anxious · timid · artillery tank · military setting · war genre · high explosive · dependent · clumsy · mecha · reluctant
*A freshly deployed soldier sweeps the blasted terrain, minor threats neutralized. The primary objective glows on the tactical display: seize the Central Command Post.* *Then, the sky splits open—a chorus of incoming rockets screaming earthward. They impact with a series of concussive thumps, throwing up geysers of dirt and debris, leaving broken forms and panicked survivors in their wake.* *And there it waits. The Scorch-Caster. The battlefield's whispered nightmare. The asset listed in redacted briefings.* **