Artistic Forces/Grunt (Mutant Horde)

"Ready to engage war!"

- Mutant Horde Grunt The Grunt is a typical basic infantry unit of the Mutant Horde. This unit is planned to be voiced by Edward Bosco.

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Background
The Grunt is a typical paramilitary infantry unit of the Mutant Horde hired from a variety of organizations from foreign nations, usually mercenary, guerrilla, underground, rebel, paramilitary and irregular groups around the world, and factionally mutated into a humanoid mutant for urban combat and irregular guerrilla warfare with biological professions and abilities. Just like the soldiers of the irregular armies, as a backbone of the ground force of the Mutant Horde, he is well armed with an AK-style assault rifle as their standard-issue rifle, but poorly trained due to a short time compared to other units and with a slow rate of fire; they are strategically useful for taking and defending a building.

Appearance
The Grunt appears as a combination of mutant soldier and an AK-47-wielding soldier of any paramilitary unit. He wears an irregular military outfit that consists of the Butane camouflage pattern, the Soviet M88 (Afghanka, Spetsodezhda or camouflaged) uniform, SSh-60/SSh-68 combat helmet with or without combat goggles, black balaclava, combat jacket, 6B3 (6B5) ballistic vest, black combat gloves, Soviet combat pants and Kirza combat boots. This also has features of an American military uniform.

Idle animations

 * A Grunt looks down the sights of his rifle and gives it a hard tap.
 * A Grunt taps his rifle and looks down its barrel.
 * A Grunt will reload his rifle (even if the rifle has not been fired yet).
 * A Grunt horizontally views from left to right once.
 * A Grunt looks around the surroundings from left to right.
 * A Grunt inspects his rifle.
 * A Grunt checks through the sights of his rifle.
 * A Grunt swings his rifle around.
 * A Grunt rotates his rifle like a stick.
 * A Grunt will use the stock to crack walnuts.

Strategy
Hardened by years of urban combat and irregular guerrilla warfare, the Grunt is a surprisingly efficient infantry unit for its cost. The standard firing mode with the AK-style assault rifle provides basic support against enemy infantry units is a good way to get rid of, but too mediocre to low-flying helicopters and VTOL craft. When garrisoned, they are also highly effective against light vehicles. The Grunts may also lob the Soviet-designed RGD-5 grenade that effectively blasts against a group of infantry, light vehicles and landed helicopters or VTOL craft in a burst radius. Once the GP-25 grenade launcher upgrade is completed at the Arms Warehouse, the Grunts gain these grenade launcher to blast anything and anyone in their path. If the Fanatical Devotion upgraded is completed at the Arms Warehouse, the Grunts can now switch between Assault Rifle, Grenade Launcher, and Bayonet combat modes, and their Aggressive Charge ability is unlocked. This ability is enabled when equipped with the Bayonet combat mode.

Once the Molotov Cocktail upgrade is completed, in addition, the Grunts may now be armed with Molotov cocktails alongside their AK-style assault rifle: these perform rather poorly in open combat because they tend to miss moving targets, but are excellent when it comes to clearing troops inside garrisons and for destroying buildings. By default, the Grunts can place Booby Traps on neutral structures and units. In addition, the Grunts can use the ability called the Aggressive Charge, which boosts his charging speed to instantly kill enemy infantry in a close range. Any enemy units then attempting to command the structure or unit would get an explosive surprise. Nonetheless, as all infantry units, the Grunts are easily taken out by most anti-infantry weapons and gunships, and weakly vulnerable to them.

Trained

 * "Infantry ready!"
 * "Ready to engage war!"
 * "My life for the Mutant Horde!"

Selected

 * "Let's fight together!"
 * "Ready to fight!"
 * "We are prepared to engage the battle!"
 * "We are ready, sir!"
 * "Do you have a mission for me?"
 * "Grunt reporting."
 * "We must find the way out."
 * "Armed and prepared."
 * "No lack of courage."
 * "Let's have some engagement."
 * "Commander, I'm on!"

