International sanctions on the new Democratic Republic of Veii greatly hindered production of their bigger projects, such as a larger Blue water navy (I still don't know how/ not going to bother with building ships) and heavier tanks. Up until the Catastrophe, the Red Army sought to up-armor and mechanize ground forces to be able to combat the quickly advancing foreigners. The Veiians developed a hull labeled "Heavy 1" for testing in the
140s. It used an ustrium-electric engine, which gave it decent range and output. With ustrium in its early phases of application, the engine was complex
and tedious.

As the flames of the Horoko Incident reached their apex, Hasedia consolidated power in the Northeast, acquiring the hull and adequate heavy industry in the process. With the help of outside forces, Hasedia managed to mount a powerful 100mm howitzer, licensed produced from Chtengia. Even with only 50 of them, the Heavy 1 wrecked havoc on the smaller warlords with their surplus armor. The Heavy 1 Earned the nickname "Cougar" for its use to ambush the lighter vehicles of Hasedia's enemies, picking them off one-by-one. Any more than one at a time proved a great challenge for the increasingly inexperienced crews.

The giant started to teeter in the late 160s with the development of faster vehicles such as the T4 and the Galaxy. After the surrender of Hasedia and
the end of the civil war, the Cougar was refitted with modern gun handling and an improved engine. It finally earned its retirement in SC 174.

First Operational: 150 SC*
Controls:

Act1(Pitch + Roll): Hull controls
Act2(Yaw + Trim): Gun controls
Act3: Commander peek

GALLERY

LORE UPDATES

• changing how time is measured in-universe

  • Having our way of keeping time doesn't make sense in this fictional world sort of environment
  • 1800 is roughly year 0 of the Shiynia Century*
  • Some technology in this world is more advanced than OTL, in terms of specifics, it's whatever I feel is cooler.

• Big plans to add more countries and completely rescale and redesign most of the vehicles up to this point

  • looking back... some of 'em ain't worth keeping...