Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Battle Harvester

"Let's get into the ore zone!"

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The Battle Harvester is the ADI primary ore miner, based on the Leopard C1 chassis. This Harvester is set to be planned to be voiced by

Tactical analysis

 * Light but heavy: The Battle Harvester is the answer to the ADI need of a sturdy and safe miner. Fitted with a hopper and armed with a cannon it is able to carry ore in combat zones more securely than most other front-line miners.
 * This Leopard Bites: The 80mm repeater that replaces the Leopards 105mm can easily handle infantry and vehicles with ease, but due to the hopper it can rotate the turret when carrying at half load.
 * Repair crew: Due to its speed, the crew of the Battle Harvester are also experienced in repairs, repairing any damage their harvester sustained when not in combat.
 * This ore is heavy: When loaded with ore the Harvester's speed is heavily reduced, making trips back to base a slow and risky venture.

History
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To say that a secret military would struggle in gathering resources on the field would be drastically undercutting the truth. As unlike other factions, the ADI funding outside of research and military is limited, as the ADI is meant to be a counter task force beholden to no government. This has led to large logistics issues when in battle as unlike other armies they can't get massive funding and must rely on gathering on the field, this was particularly bad in the first ADI-Asmodian War, as the ADI at that time had to rely on hand me down hardware, to the point that they had reinforced their refineries with extra concrete and positions for soldiers to defend after a major breakthrough by the Brotherhood and similar foes. Although attacks against the buildings lowered, the Brotherhood changed tactics and instead targeted the vulnerable harvesters. Their economic losses were mounting and Brotherhood attacks growing ever more bold the ADI needed a solution.

Buying newer model ore trucks was out of the question, the time it'd take to get those and the investment needed was just too much. Looking into their own stock of utility vehicles turned up more and more bad news. Their stock of Jeeps was looked into but with too many already in use in active combat roles rendered the option moot and undesirable. Retrievers were the next best option but even that was off the table as too many had already been converted into Mortar Tanks and those were direly needed on the front. Options seemed almost slim to none until by pure chance a solution was found. While the Zemurians were slowly depleting resources and had a clear lack of utility vehicles to convert into hardy and well-armored harvesters, what they did have in abundance were Zemurian-made Leopard C1s, a Zemurian-licensed version of the Ironforge Leopard 1. Nearly every shipment from the Zemurians contained at least one. Food, water, resources, aircraft, and other vehicles, all came bundled with a single Leopard C1 medium tank. While they had so many it did not fit the ADI doctrine of fortresses, heavy tanks, and trenches. Pressure mounting and the lines showing the first signs of buckling, two and two were finally put together during a routine inspection of a Leopard C1s scrapyard. A discriminating officer noticed the large rear bed of one of the Leopard C1s and realized that there was a place for all these Light tanks that could solve the ADI economic woe.

After several tests and prototypes, the first Battle Harvester was created. Using bits and parts from other Leopard C1s they managed to retrofit on a hopper to easily collect up and store precious ore or in the late war Tiberium and safely take it back to the refinery with the addition of extra armor to boot. The first few tests of the new Battle Harvester showed exceptional results, especially when a surprise Brotherhood raid was driven back by a brave Battle Harvester driver. So impressed was the ADI brass they ordered as much of their Leopard stock to be immediately converted into Battle Harvesters. While these tanks performed exceptionally at their job it was clear there was still room for improvement and so the improvement was made. Tests were made into upgrading the engine as the standard engine on the Light Tank struggled with maintaining a fast speed while the vehicle was loaded down with heavy ore.

And by the end of the first ADI-Asmodian War the Battle Harvester was such a success that when the ADI was making a proper harvester they had based it on the Leopard Miner, further upgrading it by giving it an actual weapon, more armor, and a better engine.

Guardians of the Tacitus

 * Shredder ABV (Aquila)
 * CH-47 Chinook
 * V-22 Osprey
 * Chrono Miner (Alliance)
 * Alliance Supply Truck
 * Ultra Miner
 * Battle Harvester (ADI)
 * Skirmisher (Protectorate)
 * Prospector (Andora)
 * Supply Track
 * Peasant (Community)
 * Stolly Supply Truck (Community)
 * Bronco Ore Carrier (Community)
 * Supply Truck (Empire)
 * Heavy Supply Truck

Destroyers of Balthazar

 * War Miner (Voshkod)
 * Kamaz Supply Wartruck
 * Smuggler (Brotherhood)
 * Ore Trukk (Horde)
 * Worker (MLA)
 * Ghost Miner (Collective)
 * Slave Miner
 * Kamaz Supply Truck
 * Ore Truck (Encantadia)
 * Scavenger Probe (Scrin)

Neutrals

 * Cargo Dirigible (Coalition)
 * Miner
 * Bluejay Hauler (Heralds)
 * Clockwork Collector (Order)
 * Transport Truck (Survivors)
 * Sisyphus Transport Truck (Syndicate)
 * Medusa
 * Sentinel Loader (Legion)
 * Mechanical Miner (Conglomerate)

DLC

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 * ... (Elona)
 * ... (Ascalia)
 * ... (Confederation)
 * ... (Kingdom)
 * ... (Goo)
 * ... (Security)
 * ... (Imperium)
 * ... (Dynasty)
 * ... (Warlords)
 * Ghoul (Cult)
 * ... (Raiders)
 * ... (Theocracy)
 * ... (ASA)
 * ... (Insurgents)
 * ... (Bastion)
 * ... (Guardians)
 * ... (Hierarchy)
 * ... (Sundered)
 * ... (Ecumene)
 * ... (Concordat)
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 * ... (Rangers)
 * ... (Eden)
 * ... (InGen)
 * ... (Hallows)
 * ... (Commune)