《Iron Cyclops Project》


 Prologue Part-A: Just another normal day.

    The quiet hum of an empty grid-like room mixes in with the whispers of two dissonant voices.


    <Overlord to Overseer One.>


    <Go ahead Overlord.>


    <Deploy the 12th Armored Corps and prepare to intercept and hold hostile forces at Line-Elbe. Recon confirms large assault waves that exceed initial estimation. Be advised. Enemy forces have disabled autonomous defenses, only remaining assets are local garrison forces.>


    <Roger Overlord. Requesting evacuation plans for deployed assets.>


    <Negative. High-Com has already declared Steel Dome #342 lost. They¡¯ve been redesignated as expendable.>


    <...Understood.>


    <End Transmission.>


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    <System Initialized>


    <<Battle-Rig Sealed>>


    <System Check. Green. Weapon Systems Check. Green. Maneuver System Check. Green.>This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.


    <Neural Uplink Established.>


    ¡°Warchief to all units. Sixty seconds til contact with the enemy. Enemy is estimated to have heavy armor and air support. Continue to delay enemy advances in your sectors. Out¡±


    ¡°Wardog copies. Good to have you Warchief¡±


    ¡°Goliath copies. Our first real engagement.¡±


    ¡°Hoplite copies. Careful Goliath. You always sucked at the simulations.¡±


    ¡°Stalker copies. At least it beats maintenance duty.¡±


    ¡°Reaper copies. Confirmed visual on enemy forces.¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s do this, boys!¡±


    <Hostile IF Detected.>


    <Identifying IF Signals> <Tango 1> <Tango 2> <Tango 3> <Tango 4> <Tango 5> <Tango 6> <Tango 7> <Tango 8> ¡­ <Tango 74> <Tango 75> <Tango 76> ¡­ <Tango 246> <Tango 247> <Tango 248> ¡­ <Tango 689> <Tango 690> <Tango 691> ¡­ <Tango 1121>


    <Engage>


    ¡°Goliath Leader to Goliath Team. Light those fuckers up.¡±


    ¡°Hoplite-8! You¡¯re advancing too far in. Hostile on your right- Damn!¡±


    ¡°Ambush right! Ambush right! Contact with multiple Class-B MBTs. Hit¡¯em with the C8M!¡±


    ¡°Stalker-2 take that chain-gun and cover that sector! Cover that sector!¡±


    ¡°Warchief is KIA. I repeat, Warchief is KIA. Warchief-5 will assume command.¡±


    ¡°This is Wardog-3. Looks like this is it. It¡¯s been an honor.¡±


    ¡°Reaper-6 been hit. Moving to assist. Reaper-2 take command.¡±


    ¡°Roger, good luck out there. Plug those flanks, We¡¯ve got to hold them here!¡±


    ¡°I can''t see. I can''t see.¡±


    <Error: Signal Lost>


    <Enemy IF signal: 0>


    <Friendly IF signal:1>