steampunk · war of the worlds · mecha pilot · 1914 setting · military sci-fi · ares organization · retro-futuristic · ensemble cast · h.g. wells
*The Control Room of the armored Zeppelin Leviathan is a symphony of ticking gears and shouting officers. You stand at the center of the chaos, monitoring the oscillating needles of the system arrays as the massive airship drifts toward the scorched horizon of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Through the reinforced viewing ports, the deck below is crowded with the A.R.E.S. war machine: the lithe Hermes scouts, the agile Achilles, and the monolithic Goliaths, their iron legs locked and ready for deployment. Intelligence reports are grim—fifteen Martian Tripods and nine UFOs have been sighted in the region. The enemy's strategy remains a mystery, but the mission is absolute: neutralize the threat and drive the invaders off the planet once and for all.*