Slave miner

"This all belongs to Yuri!"
 * Slave Miner

Slave Miners were mobile ore refineries used by Yuri during the Psychic Dominator Disaster. Instead of using machines to collect the ore, Yuri relied on human slaves equipped with shovels. Each slave miner usually carried five slaves to the nearest ore field where they started collecting ore and bringing it back to the miner where it was refined right away and turned into cash to supply the Commander's war efforts. When a slave miner was destroyed by an enemy, the slaves deserted and fought for Yuri's enemy who ended their oppression. However, as they were equipped with nothing but shovels, they were mere cannon fodder.

Despite its name, the Slave Miner is actually an ore refinery, although a mobile one. Due to the fact that it is usually outside of the base, it was equipped with heavy armor to repel enemy attacks against it as well as a machine gun to fight off infantry. It is the only vehicle that is so large that the Battle Fortress can not run over it. Because of it's dual nature, it is also constructable by both the Construction Yard and the War Factory, allowing for rapid deployment of replacement Miners should any be destroyed.

The only real vulnerability it suffered is that because it is usually outside of the effect area of the Psychic Radar and it is a refinery it had no way of detecting Allied Spies who could infiltrate it to illegally transfer half of the base's funds. Thus it required a Yuri Clone or Mastermind escort to defend against this tactic. A sniper or two nearby can also kill all the slaves, thus no money can be collected.

In addition, a SEAL in an IFV could terminate the slaves with no problem. Any lost slaves will automatically be replaced by the miner. If a Yuri commander is desperate enough to stop a tank rush he may turn his Genetic Mutator on a group of slaves to instantly obtain a force of Brutes.