*roleplaying intensifies*
(I might not be around much, but the thought of coming up with something of my own is fun also, can we have more than one character/special unit?)
Zaviett Motti, ITA, Euro Alliance
Colonel, Frontrunner of the Crusader Program
Cost: $2250
Speed: 5
Hit Points: 700
Armor Class: Heavy
Prerequisites: Allied War Factory + SC + Tech Center
Purpose: Anti-armor assault tank
Weapons: Gauss accelerator cannon
Range: 8.5
Proving himself to be a capable leader during the Second World War, Colonel Motti is well known for keeping a cool, level head even in the most contested battlefields. Knowing first hand the terrible might of the Soviet war machine, Motti has long advocated for Europe to build its own version of a super tank, capable of taking on the Soviet's armored columns with impunity. When the Charon Tank was green lit for production, EA leaders favoring it over his own prototype Conqueror heavy tank, Motti was all but incensed. Through intricate connections within SteinsTech, Motti scrapped the Conqueror and had his engineering team build up a whole new frontline combat tank with the help of the SteinsTech scientists he procured. Ultimately, their efforts brought to bear the prototype Crusader Tank, armed with a powerful gauss accelerator cannon that can eliminate Soviet armored units from a considerable distance.
Sacrificing speed and mobility for increased armor and superior firepower, the Crusader is what Motti strongly believes to be the pinnacle of Allied engineering (he was not aware of Kanegawa Industries' own efforts to build the Allies a fearsome robotic assault tank). Its most notable feature is its main armament, the gauss cannon, able to fire projectiles at such incredible speeds and impact its target with such force, even reinforced plating would, as Motti had said it, "tear like paper". In spite of its formidable firepower, the Crusader can only fire its weapon while stationary; this is also complicated by the weapon's minimum firing range that prevents it from engaging targets too close to the vehicle. Knowing that was the Crusader's primary weakness, Motti recommends that it be supported by other Allied tanks while it takes out targets in its firing range.
Motti envisioned the Crusader as a 'tank sniper' that could pick off enemy armor from a distance, whule also augmented by its thick armor plating should the Soviets be able to move their tanks in against the Crusader. However, in order to increase its armor-piercing effectiveness, the weapon requires a significant amount of focusing coils and other components that would help increase the velocity of the projectile as it is fired. While this increased the length of the weapon, it ensured that, once the projectile is fired and exits the cannon's muzzle, it would be almost impossible to avoid it. As the cannon also generates an immense amount of recoil when fired, it therefore requires the tank to remain immobile while firing so as to prevent damaging the delicate firing controls of the tank.
Motti currently pilots the first and only Crusader prototype while he awaits the EA's decision to green light its mass production.
- Build limit 1
- Can crush infantry
- Immune to omni crush
- Cannot enter Tank Bunkers
- Driver cannot be killed
- Automatically repairs itself
- Gives nearby friendly armored units a 10% bonus to firepower
- Not affected by firepower buffs or debuffs
- Cannot fire on the move
- Minimum range: 3
- Takes up 6 slots in a naval transport
- Takes a while to charge up its weapon before firing
- Targets hit by the Crusader's weapon have 15% reduced armor and speed for 3 seconds
Trivia: his last name is a reference to the Galactic Empire's Admiral Conan Antonio Motti from Episode IV
Quotes:
When selected
- I am at your service, sir.
- Colonel Motti at the ready.
- Any targets of opportunity?
- Standing by.
- Crusader operational.
- Tank hunter.
- Awaiting further instructions.
When ordered to move
- Driver, take us closer.
- I understand, moving out.
- Chart out our course, driver.
- I don't see anything... yet.
- Very well, sir.
- Acknowledged.
- Heading that way now.
- Coordinates confirmed.
When ordered to attack
- Hold ground and prepare to fire.
- Their attacks are a useless gesture.
- Prep the gauss cannon!
- They're already dead.
- Fire when ready, gunner.
- Sight target, and fire at will.
- Let's see them dodge this.
When under attack
- I have a bad feeling about this...
- What are you waiting for? Retreat!
- This will not be my end!
- Is that supposed to frighten me?
Edited by hxazgalor, 18 February 2017 - 04:27 AM.