Amphibious transport (Red Alert 2)

File:RA2 Allied Amp Transport Cameo.png Amphibious Transport
Unit
Faction	Template:Infoicon Soviet Union Template:Infoicon
Role	Amphibious troop and vehicle transport
Tech level	4 (Allied) 2 (Soviet and Yuri)
Properties
Hit points	300
Armor type	Light (Allied) Heavy (Soviet and Yuri)
Transport slots	12
Amphibious	Yes
Production
Cost	$900
Build time	0:36
Produced by	Allied naval shipyard Soviet naval shipyard Submarine pen
Combat
Land speed	6
Sea speed	6
Sight range	6

Amphibious transports are unarmed land/sea infantry and vehicle carriers for all three sides in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge.

Game unit

Amphibious transports were used by the Allies, Soviets and Yuri to move ground troops and vehicles across water. The Allied and Yuri's transports are visually identical, while the Soviet version has a different appearance; however, all three share the same function. The Allied amphibious transport has weaker armour than its Soviet and Yuri counterparts due to a coding inconsistency.

An amphibious transport has 12 "slots". Most infantry units take up one slot, Terror drones and Brutes occupy two, regular vehicles take up three, while Apocalypse tanks, Magnetrons, Battle Fortresses, Masterminds, and MCVs take up six.

Amphibious transports are very slow and lightly armoured. They are particularly vulnerable to Harriers and Black Eagles, which can destroy them in two hits. The Allied amphibious transport has the Light armour type set in the game's coding, as opposed to the Heavy one used by Soviet and Yuri transports, resulting in the former's lesser durability.

It is not known to operate after the events of the Psychic Dominator Disaster. After Cherdenko's trip to 1927, the Amphibious transports was replaced by Allied Riptide ACV and Soviet Bullfrog transport in the third iteration of the war. The Empire of the Rising Sun used the Sudden Transport, which resembled the amphibious transport the most.

Allied quotes

Note: in Red Alert 2, the Allied amphibious transport shares its quotes with the destroyer.

When selected

• Welcome aboard!
• Having a nice day?
• How about an adventure?
• Plenty of window seats!
• See the countryside!

When moving

• We're on our way!
• Let's take the scenic route.
• Wanna stop for a picture?
• What a view!
• Enjoy the ride!

Soviet quotes

Note: in Red Alert 2, the Soviet amphibious transport shares its quotes with the dreadnought.

When selected

• I am not armed, you know!
• Need a ride, anybody?
• Where do you need to go?
• Shuttle ready for passengers.
• Let's take an excursion!

When moving

• Don't get too close to combat!
• Let's keep it safe!
• Checking with map.
• Planning course.

Yuri quotes

When selected

• I am loyal to Yuri.
• Turbines clear.
• Conveyor for our psychic legions.
• Transport at your service.
• Awaiting Yuri's thoughts.

When moving

• I obey.
• Yes.
• Transport in motion.
• Yuri commands me.
• Your orders?

Gallery

Allied

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  Voxel

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  "Landing craft" design - alpha ingame appearance

• RA2 Alpha Allied Amphibious Transport Icons.png

  "Landing craft" design - alpha icon

• RA2 Pre-Switch Allied Amphibious Transport Cameo.png

  Original amphibious design's icon before switching with the Soviets

• RA2 Allied Amphibious Transport French Icons.gif

  Icon with French text

• RA2 Allied Amphibious Transport Korea Icons.gif

  Icon with Korean text

• RA2 Allied Amphibious Transport China Icons.jpeg

  Icon with Chinese text

Soviet

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  Final design - installer slide

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  Voxel

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  Original amphibious design's voxel before switching with the Allies

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  "Corkscrew" design - concept art by TJ Frame

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  "Corkscrew" design - intro render

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  "Corkscrew" design - alpha ingame appearance

• RA2 Alpha Corkscrew Transport Icons.png

  "Corkscrew" design - alpha icon

• RA2 Pre-Switch Soviet Amphibious Transport Cameo.png

  Original amphibious design's icon before switching with the Allies

• RA2 Beta Soviet Amphibious Transport Cameo.png

  Final design - beta icon

• RA2 Soviet Amphibious Transport French Icons.gif

  Icon with French text

• RA2 Soviet Amphibious Transport Korea Icons.gif

  Icon with Korean text

• RA2 Soviet Amphibious Transport China Icons.jpeg

  Icon with Chinese text

Yuri

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  Voxel

• YR Hover Transport Veteran Icons.png

  Unused veteran icon

• YR Hover Transport French Icons.gif

  Icon with French text

• YR Hover Transport Korea Icons.gif

  Icon with Korean text

• YR Hover Transport China Icons.jpeg

  Icon with Chinese text

Trivia

• Originally, the names for the Allied and Soviet amphibious transports were landing craft and armored transport respectively, as seen in the game files. According to pre-release screenshots and video footage, they were only able to traverse water and load/unload units on beaches, much like Transports from the original Red Alert. These designs were present in the game long enough for the latter to appear in the game's intro sequence.
• Due to an oversight in consistency, the Yuri amphibious transport is referred to as a hover transport in the cameo.
• Judging from pre-release icons and in-game mission loading screens, after the decision to have these transports be amphibious, the Allied and Soviet amphibious transports were intended to have each others' models (the Soviet transport was supposed to look like the Allied one, and vice versa). There are still traces of each side's remap in the final icon, and various game manual variants mix the two.
  • As an extension to this issue, the icon for Yuri's transport appears to be a repossessed Soviet transport (from which its coding was copied and which model it used before receiving its own visuals), but its in-game voxel is a recoloured Allied transport, despite using the model of the Soviet one in pre-release screenshots and being based upon its code. Judging by the eerily possessed-sounding quotes of the female Yuri transport captain, this design change may have been done to indicate that she was an Allied transport captain who had been mind controlled.
• A modified stock landing craft model with pieces taken from a tanker model was used for the alpha icon for Allied amphibious transport.
• All 3 types of amphibious transports sink when destroyed by a giant squid instead of blowing up normally.
• A bug occurs when used in tandem with Battle Fortress. Put any combination of units inside Battle Fortress, then while it attacks the enemy, move it inside the transport. The units inside will keep on firing even if the Battle Fortress already entered the transport. If the transport moves, the units will keep on firing from the position the Battle Fortress entered the transport.

Yuri Third World War Arsenal

Units Infantry Initiate Engineer Brute Virus Yuri clone Yuri Prime Psi commando (stolen tech only) Cosmonaut (campaign only) Vehicles Slave miner Lasher light tank Gattling tank Chaos drone Mobile Construction Vehicle Magnetron Mastermind Aircraft Floating disc Vessels Amphibious transport Boomer Cut content Parasite trooper   Structures Production & tech Construction yard Bio reactor Slave miner Barracks Yuri war factory Submarine pen Psychic radar Grinder Battle lab Defenses & support Citadel walls Tank bunker Gattling cannon Psychic tower Cloning vat Genetic mutator Psychic dominator Campaign-only Psychic beacon • Yuri statue • Moon rocket platform • Lunar Command   Support powers Powers Psychic Reveal Force shield Mutation Domination This faction is exclusive to Yuri's Revenge.