Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Consecrator Track

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The Consecrator Track is the for the Grey Steel Order. This unit is planned to be voiced by

History
"Oil? What do they think they're - AAAAHHHH! IT BURNS!"

-An unfortunate Noble Officer

At times, military forces deployed at war have found themselves facing unexpected difficulties that don't leave room for an elegant solution, and the Grey Steel Order is not immune to such developments. What would later be branded the Consecrator Track had its origins in such an incident. Shortly after the Hawke War, the hated had tracked a group of its hated enemies to a fortified stronghold in Fereldan.

The Order deployed a cell to eliminate the problem, but nature itself seemed bent on denying the Order - Fereldan was drenched in a series of torrential downpours so fierce that many of the Order's incendiary weapons found themselves doused or otherwise of only limited use. Cleric tracks were only of limited use against the Herald stronghold, in the eyes of the cell, while an infantry assault would demand unacceptable losses.

The Order warriors needed a way to use their flame weapons to effect in the most adverse conditions, and the solution they found was as crude as it was effective.

The crusaders had captured the Herald's fuel reserves in a depot outside their base, and an innovative (and possibly insane) craftsman suggested a solution: attach one of the captured fuel tanks to a stripped-down Wraith mortar track, put the thing on a rotating dais, and hook up a large spray nozzle to the tank. Even if the environment was damp and soggy, oil seldom fails to be flammable.

The resulting jury-rigged machine was volatile, slower than the original, put a massive strain on the engine, was crewed by a crew of lunatics who didn't mind the duty, and... Effective. Anything covered by the oil would light up like a candle, even vehicles and bunkers usually boasting resistance to flame damage. Cultists who tried to escape into the sea found themselves mired in minor oil spills, with rapidly fatal results.

Another interesting development occurred when a group of cultists managed to get behind the machine, and the crew rotated the nozzle to spray the offending infantry - if nothing else, an oil spray would probably blind them. Instead, a great deal of the oil ran over the back half of the track, which included the perilously overcharged steam engine. The oil ignited immediately, resulting in a trail of fiery destruction stretching behind the machine. With the aid of this new weapon, the Cult stronghold was successfully purged.

Afterward, the Order ssmiths decided to formalize the vehicle and add it to the Order military worldwide. Dubbed the Consecrator, the machine otherwise saw remarkably few changes from the original improvised weapon. Its armor was reinforced, especially over the vulnerable oil tank, and a sluice channel was added to the rear to channel the incendiary oil in a relatively controlled fashion, but the machine has otherwise survived today as much the same weapon.

Crusaders have found its oil spray to also be useful for spreading oil slicks at sea that slow down surface vessels and force submarines to the surface, but by and large, its primary role is still dousing enemies in oil to ensure even more spectacular pyrotechnics than usual when Order flame-based weaponry strikes the hapless foe.