Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/The Grey Steel Order

The Grey Steel Order are one of the eighteen core factions in Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict.

Description
"We have stained our hands red. So that no one else has to."

Lore Articles

 * Who Are The Order?
 * The Crawlers
 * Kul Tiras
 * Ambriaric Force
 * Talon Steel
 * The Apple Of Eden
 * The Force

Relations

 * Heralds of Chaos: At War
 * Minutemen Survivors: ???

Tactics
* TBA*

Notable characters

 * Yoda
 * Mace Windu
 * Han Solo
 * Jaina Proudmoore
 * Selena Agna
 * Antonidas
 * Leia Organa
 * Uther the Lightbringer
 * Mordecai Toth
 * Kaldor Draigo
 * Connor

Legendary Generals

 * Saint Celestine: General of the Sisters of Battle
 * Vardan Kai: General of the Grey Knights
 * Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad: General of the Assassin Order
 * Obiwan Kenobi: General of the Jedi Order

Commandos

 * Lady Maria: Sisters of Battle Commando
 * Castellan Crowe: Grey Knights Commando
 * Ezio Auditore da Firenze: Assassin Order Commando
 * Luke Skywalker: Jedi Order Commando

Sub-factions

 * Sisters of Battle:
 * Grey Knights:
 * Assassins Order:
 * Jedi Order:

Arsenal
Main Article: Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Order Arsenal

Specialties
Each speciality is part of the Order tech tree and unlocks new units and protocols. Unlike other tech-trees, Order players are able and expected to upgrade down all the trees in time, but prioritization is important.

Each speciality is built from a separate tab in the Master Crawler.

Crusaders: The shield arm of the Order war machine, the Crusaders use plates of the valued Order Steel, giving them large amounts of health and many ways to grab the enemies attention. They draw in enemy fire, lock enemies into combat, distract enemies, defend home bases, and lead assaults, giving their fellows more time to attack.

In addition to their regular heroic upgrades, Crusaders gain half their starting health again with each experience level gained.

A Crusader Mini-Crawler is armed with massive slabs of Order Steel and will draw fire away from others. When fully upgraded, the Crusader speciality transforms the Mini-Crawler in the the Shield of Faith Ultimate Weapon.

Crusaders are made up of the Templar Order, whose destruction was faked in order to fold them into the Order.

Inquisition: The sword arm of the Order, the Inquisitors strike suddenly and unexpectedly from the shadows or from behind the Crusaders, purging the enemy with flame and steel. Among the tools at their disposal are damage-dealing, stealth and disguise, flanking, garrison-clearing and assassination.

In addition to their regular heroic upgrades, Inquisitors weapons do +25% starting damage with each experience level gained.

An Inquisition Mini-Crawler is armed with an increasing array of deadly weapons. When fully upgraded, the Inquisition speciality transforms the Mini-Crawler into the Firestorm Generator Ultimate Weapon.

The Inquisitors of the Order is made up of the members of the Priests of Judas, a controversial sect with roots back to pre-Chronicle gnostic sects. They seek death on the battlefield, to die as unrepentant sinners in order to battle the forces of darkness beyond death.

Evangelicals: The heart of the metaphorical Order soldier, the Evangelicals use subtler means to sway the battle. They heal and inspire their fellows, poison and dishearten their enemies, harass enemy resource-gatherers, destroy stubborn defences, and turn your foes against themselves with hypnotism.

In addition to their regular heroic upgrades, Evangelicals will grant +10% stat buffs to nearby allies with each experience level gained.

An Evangelical Mini-Crawler radiates a healing aura. When fully upgraded, the Evangelical speciality transforms the Mini-Crawler into the Ambiaric Cannon.

The evangelical forces of the Order are made up of the Soldiers of Ignatius, a militant break-off of the Jesuits which took up arms against the suppression of Catholics in Elsword-era Lurensia and was disowned by the Church.

Crawlers
The Order's entire army is built from the Master Crawler, a giant machine and literal moving castle that serve as a self contained base. Crawlers cannot gain experience on their own. They (except the Forge Crawler) can, however, be globally promoted in the respective queues of the Master Crawler up to four times, one rank at a time, each time consuming more time and money. Besides benefiting from normal veterancy bonuses and distinctive veterancy upgrades, a leveled up Crawler also upgrades all protocols it controlled to its level, i.e. level 2 protocols for veteran crawlers, level 3 for elite, level 4 for heroic. Divine Crawlers, however, do not upgrades their protocols to a fifth level. Instead, mini-crawlers will unlock the Ultimate Weapons of their specialty, while the Master Crawler starts spawning foot-mobile anti-tank guns crewed by Pawns. Do notice that the Order has no tier system: all units can be accessed without any promotion to any Crawler.

Veterancy
With every rank an Order unit gains, it gains some form of function upgrade similar to heroic upgrades for other factions. This can be new weapons, extra health bonuses, armourtype changes, or even brand new features that change or expand the unit's role.

Whenever a combat unit ranks up, it immediately gives experience relative to it's worth to all non-combat units nearby. Additionally, Inquisitor units that rank up apply this bonus to nearby Crusader units. This encourages the player to keep his forces tight-nit; the Tanks will rank up if they enable the DPS to score kills, and the support will rank up by doing their jobs around the combat units.

Amphibiousness
All Order vehicles are amphibious. When on territory they were not designed for, they move slower, have lower defences, and cannot attack, but they can cross that terrain.

Structures
Basic Structures Defense and Support structures