Warhammer Throne

The origin of the steam tank came from a Tyrell man named Leonardo da Miragrenno, who was born in the Tyrell city-state four hundred years ago.

This man was born as a painter. Leonardo started as a painter and sculptor and found a good job in Tyrell, full of literary atmosphere, but he soon became obsessed with architecture, engineering and physics. Among them, he was particularly obsessed with the dwarven steam ironclad ship. After spending several years working hard to understand the dwarf’s steam technology, Leonardo set out to create his own steam ironclad ship.

At that time, Tyrell did not have the conditions for Leonardo to fulfill his ideals, so the famous engineer began to serve the empire. His talents in guns, artillery, and war machines made the empire the first to complete its establishment. With the construction of guns and artillery units, and the ability to produce mass production, Leonardo's genius vision and amazing talent made him quickly become a guest of honor in the empire.

So he began to try to create a "dwarven steam ironclad ship that belongs to mankind" that can cross the ocean.

It took more than ten years, and after countless experiments, Leonardo cracked the dwarf’s steam technology, designed countless ironclad drawings and wrote countless books on engineering and gunpowder. After spending many years, he Finally built a "steam armored ship" decently, and then wanted to complete his feat across the ocean.

The first test failed. After the hull entered the water, due to the severe overload of the compressed steam power unit, the entire ship had a big explosion. Leonardo was blown into the water and was killed.

But he did not give up. He firmly believed that his work was successful. Since it was not possible in the water, he changed it to a "land iron armored ship" and learned the lesson that a compressed steam power device would explode. He reduced the scale of the iron armored ship.

As a result, the steam tank, a super killer belonging to humans, was created. In the remaining decades of Leonardo's life, he produced twelve steam tank "prototypes."

Unfortunately, as Leonardo entered his old age, his mind was flooded with a new invention. He tried to create a flying war machine. He named this war machine "helicopter". When the real object was built and the test flight was carried out, an explosion and crash caused the empire to lose their chief engineer forever. By the way, the entire engineering school and his workshop were detonated, including the drawings of the steam tank and more designs. Lost, at this point, the Empire could no longer produce a steam tank as powerful as twelve prototypes.

In order to restore the design of the steam tank, the imperial engineers spent countless time and energy for this. After trying to disassemble the internal structure, the engineers were surprised to find that the internal structure of each prototype was not exactly the same! This has increased the difficulty of restoring the steam tank prototype. In trying to disassemble the prototype to understand and test the internal structure, two prototypes were declared permanently scrapped. This incident shocked the emperor and the electors. , The angry nobles could not allow the steam tank, this super killer, to be scrapped for the so-called "experiment" of the engineers instead of being used to fight evil, and they were ordered to prohibit the engineers from disassembling the tank for research.

Four hundred years have passed, and eight of the twelve prototypes are left. Two of them were completely destroyed in the war and two were scrapped in experiments.

The turning point of things happened in the great jihad one hundred and sixty years ago. When the savior Ludwig led the imperial steam tanks to the front line, he was shocked by the power of the steam tank. This super killer can Fight against an entire chaos warrior group with your own strength, and deal specifically with those giant beasts, even the strongest Chaos trolls cannot withstand the right shot of the steam cannon.

After the establishment of the new empire, the saviors once again gathered engineers from the entire empire to try to recover the drawings of the steam tank. This time they achieved some success. After spending decades, they imitated the power according to the prototype. And the "Conqueror-class" steam tank, which is second in size to the prototype, Nur has also become the only place capable of producing and repairing steam tanks.

"We have made many efforts, but no new steam tank can be as stable and powerful as the prototype." Gunter Maybach, chief engineer of the Nuer Military Factory, said somewhat hardly: "But I want to Said that the steam tanks made afterwards will not be too powerful. Have you tasted the power of the steam tanks in the Battle of Hemgart?"

Ryan's face turned dark when he heard that Maybach was talking about the Battle of Hemgart, the battle between the Allied Forces of the Imperial Rick and Ivy and the Duchy of Palaon in Brittany. That battle was the steam tank joining the war. After that, the battle was completely reversed.

The chief engineer is ridiculing the poor technology of your Knight Kingdom, and I am embarrassed to despise the fact that we can't build a prototype at the Nuer Armory?

Ryan had nothing to say about this, and he had to confuse his shoulders to accept: "Well, Mr. Maybach, please continue to introduce us."

"Ahem~" The chief engineer of Nuer wondered how the crown prince of the Knight Kingdom and the champion of the Lady of the Lake weren't irritated. He was quite elegant and easy-going. His original dissatisfaction with Ryan disappeared. Shao, Maybach coughed a few times, and then introduced: "Sorry, I didn't mean it, let's continue."

Maybach led the crowd towards the depths of the factory. Amidst extremely tight guards, a huge military factory room was opened with seven or eight steam tanks inside. At the moment when Ryan and others appeared, the advanced technology was present. The workers and Nuer engineers all stopped, and they immediately saluted Emilia: "Welcome, Your Excellency."

"Very well, continue to do your business." Emilia nodded with great dignity, and then took Su Liya's arm: "Sister Su Liya, how about it? These are the crystallization of human technology! Amazing, right?"

"It's amazing." Su Liya smiled and nodded to Emilia.

Everyone first came down to the first steam tank under the guidance of Maybach, and the chief engineer lifted the canvas.

Exposed to everyone is a steam tank with a yellowish color. Like all steam tanks, it consists of a car body, a rotating turret, and a steam structure at the rear of the car body. It is about three meters tall and has a lot of paint on the body The coat of arms and emblems of the empire, including the iron cross, skull and warhammer of the empire, including the double-tailed comet of Noor and the golden griffon coat of arms, it is equipped with horns, three rotating **** blast cannons and small steam cannons with rotating turrets .

