Mammoth Armed Reclamation Vehicle
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| Mammoth Armed Reclamation Vehicle | |
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| Weaponry | Triple barreled sonic cannon 4 infantry hardpoints |
| Armour | Superheavy |
| Type | Epic Unit |
| Faction | GDI |
| Value |
5000 |
"MARV ASSEMBLY COMPLETE!"
- MARV
The Mammoth Armed Reclamation Vehicle, or simply the MARV, is GDI's Epic Unit. It is approximately three times the size of its smaller brother, the Mammoth 27. It is utilized in the Third Tiberium War, and covered in extremely heavy armour that can shrug off all but the most enduring attacks. Its armour is so great that even an Ion cannon blast will not destroy it. For defense against threats to reclamation operations, it has a triple barreled sonic cannon turret mounted onto its chassis and can garrison up to four infantry squads in bunkers on armored decks above its treads. The MARV must be built in a dedicated structure called the Reclamator hub.
It is often called the MARVester (If you dont understand this nickname, please take a look at this page), because it contains a fully functional Tiberium Refinery inside, and is able to collect the resource by simply driving over it, as the crystals are automatically harvested and processed inside the MARV. This gives the MARV the ability to provide a steady flow of supplies as well as clear massive fields of Tiberium, but at the cost of severely diminished value of the harvest (-350 credits per full green patch, and -700 per full blue patch). Smart commanders used it to clear the enemy Tiberium fields and cutting off their supply lines.
It was first deployed by ZOCOM in the African Red Zone where it was discovered by a forward Nod scout party which quickly fell prey to the MARV. When Nod deployed a strike force to capture and reverse engineer the technology, two additional MARVs were dispatched to deal with the threat. Unfortunately for GDI, all 3 of them were subsequently destroyed in the ensuing battle by Nod's Redeemer.
[edit] History
"MARV CANT BE THAT BIG!"
- Nod Soldier
The Mammoth Armed Reclamation Vehicle, or MARV, was crafted by GDI engineers to complement ZOCOM's Red zone anti-Tiberium operations (as already shown above). Significant advances in Tiberium harvesting and refinement have allowed GDI to house a full Tiberium processing plant within the enormous, armoured behemoth. Using a frontally-mounted scanning and collection system, the MARV can gather, process, and convert terrestrial Tiberium to usable resources in a matter of minutes.
Potential threats, originating from Nod-based operations or any number of Nod splinter, Mutant, or Forgotten factions, forced GDI to add significant armaments to the MARV before Red Zone deployment. In addition to the massive size and high-durability armour afforded to the MARV, a triple-barreled sonic cannon was added to provide offensive power to the MARV design. Firing a large area-of-effect sonic shell, the MARV’s massive cannon is equally as effective against unexpected uprisings as it is at breaking down massive Tiberium deposits for reclamation. In addition, four garrison slots can accommodate a variety of GDI infantry, allowing the MARV to meet any potential threat on the battlefield. For more information about these hardpoints, see ´´Garrison Effects´´.
While it is the most heavily armoured unit on the battlefield, it is lacking in firepower when compared to the Redeemer and the Eradicator. GDI R&D may have known this and this might have been the reason the MARV has 4 garrison slots, the most of any Epic unit. It's also the slowest Epic Unit, making it unsuitable for quick response to attacks. It is, however, excellent for countering large numbers of lower tech enemy units, especially when garissoned with Zone Raiders (ZOCOM) or grenadiers.
[edit] Garrison effects
"If we are to build a suitable counter to ZOCOMs MARV we must analyze its wreckage. Destroy the Vehicle."
- Advisor
The MARV has four infantry hardpoints that can be outfitted with a variety of weapons. Each hardpoint needs to be manned by the garrisoning crew permanently:
- Rifleman squad: anti-infantry machine-gun
- Missile squad: anti-vehicle/anti-air missile launcher
- Engineer/Combat Engineer: persistent healing, addition of a second, third, and fourth Engineer will heal the unit more rapidly
- Grenadier: anti-infantry/anti-structure, garrison-clearing grenade launcher
- Sniper team: anti-infantry sniper rifle
- Zone Trooper: anti-vehicle railguns
- Zone Raider: anti-mass/anti-everything sonic grenades
Although the MARV is an Epic Unit, it does gain veterancy, as do all other Epic Units. However it gains veterancy very slowly, as a promotion is awarded once a unit destroys three times it's worth, and considering the ludicrous cost of the epic units, it takes a very long time or a large amount of units to get all the way to a full promotion. However, promotion or not, the MARV is nonetheless a devastating opponent.
[edit] Assessment
Good Points:
- Can survive a Nuke and Rift strike if at full health
- Extremely heavily armed and armoured
- Can garrison 4 troops.
- Can crush even Avatars, Purifiers, Annihilators, Reapers, Titans, Juggernauts and other Mammoth Tanks under its treads
- Harvests Tiberium and can turn a Yellow or Red Zone into a Blue Zone within mere seconds.
Bad Points:
- Quite Slow
- Quite Expensive
- A Big target for any weapon including Artillery
- Does not have strong firepower unlike the Redeemer or Eradicator
- Also swarms of enemy units can destroy it which includes Annihilators Tripods or other heavy units
- Might not harvest the Tiberium on contact
- Rage Generator can turn the tank against its friends
- Again like Mammoth 27s it is out ranged by Redeemers and even Eradicators can shoot further than its guns.
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