Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/CH-47 Chinook

"Need a delivery, General?"

-CH-47 Chinook

The CH-47 Chinook is an Aquilan supply gatherer/transport unit fielded by all Aquilan forces, except Task Force Eve, which they prefer the V-22 Osprey. Planned to be voiced by *TBA*

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Overview
Since 1962 V.C., the Boeing CH-47 Chinook has always been an all-purpose helicopter of the Aquilan Military, from cargo to combat. It is the fastest and most effective resource collector of all the game as it is an aircraft which is faster than all other Supply Gatherers but not fast as the Encantadia Mi-4 or the Harvin Experimental Command's Supply Helicopter.

The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a heavy transport helicopter with a chassis of a rather odd round trapezium shape. It uses two rotors to move as well as providing more lift for heavier cargo. It is unarmed, but it is very fast and can transport many troops as fast as possible. However, its main purpose is resource collecting: by lowering their nets powered by mechanical machines, they can carry a "netful" of supplies back to base.

But its job doesn't just stop at collecting supplies: it can also transport 2 squads of infantry and perform a grapple ability to clear a garrisoned building and replace it with an allied garrison thus making the Chinook a terribly efficient unit as well for supply gathering as for combat.

History
During late 1956 V.C., in the middle of the Great Voshkod Aquilan War, the Aquilan Department of the Army announced its intention to replace the Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave and the R-9 Bluejay, which was powered by piston engines, with a new, gas turbine-powered helicopter. Turbine engines were also a key design feature of the smaller UH-1 "Huey" utility helicopter. Following a design competition, in 1958 V.C., a joint Army–Air Force source selection board recommended that the Army procure the Vertol-built medium transport helicopter. However, funding for full-scale development was not then available, and the Army vacillated on its design requirements. Some officials in Army Aviation thought that the new helicopter should be operated as a light tactical transport aimed at taking over the missions of the old piston-engined Piasecki H-21 and Sikorsky H-34 helicopters, and be consequently capable of carrying about 15 troops (two squads in game). Another faction in Army Aviation thought that the new helicopter should be much larger, enabling it to airlift large artillery pieces and possess enough internal space to carry the new MGM-31 "Pershing" missile system.

Guardians of the Tacitus

 * Shredder ABV (Aquila)
 * CH-47 Chinook
 * V-22 Osprey (Task Force Eve)
 * CH-54 Skycrane (Task Force Eagle)
 * Alliance Supply Truck (Alliance)
 * Chrono Miner (Alliance)
 * Ultra Miner (Alliance)
 * Battle Harvester (ADI)
 * Harvester (Protectorate)
 * Prospector (Andora)
 * ... (Empire)

Destroyers of Balthazar

 * War Miner (Voshkod)
 * Kamaz Supply Wartruck
 * ... (Brotherhood)
 * ... (Horde)
 * ... (MLA)
 * ... (Collective)
 * ... (Scrin)

Neutrals

 * Dwarf Prospector (Coalition)
 * Miner (Coalition)
 * ... (Heralds)
 * ... (Order)
 * ... (Survivors)
 * Sisyphus Transport Truck (Syndicate)
 * Medusa
 * ... (Conglomerate)

DLC

 * Minermite (Federation)
 * Horse Ore Collector (Corona)
 * ... (Party)
 * ... (Skynet)
 * ... (Dominion)
 * ... (Elemental)
 * ... (Autocracy)
 * ... (League)
 * ... (Legion)
 * ... (Swarm)
 * ... (Pirates)
 * ... (Elona)
 * ... (Ascalia)
 * ... (Confederation)
 * ... (Kingdom)
 * ... (Goo)
 * Peasant (Community)
 * Stolly Supply Truck (Community)
 * Bronco Ore Carrier (Community)
 * ... (Security)
 * ... (Imperium)
 * ... (Dynasty)
 * ... (Warlords)
 * ... (Cult)
 * ... (Raiders)
 * ... (Theocracy)
 * ... (ASA)
 * ... (Insurgents)
 * ... (Bastion)
 * ... (Guardians)
 * ... (Hierarchy)
 * ... (Sundered)
 * ... (Ecumene)
 * ... (Concordat)
 * ... (Contingent)
 * ... (Rangers)
 * ... (Eden)
 * ... (InGen)
 * ... (Hallows)
 * ... (Commnune)
 * Ore Truck (Encantadia)