Mobile Barracks

Would you like some tea?

133 (Elite)

178 (Heroic)

200 (Heroic)

## Introduction

The **Mobile Barracks** is a tier 2 support vehicle available to General Fai, which also serves as his tier 2 artillery unit.

## Overview

As General Fai is an infantry-based general, he requires a vehicle that acts as a mobile infantry deployment unit to give support to his men in the frontlines with seemingly unlimited influx of reinforcements. Hence, the Mobile Barracks project is born. The Mobile Barracks is exactly what it says on the tin: an improvised "XL sized Camper Van" mounted on a Nuke Cannon chassis. It is divided into two parts: a barracks cabin and a driver cabin. The barracks cabin has various seats and storage facilities to store numerous men, equipment and weapons including a medic cabin for first aids, while the driver cabin has the usual driving deck of a fighting vehicle. However, it has a twist: there is a small room connected to the driver cabin know as the communications array which allows it to communicate with artillery crops. The vehicle has a radar on top of it that is directly connected to the array, helping the signaler to determine the targeted area's coordinates before sending them to the Artillery Corps stationed far away from the map. A small barrage of artillery shells (on par with a level 1 Artillery Barrage) will then fall into the target.

The advantages the Mobile Barracks compared to most other tier 2 artillery units is the lack of need to deploy/undeploy, allowing them to be on the move more often. They can also field a constant stream of reinforcements by itself as long as the commander has sufficient funds, something no other siege units is capable of doing.

Needless to say, the Mobile Barracks shares many weaknesses with other tier 2 artillery units, such as overall lack of mobility and poor armor. The area where the Mobile Barracks has designated the strike is also marked for all units to see, same as the A-10 strike called in by the Target Designator. Besides that, it is unarmed.

If an enemy player managed to depilot and/or hijack a Mobile Barracks, he/she can use the unit’s artillery strike calling function but could not train any of General Fai’s infantries unless one of General Fai’s Barracks is also in his/her possession.

## Assessment

Pros:

* Can train infantries.
* Calls in artillery strikes on enemies.
* Does not need to deploy like conventional artillery.
* Long range.
* Effective against grouped enemy units and structures.

Cons:

* Unarmed.
* Slow and cumbersome.
* Weakly armored.
* Not effective against fast & agile units.
* Artillery strike is marked for all to see.

## Quotes (in English)

The vehicle's driver seems to be a regular tea drinker.

### When Selected

* Observing a battlefield is so... relaxing!
* Would you like some tea?
* Our men deserve the best housing.
* Shall I call an artillery strike?
* Troops can be trained from here too!

### When Ordered to Move

* Rerouting.
* GPS modified.
* Yes, I agree with this order.
* Indeed.
* Ugh, I almost spilled my tea!

### When Ordered to Call an Artillery Strike

* Calling for an artillery strike...
* Artillery support is on the way.
* And now enjoy the show!
* Done. next step, make myself some tea!
* Shelling request accepted.

## Quotes (in native Chinese language)

### When Selected

* 在这呢！
* 哪里需要火力打击？
* 火控系统一切正常。
* 由雷达引导炮击！

### When Ordered to Move

* 出发了出发了！
* 好的！
* 转移阵地。
* 嘿，看看敌人在何处。

### When Ordered to Attack

* 密位核对，可以炮击。(是)
* 对敌压制射击。
* 好好好，马上呼叫！

## Trivia

* Prior to 009 FINAL Patch 3, The Mobile Barracks reused the Nuke Cannon's English voice lines.
* In the game files, The Mobile Barracks is called "Artillery Caller".