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1 Information
The Ghorkov (German: Die Ghorkov/Die Kyterneser) is a playable main faction in both single-player and multiplayer modes of Urban Assault. In the Metropolis Dawn Ghorkov campaign, the player's faction is Ghorkov. The faction colour of the Ghorkovs is red.
2 Official Description (HELP files)
This totalitarian and militaristic faction that emerged from Eurasia after The Big Mistake has weapons technology at least equal to our own. Diplomacy has failed. The Ghorkovs resent our earlier betrayal of them to the off-world Mykonians.
NOTES:
- The HELP files entries are written from the Resistance perspective.
- The HELP files may contain slightly outdated information.
3 Overview
The Ghorkov is a militaristic police state that supports totalitarianism and communism ideologies. They possess many futuristic and state-of-the-art vehicle designs and weaponry for rapid-response actions, including the extensive application of radiation-based Electromagnetic Impulse energy weapon technologies. They are also notorious for their persistent efforts at maintaining their existence on the surface. The Ghorkovs had emerged from Eastern Europe after the Big Mistake, and they are also known as the Kyterneser. Their expansive influence and territories stretch across the entire Eurasia.
4 Units and Buildings Information
Main Article: Ghorkov Units and Buildings Overview
5 Playability
Yes. (The faction is designed as a playable main faction in the game for human players, and forms an integral part of the multiplayer balance system between the other playable main factions.)
6 Lore Information
The Ghorkov is a militaristic nation of humanity that holds totalitarianism and communism ideologies. They are arguably the most similar to the Resistance in terms of the vehicles and technology they use. However, they still possess more futuristic vehicle designs and weaponry, including the productive applications of various radiation-based energy weapons utilising the electromagnetic impulse technology. The Ghorkov host station icon is a red star. The Ghorkovs were originally allies of the Resistance, but this alliance was severed when the Resistance attempted to sell the Ghorkovs out to the Mykonian occupied zones. The Resistance authority denied this notion which angered the Ghorkovs.
The Ghorkovs had emerged from Eastern Europe after The Big Mistake. The Ghrokovian influence and boundaries stretch across the entire continents of Eurasia. The Ghorkovs are also known as 'Kyterneser', which is actually a true name of the Ghorkovian nation. In fact, the 'Ghorkov' is an exonym that is used by the other factions to refer them, whereas the 'Kyterneser' is an endonym. They are also the only group of humans who attempt to live on surface and gradually reclaim the soil that was devastated and polluted by the unfiltered solar radiation for many years following the Big Mistake. Their productive recycling of human organs for transplantations are known to support this process.
In the Ghorkov campaign of Metropolis Dawn expansion pack, the player (Conrade) becomes a pivotal figure as a new Turantul (I and later II) host station commander who has been tasked with conducting various critical operations at maintaining and restoring the Ghorkovian control and order in their vast territories from the massive large-scale invasions and infiltrations of the hostile factions.
7 Characteristics
The Ghorkov is considered an economic faction. The Ghorkovs can exert a superb map control potential with their fast and mobile units that can be quickly deployed as well as rapidly capturing numerous sectors in a short time. The Ghorkov units generally possess higher travel speed and mobility, trading shields in favour of rapid-response and manoeuvres capabilities around the battlefield. The Ghorkovs can employ their units to promptly secure a large area of sectors from both neutral and enemy territories to increase their energy income and production capacity faster than the other factions, while simultaneously pressuring the power capacity of their enemies by keep expanding further.
In single-player, the Ghorkovs have two different classes of host stations: The minor Turantul I which appears in the early single-player levels (usually weakened further depends on levels), followed by the major mothership Turantul II. The Turantul II, also known as its nickname 'Skorpio', is generally considered the most powerful host station in the game, whose extensive firepower even allows Ghorkov players to use it as an offensive tool in battle. In multiplayer, the Ghorkovs will be always assigned with their Turantul II Skorpio-class mothership. The player's variant of Skorpio in both multiplayer and Metropolis Dawn expansion pack has 4 turrets, while the AI variant of Skorpio has only 3 turrets.
8 Official Localisation Titles
English: Ghorkovs
German: Ghorkov (Die Kyterneser)
French: Les Ghorkovs
Japanese: ゴアカフ
9 Trivia
Under Construction.
10 Notes
Under Construction.