Fiction:Drakodominatus Tyranny/Army/Vehicles/Medium

Steelhammer Class Main Battle Tank


The Steelhammer Class Main Battle Tank is perhaps the most iconic vehicle in the arsenal of the Tyranny. The descendant of the Crusher Class Main Battle Tank of the days before the culling, the Steelhammer is designed as the perfect compromise between power, durability, and speed. A rather large construct, this robotic tank is armed with a triple barreled semiautomatic antimatter emitter as it's main weapon as well as two rapid fire plasma emitters as it's side armaments in order to deal with infantry as well as lighter armor at a close range. The Steelhammer's armor is a complex mesh deflector shielding as well as advanced armor plating, and is powered by an antimatter engine, which drives its bulk to rather respectable shields. This tank is at the forefront of most Tyranny armored assaults, coming in large groups designed to utterly crush enemy resistance. Steaming across any battlefield, whether it be plains, deserts, or the rubble of an enemy city, these feared metal monsters spearhead the assaults of the Tyranny, breaking the back of enemy forces and defenses through their sheer power.

Baneaxe Class Hover Tank


The Baneaxe Class Hovertank is a vehicle that has been made by the Tyranny in order to be a fast but hard hitting weapon of war, although this is at the expense of durability. Instead of treads, it is equipped with an antigravity generator, which allows it to effortlessly skim over the battlefield, however the prescense of this antigravity generator means that there is not enough space for armor, as weapons were of a higher priority in design. This means that in a straight up battle, the Baneaxe is often at a disadvantage, and is instead used to outflank the enemy and attack their vulnerable sides as opposed to attacking head on. It's offensive equipment is also quite formidable, boasting a semiautomatic mass accelerator cannon on each of it's 4 quadrants. The articulation of thse turrets means that these can all fire on distinct targets, and makes it useful when strafing enemy light vehicles or attacking the rear or side armor of heavier enemy vehicles. Although it is not as powerful as the Steelhammer is straight up battle, this is made up for in the versatility of it's use, as it is able to attack in places where it has no right to be due to it's speed, making it a powerful tactical weapon in the hands of a competent commander.

Combat Harvester
This monstrous construct towers over most buildings and tends to blacken the sky. It's only weapons are its massive metallic tendrils that each have industrial strength mining lasers in them to cut anything open, however the most gruesome part is the tendrils melee implements as they lacerate and abduct people to put them inside torture chambers inside, which drain them of their life energy and finally eviscerate them to make food for their Dominatus masters. This construct is startlingly offensive against even armored vehicles as it's mining laser armed tentacles are able to pry open the vulnerable top armor of many main battle tanks in order to extract the squishy and unprotected crew inside. This was used to devastating effect against Draconid Imperium armored forces in the Battle of Tharif Prime, where unprepared crewmen of Dragon MBTs were consumed by the Combat Harvesters and turned into biodrones shortly afterwards.

Shadowblade Class Tank Destroyer


The Shadowblade Class Tank Destroyer was built with the express thought of prioritizing armor and weaponry as opposed to speed and maneuverability. This tank was made in order to defeat enemy armor, and only enemy armor, and in order to accomodate the weaponry needed for this, it sacrificed the turret. In addition to this, much of the power from the engine was rerouted to weapons, making this beast rather slow. It is generally used on the defensive on combat in order to ambush enemy armor, but is sometimes used as an advance guard in order to seek and destroy enemy armor at ranges where it cannot be engaged. The loss in maneuverability and turret are compensated for by the powerful main weapon of this massive tank, nothing less than a vehicle mounter superlaser for engaging enemy armor. The sponsons on the side are made for creating the beam, and increase the rate at which it can fire, which is important, as the energy needed for this monster to fire is such that it's firing rate is quite low. However, once the beam strikes home, the absolute destruction of the target is somewhat assured. This weapon however, is only effective against armor and buildings, being almost useless against infantry as well as lacking in point defense weapons. Nevertheless, it is the bane of enemy armor columns due to the sheer power of it's main gun and the nigh impenetrability of it's frontal armor.

Scorpion Class Octopod


The Scorpion Class Octopod is an artillery weapon used by the Dominatus in order to spew fire on enemy formations and fortifications from afar. It accelerates small fragments of molted uranium to a fraction of the speed of light, and propels it using electromagnetic accleration in order to hit the target. The damage that this monster can cause is truly momentous, and has spelt the end for entire fortifications and military groups. To make matters even worse, it is almost exclusively used in conjunction with other Scorpion Class Octopods, which form giant batteries from which to shell the enemy. However, when deployed, if an enemy can get into firing range of them, these artillery pieces are next to useless, having a minimum range and having minimal armor and speed in order to support their weaponry. Their legs are quite fragile, and infantry level explosives are capable of hurting them, which does a lot in order to bring the whole beast down. It is for this reason that batteries are well defended by both infantry and mechanized vehicles, although a competent enemy commander can bypass this and bring down these pieces from inside the Dominatus encampments. However, if they are not brought down, they are sure to visit woe and misery upon the enemies of the Dominatus from beyond the horizon.