Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Tunnel Defender

"Be on watch for the enemy!"

-Tunnel Defender

The Tunnel Defender is the standard anti-armor infantry of the Moonlight Liberation Army. Planned to be voiced by Allegra Clark.

Tactical analysis

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Overview
The MLA is known for their use of recycling a lot of leftover military valuables, but most of their battle-worthy equipment comes from the various black market chains they operate with. One old but very reliable weapon utilized by the forces of the MLA is the effective RPG-7 launcher and Topfmine anti-tank landmine.

History
"Death to the Voshkod infidels!"

-Tunnel Defender, while digging a hole for an Aquilan patrol

When the MLA first attacked Elsword, they did so with brutal efficiency, setting off a nuclear weapon in downtown (insert), and subsequently ambushing the survivors with hundreds of crude fundamentalists. Most were armed with the RPG-7s, but when the MLA pulled back from the onslaught of Elsword forces, they hid inside their vast tunnel networks.

And when the war eventually broke out in the Southern Continent, and the MLA started their attacks on heavily armed enemy units, they noticed their lack of firepower rather bloodily. Overthinking their tactics, they came to the conclusion that weakening the enemy first with surprise attacks will prove more effective, especially to reduce the enemy's morale.

While the Rebels fight with guns, volunteers, who technically didn't count as a soldier of the MLA, plant bombs to surprise foolish convoys, while Sand Scorpions hide in the bushes, ready to attack and loot whatever is caught in the trap. In addition to mines, these volunteers also hide an RPG-7 beneath their burqas, reveling in the irony of northern airplanes being shot down by one of their own rockets. Like their brothers in arms, these volunteers dress and act like civilians till they decide to strike, making it easy for them to hide among urban crowds. Panic spreads among Thunderbolt II and Blackhawk pilots as their colleagues suddenly get locked and shot down when flying over a "friendly neighborhood". And when the enemy tanks rolled by in battle, they would pop out and attack the enemy from all sides. Realizing the efficiency of this shoot-and-scoop tactic, the MLA posted many RPG-wielding rebels on every network entrance. The rest of the MLA gave them the comical nickname 'Tunnel Defenders ', which these volunteers immediately took with pride, as it displays their desire to protect their remaining loved ones.

A name often murmured is Kogasam Tatacharum, who is said to have planted so many bombs in her life and surprised so many enemies that troops on service in these regions fear her more than a V2 suddenly attacking.

While both the Guardians and Destroyers see these Tunnel Defenders as mere pawns of the MLA, they don't realize that they, inadvertently, led to many of these people taking up arms in the first place. Their fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, husbands, and wives all fought for the MLA yes. But these people only saw their families, their beloveds being taken, frozen, shot, or any number of horrible fates. The MLA manipulated their anger and grief into a coalesced form of rebellion and hate. The MLA leaders simply point the Tunnel Defender at a target, whisper that they're responsible for the death in their lives, and sit back and watch. They promise these people revenge, and desperation does the rest. All the while the Guardians and Destroyers don't realize that with each Tunnel Defender they arrest, freeze, and even kill, they only add more fuel to the MLA's growing bonfire.

Guardians of the Tacitus

 * Missile Defender (Aquila)
 * Eve Defender (Task Force Eve)
 * Guardian G.I (Alliance)
 * Elyos Missile Squad (ADI)
 * Zemurian Rocket Squad (Zemurian Raiders)
 * AT Peacekeeper (Protectorate)
 * Panzerfaust (Andora)
 * Siege Guard (Empire)
 * Hurler (Community)

Destroyers of Balthazar

 * Flak Trooper (Voshkod)
 * Asmodian Rocket Trooper (Brotherhood)
 * Fodlan Rocket Soldier (Black Hand)
 * Troll Spearthrower (Horde)
 * Tunnel Defender (MLA)
 * FLASH Defender (Stormrage Cell)
 * Draph RPG Defender (Draph Terror Cell)
 * ARO Archer (Collective)
 * RPG Recruit (Encantadia)
 * Disintegrator (Scrin)

Neutrals

 * Vinci Sunderer (Coalition)
 * Tank Hunter (Heralds)
 * Fanatic (Order)
 * Amazon (Survivors)
 * Hoplite (Syndicate)
 * Gauss Gunner (Conglomerate)
 * AT Guardsmen (Legion)

Bonus Factions

 * National Garrison (ASA)
 * Instalanza Shula (Bastion)
 * LAW Creep (Rangers)
 * Blindicide Raider (Pirates)
 * Vampyr Trooper (Ascalia)
 * Sikh (Elona)
 * Marauder Trooper (Dominion)
 * Shiponmen (Security)
 * Roughneck (Ascendancy)

DLC

 * AT Marine (Federation)
 * Blaze Trooper (Corona)
 * ... (Party)
 * Rocko (Skynet)
 * Panzerfaust Mistress (Elemental)
 * Plex Trooper (Autocracy)
 * Saurus AT Team (League)
 * Glyphid Acid Spitter (Swarm)
 * Protector (Confederation)
 * Gustav Tank Hunter (Kingdom)
 * ... (Goo)
 * Chosen Panzerschreck (Imperium)
 * ... (Dynasty)
 * Gnoblar Anti-Tank Trooper (Warlords)
 * Cannoneer (Cult)
 * Ardent Rocket Infantry (Raiders)
 * Rocket Gun Trooper (Theocracy)
 * Anti-Tank Gang (Insurgents)
 * Night Shatterer (Guardians)
 * Drudge (Hierarchy)
 * ... (Sundered)
 * Chaac AT Hunter (Ecumene)
 * PIAT Trooper (Concordat)
 * LAW Vanguard (Contingent)
 * Elysean Missile Soldier (Eden)
 * Disestablishmentarian (InGen)
 * ... (Society)
 * ... (Conclave)
 * LAW Trooper (Commune)
 * ... (Lordships)
 * ... (Directorate)
 * Beast (Sanctum)
 * ... (Hallows)
 * Rocket Serviceman (Clique)
 * AT Guard (Guild)
 * Bane AT Merchant (Traders)
 * Missile Guard (Entente)
 * Hell Razer (Oblivion)
 * Soldat Ein (Corporation)
 * Brute Shooter (Covenant)
 * Synth Tank Hunter (Institute)
 * Eremite RPG Vanguard (Eremite)
 * ... (Nimbus)
 * Juggler (Carnival)
 * Chrono Vaporizer (Wraiths)
 * ... (Chronophage)
 * Midshipman (Privateers)
 * Duped (Foundation)
 * Panzerabwehrsoldat (Spartacus)