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The WarPelao was nothing more than a poor island nation beforecorporations began moving their VA research and manufacturing there totake advantageof business incentives offered by the island's government. The Pelaoan government soon realized they hadan opportunity to become a world power and formed the Central PelaoanCoalition(CPC) to forcibly take controlof all VA facilities on the island.The world responded by creating the AllianceDefenseForce (ADF). A joint operation betweenmany different countries, their goal is simply to depose the dangerousCPCregime.Vertical ArmorEach side immediately began theirown Vertical Armor Research and Development effort, each producingunique VAs to counter the other side's. This section outlines theVAs both sides produced over the course of the war.Central Pelaoan Coalition(CPC)ArcherThe first mass-producedVA, the original idea was simplyto allow artillery to get to terrain that treaded/wheeled vehiclescannot go. Soon tank-sized cannons were added, and the generalpurpose VA was born.RiflemanThe second mass-producedVA.
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After the success of the Archer evenin general purpose roles, a more 'tank-like' VA was produced. TheCPC can never create anything truly general purpose though, and decidedto optionally fit the Rifleman with a long range higher power cannonthat can be used for sniping armored targets from extreme distances.BallistaWith the ADF embracing VAtechnology, the CPC decided to take things tothe next level and produce '2nd Generation' VAs. The Ballista,like the Archer before it, is based around the idea of highly mobileartillery with a nice array of secondary weapons for close-quarterscombat.PitbullThe success of the ADF's fast,close range VA's prompted the CPC tocreate the Pitbull. While the Pitbull is slower than the lightADF VA's, it offers much more powerful weaponry and much more armor.CitadelThe backbone of the CPC'sforces is the cheaply produced, lightlyarmored artillery VA. The Citadel is the complete opposite ofthis: incredibly heavily armored, sporting the largest artillery cannonevery produced, this VA is so expensive that the CPC can only produceone every 6 months.
Many ADF pilots consider its existencequestionable due to the lack of sightings on the battlefield. TheAchilles’ heel of the Citadel is its lack of close-range weaponry, butthis was actually by design. The designers figured even if enemyforces were able to get within its giant artillery minimum range, thearmor will hold out long enough for lighter forces (Pitbull, Rifleman,close-range equipped Ballista) to defend it.LeviathanIntel not available.Alliance DefenseForce (ADF)StilettoAfter suffering astring of defeats due to the CPC's artillery-equippedVA's the ADF started their own vertical armor developmentprogram. TheStiletto is the first design to come from this effort, a fast and lightVA equipped with short range rapid fire weaponry. The ADFbelievedthis design would be the perfect counter to the CPC's long range, slowmoving units.SaberThe ADF's second VAdesign is a much more general purpose vehicle,capable of decent speed, armor and weapon loadout but not excelling inany one area.
The Saber is an excellent companion to theStiletto; itis very common to see a group of Stiletto's racing into combat causingmass chaos with a large force of Sabers close behind, ready to clean upthe mess.ClaymoreWith VA technologyadvancing at an astonishing rate the ADF decided toconsolidate all of their latest technology into a single massproduction-capable unit, the Claymore. Meant to be a directreplacementfor the Saber as well as allowing support configurations, the Claymoreis one of the most versatile VAs ever produced. This VA usheredin the2nd generation of VA designs for the ADF, able to go toe to toe withthe 2nd generation CPC units.EstocThe Estoc was developedsimultaneously with the Claymore, hoping toproduce a 2nd generation team that would work similarly to theStiletto/Saber combination. This plan worked pretty well, excepttheADF didn't anticipate that the CPC would change their style and producethe Pitbull. While the Pitbull did create a lot of headaches fortheADF, a good pilot in an Estoc would often defeat a Pitbull in one onone situations. As a bonus the Estoc is much cheaper to produce,creating many situations where the ADF actually outnumbered the CPC,something unheard of at the beginning of the war.GlaiveIntel not available.Praetoria Free Company (PFC) ThePraetoriaFree Company is amercenary group hired bythe CPCtowards the end of the war. They have developed their own VAdesigns, built to be more powerful (and expensive) than the moremundane CPC and ADF designs.DecayThe PFC believe in a'one size fits all' strategy of VA design.
Whenthe Decay was first introduced, the CPC was still prototyping theBallista and the 2nd generation ADF VA's were in the designphase. Dueto the extreme power the Decay possesses they were very expensive toproduce during the 2nd generation era, but with the PFC being amercenary group that charged exorbitant fees this was not anissue.All PFC members were given a Decay and expected to keep it from beingdestroyed or captured.PestilenceIntel not available.
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