Javelin Soldier

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*"You mark them out, we'll take them down."*

- Motto of the experimental 1st Infantry Battalion, 1st Peacekeeper Division

## Tactical Analysis

* **Equipped for every case**: Backing up the Peacekeepers are the Javelin Soldiers, tasked with defending their squad mates against enemy armour and aircraft with their missile launchers.

* **Precision shot**: Using an advanced spectrum targeting system, Javelin soldiers can lock onto a target, increasing the damage and rate of fire of each missile and the range from which they can be fired.

* **Glass cannon**: In contrast to their armoured Peacekeeper counterparts, Javelin soldiers often forgo any armour at all.

* **Proton-type**: Recently, experimental Proton missiles for the Javelin missile launcher have been developed. Very powerful, these missiles can easily punch through any armour, no matter the thickness.

## WWIII Operational History

 File:JavelinArtwork.jpg  The introduction of shaped charged rocket launchers in the Second World War changed the nature of armoured warfare forever. For the first time, it was possible for one man, armed with a shoulder launched weapon, to bring down a tank by himself. Weapons like the RDM-9 "Bazooka" and the RPGL-6 were heavily employed in the war, with rocket launcher equipped troops taking out countless vehicles.

The power delivered by such shoulder launched weapons convinced both the Allies and the Soviets to examine their tactics after the war. However, where Allied forces continued to emphasis the mobility of armoured forces, the development of shoulder launched anti-tank weapons had convinced the tank designers of the Soviet Union to focus on improving the armour and protection of tanks. With the Soviet focus on tank protection, advancements in armour technology soon made the anti-tank weapons of the wartime period obsolete. In order to keep up with the increasingly heavily armoured tank designs of the Soviet Union, the Allies started to develop newer, more powerful anti-tank weapons.

In keeping with the belief that the Allied Peacekeeper Divisions should have the best equipment available, the rocket soldiers (as they had come to be known) of the Peacekeepers would have to be equipped with the best anti-tank weapons available. The Peacekeepers issued a requirement for an anti-tank weapon capable of defeating the armour of Soviet main battle tanks, and the eventual result was the M64 Javelin missile launcher.

Because the Javelin was introduced immediately before the start of the war, such weapons could only be issued in small numbers initially. However, the new weapons soon proved their effectiveness in the hands of the Peacekeeper rocket soldiers, who employed them to devastating effect against Soviet Rhino tanks and the newer Hammers. This only convinced the Allies to hasten the replacement of existing anti-tank weapons in the Peacekeeper Divisions with the new Javelins. By 1967, most, if not all Peacekeeper units had been equipped with Javelin squads, to the extent where rocket soldiers began to be referred to as **Javelin Soldiers** instead.

### Post-War Operational History

Due to the number of complaints from soldiers in the field of the *"unprofessional attire"* worn by Javelin soldiers, Allied Command has issued a new standard issue uniform to all their soldiers in the field. An outpouring of complaints has since been filed by said soldiers about the lack of comfort provided by their new uniforms, and a compromised was reached with the Javelin soldiers wearing a kwolek vest over their tank top, still leaving their arms bare.

With the recent advances in proton collider technology, Allied weapon designers have created a new kind of ammunition for Javelin soldiers. These new proton missiles--which replace the shaped charged warhead with a single-shot proton collider--are devastating weapons, able to punch through any thickness of tank armour with little difficulty. With such missiles being harder and more expensive to produce than regular missiles, as well as still having a few flaws that need to be ironed out, only the best Javelin soldiers have been judged to be capable of handling these new and deadly weapons.

## Quotes

Select* What's up, coach?
* What's the next play?
* Yo!
* Hey, man!
* Javelin!
* Javelin on deck!
* I'm ready!

Moving* Gotcha back!
* Let's hustle!
* Makin' a move!
* Taking position!
* Go, go!
* Alright, coach.
* That sounds fine!
* Stay low!

Garrisoning Structure* This is our house!
* We'll take it!
* Good call!
* Nice play!
* We'll scope it out!

Attacking Ground* OH, YOU WANT SOME?!!
* Catch this!
* Hit 'em hard!
* Going deep!
* Wide open!
* Watch this one!
* Check this out!
* Hit it!
* Eat this!

Attacking Air* Locked on, here we go!
* Here comes the hail Mary!
* This is a no-fly zone!
* Come on down!
* Come on, splash 'em!

Attacking with Laser Lock* He's locked, give me a second!
* Charging up!
* Wait for it..!
* Hold still, sucker!

Move to Attack* We can take 'em
* Hell yeah!
* Here we come!
* It's go time!
* Do it!
* Sack 'em!
* Blitz 'em!
* He's mine!
* We can take these fools!

In combat* Don't you worry, I've got plenty more!
* They ain't stopping us!
* Keep the pressure on 'em!
* That's it, that's it!
* I can hang with this!
* Fools 're getting clowned!
* This one's on me!

Under fire* Taking some heat!
* Pressure's on over here!
* That all they got?
* Keep 'em off!
* Aw hell no!
* Where's our team!?

## Behind the Scenes

* EA took the Generals Missile Defender's ability as inspiration for the Javelin Soldier's secondary.

## Just The Stats

 **Armour Type** | Infantry

 **Kill Reward** | 2400

 **DPS** | 25

 **DPS** | 150