Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Bloatick

The Bloatick (portmanteau of "bloat" and "tick") is an Collective creature that acts as a living bomb, which releases a deadly poison blast upon combustion or when killed, making it a dangerous creature to anything nearby.

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Overview
One of the more curious and deviant "infantry" units produced by the Collective, the quadrupedal creature known as the Bloatick is an artificial bio-mechanical organism which carries within itself glands that naturally secrete a highly explosive toxic substance. Bloaticks honor their namesake by violently discharging this condensed liquid towards enemies, inducing powerful explosions which annihilate infantry, vehicles and buildings alike, if the number of Bloaticks is large enough.

The Guardian forces have quickly learned to take down large groups of approaching Bloaticks from a distance, however, they are yet to figure out a method for dealing with the ones that ambush them from inside the tunnels and other holes in the ground.

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