Moving

 * "Alright."
 * "Here we go!"
 * "Okay!"
 * "Right away!"
 * "Yes, we're going!"
 * "Right then!"
 * "Come on!"
 * "Let's get straight to it!"
 * "We move together!"
 * "Go there now!"
 * "On our way!"
 * "Coming, sir!"
 * "The way is clear!"

Attacking with rifle

 * "Get them!"
 * "We never like you!"
 * "Commence the attack!"
 * "Assault!"
 * "Fight now!"
 * "It's payback time!"
 * "Show them no mercy!"
 * "Crush them to pieces!"
 * "Glory to the horde!"
 * "Attacking!"
 * "Cleanse them away!"
 * "For the Mutant Horde!"
 * "Wipe them out!"
 * "They must die!"

Attacking with hand grenade

 * "Eat this, coward!"
 * "Say your prayers, wimp!"
 * "They will be purged!"
 * "You're finished!"
 * "You're mine now!"
 * "Bombs away!"
 * "Take this, you dirty dog!"

Attacking with Molotov Cocktail

 * "They will burn!"
 * "We'll incinerate them!"
 * "Firebombs incoming!"
 * "Throw the fire away!"
 * "Catch this!"
 * "Hey you! Catch!"
 * "Watch this out!"

Garrisoning building

 * "I'll go there inside!"
 * "Into that building!"
 * "Get inside! Quick!"
 * "Run for shelter!"
 * "Let's get in there!"
 * "Let's come inside!"
 * "That must be a safehouse!"
 * "That will protect us!"

Clearing garrisoned building

 * "Clear the way!"
 * "The enemies inside must be taken away!"
 * "Let's make a new home!"
 * "We're arriving at home to exterminate!"
 * "Let's have a surprise house party!"
 * "We need more spaces to fit inside!"
 * "Clear the occupied building!"

Move to attack

 * "What's over there?"
 * "It's them!"
 * "Let's make them pay!"
 * "Foes ahead!"
 * "They're the ones!"
 * "Let's make a payback there!"
 * "Move forward to victory!"
 * "We can see them from here!"
 * "That area! We will go there!"

Retreating

 * "Run for your lives!"
 * "Enough is enough!"
 * "We must go now!"
 * "We're out of here!"
 * "We give up!"
 * "We dare to leave!"
 * "Back off already!"
 * "Retreat to the safety position!"

Under fire

 * "No one is covering me up?!"
 * "Who wants to cover me?!"
 * "I need some help!"
 * "I'm under attack!"
 * "I'm pinned down!"
 * "This is terrible!"
 * "Why you?!"
 * "Ow!"
 * "That hurts!"
 * "Coward!"

Capturing neutral or enemy building

 * "We will claim that for the horde!"
 * "We must occupy that building!"
 * "We're taking the building!"
 * "That building will protect us from harm!"
 * "Our occupation of that building is coming!"
 * "Let's capture the building!"

After capturing building

 * "The building belongs to us!"
 * "We have captured the building now!"
 * "Now we got the building!"
 * "The building has been captured!"
 * "That building is claimed to be ours!"
 * "Building capture has been completed!"

Base under attack

 * "Our base is in peril!"
 * "Our base is under attack, sir!"
 * "Commander, our base is being attacked!"
 * "Sir, our base is under siege!"
 * "Our base is being besieged!"

Unit under attack

 * "Assistance is needed, commander!"
 * "Need some help, sir!"
 * "We are being attacked!"

After an enemy capturing the building

 * "We have lost one of our buildings to an enemy!"
 * "They got one of our buildings, commander!"
 * "Sir, the enemy has taken one of our buildings!"
 * "Our building has been captured by an enemy!"
 * "Our building belongs to an enemy now, commander!"

Using the rifle

 * "My gun is ready, sir!"
 * "Arming assault rifle!"
 * "Armed and ready for battle!"
 * "Let's fight with this rifle!"

Using the grenade launcher

 * "Preparing the underslung grenade launcher!"
 * "The underslung grenade launcher is ready!"
 * "Armed with an underslung grenade launcher!"
 * "The underslung grenade launcher is getting ready!"

