Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Nuclearmaster

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The ZTZ-88N Nuclearmaster is a variant of the Battlemaster tank used exclusively for the Castanic Nuclear Division. This Empire tank is planned to be voiced by

Overview
The refurbished ZTZ-88A tank, better known as the Battlemaster, is the backbone of the Imperial tank corps. Being cheap and easy to produce, it usually shows up in vast numbers. It is very well rounded, and have greater firepower when under the influence of the horde. The design may look old, but many new features modernize it, including built in reactive armor and a new generation of upgradable, compact Nuclear Engines that can be stabilized with Isotopic Stabilizers. It's lethality can be increased further with time tested Depleted Uranium Shells and upgradable Autoloader.

History
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The main battle tank of the Atomic division, the Nuclearmaster represents the core of the division's armored power and is duplicated en masse to add bulk to mechanized maneuvers. The unique "reverse tricycle" shape and three sets of tank treads give the Nuclearmaster great all-terrain ability and surprising acceleration, while the atomic core delivers impressive power both to the rear drive wheels and swept ray turret.

Relying on reinforced frontal armor and a wedge deflector that helps to prevent perpendicular hits to the front, the Nuclearmaster can take an impressive amount of damage before nuclear meltdown. This enhances the tank's ability to close to attack distance, vital due to the short range of the primary ray cannon. Each blast of this stubby weapon imparts enough thermal energy into an armored target to slag a Kodiak tank and send it's turret dozens of feet into the air with the sudden energy release, and the rotating charge cell system allows for each shot to be taken while the other two cells are recharging, cutting the recharge time of the main gun to a third of earlier models.

However, all this power output generates staggering amounts of waste heat, which is stored in sinks on the rear of the vehicle and slowly radiated through a circulating coolant to the underside radiator panels. Radiating waste heat through the reinforced armor is a difficult act, which prevents full use of the reactor's power output. By opening the outer shell and the sinks to air convection, the Nuclearmaster gains an impressive burst of speed and a constant beam of violent energy from the main cannon, but of course must rely on its thinner under armor for protection.

The Nuclearmaster packs a crew of three into an extremely tight compartment in the middle of the hull. The commander, weapons officer and driver are chosen from the best Battlemaster candidates and are known for their calm resolve and tactical sense during battles. The compartment of the Nuclearmaster is fully sealed due to the high radiation of their weapons and the tendency for the close-range tank battles it specializes in to create unbreathable masses of dust in the air.

Controlling through a wide viewscreen, Nuclearmaster has excellent visibility along the length of the gun but lack side or rear cameras, making it difficult for them to track infantry targets. Unfortunately, this screen includes no aiming markers or rangefinder, so gunners must simply point the weapon and hope for the best, contributing to the Nuclearmaster's pitifully short range.

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