Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Venom Tank

"Chemicals sealed!"

-Venom Tank

The Venom Tank is an Tier IV anti-infantry/anti-garrison tank armed with highly dangerous toxins used by the Marked of Asmodia, one of the Brotherhood's Sub-factions. Planned to be voiced by ...

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"GROUND! There is no ground, thousands of mice running, crunching, scratching underfoot!"

-Unfortunate victim of the Venom Tank.

The Venom Tank was one of the more unexpected consequences of regular Asmodian rituals involving dangerous psychedelic drugs. The members of the cult would purchase dozens of over-the-counter construction vehicles and convert them into heavily armored "Enlightenment" tools that could easily saturate entire fields with ritualistic materials such as aerosol drugs and various mixes of fruit punch.

Among other uses, the Venom tanks were used to "show the truth" to large groups of people with the hopes that they'd join the Brotherhood or at least disrupt their enemies. Most notably, the town of Parm was sprayed, requiring ADI to sort through all the delusional inhabitants, many of whom turned against the ADI.

The heavily armoured frame was intended to protect the contents within the Tank from the more "enthusiastic" members of such a ceremony. However, the drivers quickly learned of new concoctions and uses for their otherwise harmless tank as they would use the Aerosol Gas to stun enemy infantry while they ran them over with the tank itself. A bizarre mix of an off-the-shelf construction vehicle frame and huge tanks of potent aerosol drugs makes for a deadly combination, as it can be used to stun enemies or deliver a lethal dose.

By launching a wave of corrosive aerosol drugs on enemy buildings the Venom Tank can disable a structure. Later, the tank was armed with an extra tank of vile poisons. Even deadlier in close space, it can clear buildings garrisoned by the enemy. When on the move, it can use the aerosols to stun any enemy infantry in the vicinity.

The Venom Tank is often used in lieu of artillery to disable enemy defensive structures, thus allowing other units to move in and finish the job. In addition, it is used to disable important buildings during base assaults, and clear out garrisoned buildings. However, the tank is useless against enemy vehicles, which it requires protection from at all times. While it's sufficiently armoured to resist small arms fire, tank guns and missiles will quickly take finish a Venom off. Missile armed infantry can deal with them effectively, being able to outrange them.

However for the most loyal and successful followers, the Brotherhood has a secret weapon. During Hawke War the Asmodians working on creating a new gas, one would that could eat through any gas mask, filters and any other forms of protection, only those using their specially treated masks would be safe from its effects. Thankfully saboteurs from the Grey Steel Order successfully prevented the gas from being produced in any useable quantities until after the end of the war, after which new weapon treaties forbid the use of chemical weaponry in warfare. Nevertheless, the Broterhood continued to produce the chemical in small quantities, and found by mixing it into the Venom’s storage tanks, their crews can cause even greater havoc as all barriers, be they physical or mental, are dissolved.