during the Garlean Empire. During the Voshkod-Aquilan War, the Voshkod Army was supplied by factories and farms at the home front through these railways. However, the railways were limited in that their reach only extended so far, after which other vehicles would be needed to transport supplies to the armies that needed them.

This was the role of the Dump Truck; to act as a logistical vehicle capable of hauling supplies to the front, a capacity in which it acted throughout the years of Elysea's Conflict. These vehicles gained a new role when Voshkod sold the Ural-made Dump Trucks to their allies, one of which is Encantadia. With shortage of parts to maintain their Pincers and Lorraines, the Encantadians was short on transports for its infantry. The Dump Truck, being cheap and already common in Eorzea, was pressed into the role of a frontline transport that would allow the Encantadian infantry to keep pace with its tanks as they advanced. In this new capacity it performs well. Though not as well armored as proper APCs, the Dump Truck has both speed and large carrying capacity; up to sixteen squads can fit in, as long as they don't mind the cramped conditions. Indeed, many troops do prefer it to walking, and it is common for conscripts to hitch a ride on these transports if they're not needed elsewhere. Unfortunately, heavy infantry are simply too heavy and too large to use these transports, forcing them to either walk or find another vehicle for transportation.