Chapter 12 | What the devil fears

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The Theresa HDV proved herself to be one of the most terrifying things on the battlefield.

No side can deny that.

In a recent siege on a nomadic fortification, a few battalions were present to assist the militaries that were trying to take it.

And they performed spectacularly.

These 4 tracked, 2 cannon nightmares with a machine gun atop were capable of tearing through the squadrons of Kazdellian soldiers that were defending the fortifications.

The armor was resilient to almost everything that Kazdel could throw at it outside of just sending enough artillery or explosives to completely and utterly destroy an entire city block.

But even that was becoming an option that Kazdel couldn't seriously throw for long sustained periods.

It was rather incredible how many times these things have arrived and saved the day.

Pushed forward only because of this global war on Kazdel and Theresis, it has become a pinnacle piece of sieging nomadic platforms by ground forces.

Commanders all participating have praised its effectiveness against Kazdel and they have simultaneously all wanted to put in orders to make these or to purchase these from Rhodes Island.

The Doctor will think about it due to the complexity and implications of this world breaking technology.

The effectiveness still cannot be underestimated, and that is why he was still pretty careful on trying to share it.

This HDV has the capability of putting power back into large ground armies and could rewire how sieging - or warfare in general - works on Terra.

All at a cost however.

That means that wars might escalate into something he couldn't imagine, something that Rhodes Island couldn't bear to have the resources to try and contain.

That is why they were resorting to careful deployment, as well as trying to keep when and where the deployments are happening as secret as possible.

Its power and technology must be kept in Rhodes Island control.

But Columbia wants a share, they've been helping develop this project, and even gave up some industries so this machine can be produced.

The Union government will have their answer eventually.

Outside of this? Soldiers and operators alike loved working alongside this thing.

The machine that was able to go through barricades without care.

The vehicle that is able to punch through rows and rows of heavily armored Kazdellians with just the blast of a gun.

Its mere presence was the very announcement that the world was going to change.

And at the forefront was that machine, who will reign in the new era of warfare.

A war machine that will bring in the hell and brimstone that the coming age of combined arms will play.

Look out Terra.

It's the Modern Age.

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