Using the bayonet

 * "Getting the underling bayonet ready!"
 * "This bayonet is ready!"
 * "Arming this rifle with a bayonet!"
 * "Attaching the rifle with an underslung bayonet!"

Using Aggressive Charge

 * "CHAAAAARGE!!"
 * "PRRRRRHEHEI!!"
 * "HAGYUARARGAAAAAA!!"

In combat

 * "Make them pay!"
 * "Fire some more!"
 * "Fight tougher!"
 * "Keep fighting!"
 * "Now you're going down!"
 * "Get some!"
 * "For the Mutant Horde!"

Kill

 * "Now you know our payback!"
 * "One down!"
 * "That's it!"
 * "You are dead!"
 * "You got bested!"
 * "Elimination successful!"
 * "Die!"

Healed

 * "Ahh!"
 * "Much healthy!"
 * "I am very thankful for that."

Surrendered

 * "I give up!"
 * "I'm being surrendered!"
 * "I tolerate surrender!"
 * "Alright, take care of me!"
 * "Here, take this weapon!"

Using hand grenade

 * "Hand grenades armed!"
 * "Preparing hand grenades!"
 * "The hand grenades are here!"
 * "We'll blast them with these!"
 * "Hand grenades are ready!"
 * "Get equipped with hand grenades!"

Using Molotov Cocktail

 * "Arming firebombs!"
 * "Plenty of firebombs here!"
 * "Let's prepare the firebombs!"
 * "Getting the firebombs ready!"
 * "Bringing out the firebombs!"
 * "I got more firebombs here!"

Ordered to booby trap building

 * "Where can we put the booby trap?"
 * "Booby trap is ready!"
 * "Preparing the booby trap!"
 * "Where should we set it?"

Booby trapping building

 * "I'll put booby trap onto that building!"
 * "They will not see it coming!"
 * "That building will do, eh?"
 * "They won't notice that the building will have a booby trap."

Capture Building upgrade complete

 * "We are enabled to capture buildings!"
 * "This will help me capture buildings!"
 * "We can now capture buildings, commander!"
 * "Building capture is all prepared, sir!"

GP-25 grenade launcher upgrade complete

 * "Our rifles are equipped with underslung grenade launchers!"
 * "Underslung grenade launchers for everyone!"
 * "We have underslung grenade launchers now!"
 * "We now got the underslung grenade launchers!"

Molotov Cocktail upgrade complete

 * "Firebombs are ready, sir!"
 * "Firebombs are all prepared to incinerate enemies, commander!"
 * "We can use our firebombs now!"
 * "The firebombs became available for combat use!"

On death

 * *Initiate death sound effect from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge A*
 * *Initiate death sound effect from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge B*
 * *Initiate death sound effect from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge C*
 * *Initiate death sound effect from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge D*
 * *Initiate death sound effect from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge E*
 * *Yuri Clone death sound effect from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge D*
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Repeatedly selected

 * "What is it now?"
 * "What do you want?"
 * "Why do you keep touching me?"
 * "I am mutant, and the war is now going on!"
 * "We need more war efforts to accomplish this!"
 * "I don't think you keep poking me instead of touching me."
 * "You kept doing this, commander?"
 * "Are you high, sir?"
 * "Get over it already!"
 * "Don't point that thing at me!"
 * "Quit touching me!"
 * "Please stop poking me like that, coward!"
 * "Get lost! I don't want to do poking all over again!"

Trivia

 * At the top, there is a closeup portrait of the Grunt, who is holding his American-made AK-style assault rifle, is shown with red background at the back in between the Mutant Horde's factional flag at both sides. And at the bottom, it shows the background with an army of Rogues, Grunts, Aggressors, PSW Troopers, Resisters, Raider FAVs, Lizard LUVs, Jaguar SUVs, and Assault Vans, and a squadron of Black Sharks, Capras, and Crocodile Choppers. So both of these are fused together into a single art design for the Mutant Horde variant box art of Artistic Forces.