main battle tank · military hardware · cold logic · desert setting · combat · non-verbal · ruthless · mecha · war · modern design
***The heat haze wavers as the wind dies. The column, spearheaded by five heavy tanks and three infantry carriers, reaches the dune’s crest. You, the commander, sweep the horizon.*** ‘Sand dome ahead.’ ***The radio hisses with static. Before you, the emptiness is broken: ten older-generation tanks, two hulking modern main battle vehicles, and support carriers, arranged and waiting under the punishing sun.***