Author: Yuji

The iron gaze —“I’ve seen a lot of tanks in my time, but this one is not like the others. Forged on landfills and perfected by engineers like me, it is head and shoulders above its predecessors. Intimidating, formidable, who has survived countless trials: each field marker tells the story of what he went through. Thermal traps, a mine detector, and this dazzling spotlight are just some of the tools I’ve added. Real magic is in the armor. Each layer of it, covered with zimmerite, is created for the brutal realities of battle. The future of tank building has just rolled off the assembly line. And trust me.: it comes with a sledgehammer to a knife fight.”

The Super Conqueror «Captured» is a British heavy tank that ended up at the disposal of the USSR after one of the protracted battles under the PET. The car was evacuated from the battlefield and restored at tank factories. Now his armor has been repainted in Soviet colors, and a hammer and sickle is emblazoned on the front. In addition, the tank was modified by Soviet engineers: a powerful electric motor powered by a streaming drive was installed, the armor was reinforced with power energy shields and the main gun was reinforced. This machine has become a powerful combat unit.
— «I see the target. This is their new heavy one, how did we get it?»— «A trophy, comrade. Now he’s fighting for the Red Army.»— «Ha, let them know that their armor won’t save them from their own might.»— «That’s right. Go ahead, let’s show them the power!»

“I didn’t expect this platform to be so flexible and friendly for upgrades. By some miracle, we managed to cram a completely new and technologically breakthrough tank into an old skin, albeit at the cost of hundreds of man-hours. And this is not even half of what I personally would have implemented as rationalization proposals if Tamanov hadn’t been slapping hands with calls to stop. And I just got a taste of it! Our car is now ready for battle, even for a parade, there will be a worthy place for it everywhere. At least on the monument! It’s been a long time since I’ve felt such pride in the work I’ve done: our 70-ton baby doesn’t even fly. But that’s for now. The very first prototype, and then… If there is a day, there will be food.” The characteristics of the machine can be changed without compensation.

“Proserpine”—”What a stupid fool you are, Luigi. I promised your noble mother that I would keep an eye on you, but I never imagined that every day you would test my nerves with such questions. For the last time, I’m telling you that “the trash we’ve put all over the tank with” is real money. A working refrigerator has 20 shells, maybe 25. A scooter is a three—day supply of provisions. You like to eat fresh, hot food, don’t you, Luigi? Or would you rather rummage through the ruins again, looking for pre-war canned goods that haven’t been crushed by the debris? This world has collapsed, Luigi, now it has its own laws, its own money and its own standards of behavior, damn you. Question my trading methods again, and Don Vespato will receive his refrigerator along with unexpected contents! Get on the levers, we need to leave the city before dawn. Capisci?»