Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/The Tacitus Rangers

The Tacitus Rangers are one of the nine bonus factions in Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict.

Description
"It's morphing time!"

-the Tacitus Ranger's battlecry

Lore Articles

 * The Formation Of The Rangers
 * Origin Of The Morphing Grid
 * Morph X Energy
 * The Ranger Divisions
 * Project NIKKE
 * International Rescue
 * Spectrum Organisation
 * Elysion And Tetra Line
 * NIKKE Division
 * Rangers Craft And Vehicles
 * Rangers Base Of Operations
 * "Persona" Psionic Project

Tactics
* TBA*

Notable Characters

 * Alpha 5: Rangers EVA
 * Zachary Taylor
 * Kimberly Ann Hart
 * William Cranston
 * Trini Kwan
 * Ashlyn Campbell
 * Rocky Desanto
 * Katherine Hillard
 * Tommy Oliver
 * Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
 * Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
 * Ren "The Joker" Amamiya
 * Andersen
 * Ingrid
 * Shifty
 * Hiram K. "Brains" Hackenbacker
 * Penelope Creighton-Ward
 * Aloysius "Nosey" Parker
 * Ryuji Sakamoto
 * Ann Tamaki
 * Yusuke Kitagawa
 * Makoto Niijima
 * Futaba Sakura
 * Haru Okumura
 * Morgana
 * Yukari Takeba
 * Junpei Iori
 * Akihiko Sanada
 * Mitsuru Kirijo
 * Fuuka Yamagishi
 * Ken Amada
 * Shinjiro Aragaki
 * Yosuke Hanamura
 * Chie Satonaka
 * Yukiko Amagi
 * Kanji Tatsumi
 * Rise Kujikawa
 * Naoto Shirogane
 * Teddie
 * Paul Metcalfe (Captain Scarlet)
 * Adam Svenson (Captain Blue)
 * Charles Gray (Colonel White)
 * Serena Lewis (Lieutenant Green)
 * Seymour Griffiths (Captain Orange)
 * Alan Stephens (Captain Brown)
 * Bradley Holden (Captain Grey)
 * Elaine McGee (Captain Ochre)
 * Richard Fraser (Captain Yellow)
 * Patrick Donaghue (Captain Magenta)
 * Andrew Laurence (Captain Indigo)
 * Edward Wilkie (Doctor Fawn)
 * Mason Frost (Doctor Gold)
 * Bethany Craig (Lieutenant Silver)
 * Juliette Pontoin (Destiny Angel)
 * Karen Wainwright (Symphony Angel)
 * Dianne Simms (Rhapsody Angel)
 * Magnolia Jones (Melody Angel)
 * Chan Kwan (Harmony Angel)
 * Warren Simpson
 * Gran Hanson
 * Dylan Beyda
 * Kallan James
 * Johnathan Jordan Jr.
 * Jesse Rigel

Legendary Generals

 * Zordon: General of the Promethea Rangers
 * Igor: General of the Phantom Thieves
 * Jeff Tracy: General of the International Rescue
 * Helm: General of the Counter Team

Commandos

 * Jason Lee Scott: Promethea Rangers Commando
 * Goro Akechi: Phantom Thieves Commando
 * Tanusha "Kayo" Kyrano: International Rescue Commando
 * Marian: Counter Team Commando

Sub-factions

 * Promethea Rangers
 * Phantom Thieves
 * International Rescue
 * Counter Team

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

Base Building
Similar to the Conglomerate, the Rangers only have one base, the Nexus, which is heavily guarded and periodically sends out Creeps, which can only be directed by waypoints. But the loss of a Nexus will force the Rangers to retreat.

Resource Gathering
Unlike other factions, the Rangers have their secondary economy starting upon entering the battle. But it's the weakest secondary economy, 5$ per second, and rather than using harvesters that return to the Refinery the Rangers send out Alpha Harvesters that deploy above a resource node, gathering a constant but incredibly small trickle of income. The third, most profitable, have them gain resources every time they defeat an enemy unit/creeps. Thus the Rangers must be aggressive to both level up and gain their upgrades quickly. But in compensation, their Creep units are completely free, if only producing in waves, and the Rangers respawn for free after some time.

Hero Team
Once the battle starts the five commandoes will teleport into battle. Unlike other factions, these are the only units the commander can directly control, outside of the Alpha Workers and Harvesters, and can only have one of each commando, who will respawn after some time if they fall in battle, but resources can be expanded to instantly bring them back. But in turn, the five commandoes can level up fifteen times and have four skills, though the fourth (ultimate) is initially locked. Said skills can be upgraded once everytime they level up, up to four times for the first three and three times for the ultimate, with each level up increasing their stats, starting from being slightly better than a standard infantry at level one to one-man armies at level 15. And can be given powerful upgrades from the Nexus.

Unit Creation
Unique for their faction. The Rangers can only build Alpha Workers and Alpha Harvesters. And in place of vehicles, aircraft, and vessels the commander can summon powerful Nexus support abilities, ranging from buffs, debuffs, and bombarding the enemy, that are significantly stronger than their general powers but cost resources to use. Known as Strike Powers, these support abilities are a secondary set of general powers, replacing the tabs used to make vehicles, aircraft, and vessels for other factions, they are crucial for the Ranger's success, from support drones to devastating airstrikes, but cost resources to both use and upgrade. These Strike Powers are also responsible for summoning both the Commando and Epic Units.

Creeps
Made to compensate for the Ranger's small forces. Creeps, ranging from infantry, vehicles, aircraft, and vessels are units periodically made from the Nexus and Inhibitors, which can only be controlled by directing them with a waypoint. And while they are free are incredibly weak, often needing the aid of a Ranger to win a battle.

Teleportation
Once the Teleportation Grid is built the commander will have the ability to teleport their commandoes within an area to another location, giving their small force incredibly mobility. But it comes with a long cooldown, thus multiple Teleportation Grid are required if the commander wants to rapidly transport their commandoes

Structures
Basic Structures