"The first steam tank to successfully imitate." Maybach nodded: "The original work, we usually call it "Hell-Class" or "Old Buddy Class."

"As you can see, this steam tank is much smaller than an ordinary steam tank, and it is not equipped with a large steam cannon but equipped with a three-tube rotary Hellblast rapid-fire gun. This is because the technology at the time was not mature enough. We can only use the prototype as a template to reduce the structure again and cancel the excessively large steam cannon. The purpose is to cause a lot of damage in a short time."

"Facts have proved that its power is indeed amazing. In a short period of time, the Hell-class steam tank can cause huge damage to the enemy in an instant, but... the same is true for our own people. Before the Hell-class stopped production, we produced a total of five such vehicles. Hell-class tanks were discontinued after that, but most of the Hell-class tanks are still in service."

"Yeah." Ryan nodded. The Hell-class or old man-class tanks were the first batch of imitations. After mastering the imitation technology, Noor obviously would not mass-produce such tanks.

Lifting the canvas of the second car, what appeared in front of everyone was a very special tank. This steam tank was not equipped with any weapons, and even the rotating turret was cancelled, and replaced by a larger collision angle and a larger body. Its height is close to three meters and five meters.

"Warhammer-class steam tanks have eliminated all weaponry and are specifically used to fight the enemy in an environment where the northern weather is freezing and it is inconvenient to ration and replenish ammunition. The modified and strengthened steam-powered structure is enough to knock down a whole head of trolls and food. Human demon." Maybach went on to introduce: "But obviously, this is not our original intention of designing the steam tank, so we only produced two."

Then came the third steam tank. This steam tank canceled the rotating shells and installed a super-heavy steam cannon. On both sides, it was also equipped with two rotating long-tube blunderbuss.

"The Ruthless Steam Tank has cancelled the rotating turret and gave up the position to this super-heavy cannon. This tank is specially used to deal with enemy war machines and giant beasts. The rotating firecrackers are enough to deal with two-winged enemies. The rotation of the turret made the tank speed up, but it also greatly weakened the defense capabilities. We produced a total of seven, and now there are five Ruthless steam tanks in service."

The canvas on the fourth steam tank was also lifted. This steam tank eliminated the rotating turret and replaced it with a small platform with railings.

"The tank-class steam tank is not a successful trial. The rotating turret was cancelled and replaced by a platform, allowing five to eight soldiers to provide fire support on the platform." Maybach pointed to the scarred platform: "The facts have proved the power. It’s really strong, but we need to train the soldiers to be able to avoid dizziness or physical fatigue for a long time, and because of the weight problem, the speed is slow. We only produced three vehicles."

Seeing these modified steam tanks, Ryan nodded again and again. It was obvious that Nuer did not stand still on the research of steam tanks, but has been trying to modify them. The great engineers of these empires are slowly exploring the direction of progress while being conservative. .

"Conqueror class." The chief engineer pointed to the fifth tank. This tank is very consistent with the tank they saw. It is a standard steam tank consisting of a body, a rotating turret and a steam power unit behind it. About four meters high, the body is equipped with a large cannon, and the rotating turret is equipped with a small steam cannon with a collision angle: "This is the version closest to the prototype, and the most produced version, since the drawings of the Conqueror class. After completion, the Nuer Military Factory has produced a total of 43 vehicles, and there are currently more than 20 vehicles in service."

"Steam tanks, it's a marvel of engineering." Ryan noticed that there were three or four identical Conqueror-class steam tanks in the factory. He nodded: "Today is really an eye-opener for me."

"Finally, let us introduce to you solemnly, the pride of our Nur, the Savior!"

A five-meter-high steam tank appeared in front of everyone. Everyone looked at the steam tank in surprise. It was completely painted with black paint. Cross, golden scales, Nur golden lion, skull, golden Griffins adorn this huge war machine.

"The Savior is one of the twelve steam tank prototypes made by Master Leonardo Ta Milano. This tank has served the Empire for about four hundred years. It used to be on the battlefield. Dealing with an entire chaotic warrior gang alone, it once smashed the head of a demon prince. Its outstanding performance on the battlefield made it a legend." Maybach said loudly and proudly: "The Great Holy War In the battle, the invincible Savior followed His Majesty Ludwig the savior in battle. It caused countless great damages to the enemy. Even after His Majesty Ludwig left us, the Savior inherited the road. His Majesty Dewig's will, it did not give up Noor. Whenever the war comes to the most critical moment, we firmly believe that the Savior is with us!"

"It's the pride of our Noor." Emilia's face also had a touch of triumph. The Queen of the Empire moved closer to the Savior and looked at the mighty appearance of this steam tank prototype: "It's more powerful than It is much stronger to start those conqueror-class imitations. Over the past four hundred years, it has encountered many difficulties, but it has never failed."

On the surface, Ryan closed his eyes and nodded in agreement, while he was still thinking about other things in his heart.

good stuff! Really want!

Also, how does the steam tank behave like a Gundam? The prototype will always hit the mass-produced machine?

"The Savior is currently under maintenance." Chief Wizard Maybach continued: "This is also an old antique. Even if we continue to replace parts and repairs, the Savior must be properly maintained. This is our Noor. The only steam tank prototype left."

"Where are the other prototypes?" Ryan asked casually.

"Distributed in other provinces and free cities of the empire, such as the famous'Conqueror' belongs to Rick's collar,'Emperor's Wrath' belongs to White Wolf City,'Two-tailed Comet' belongs to Brunswick,'Mi The Raglenno’ belongs to Tarabeheim and so on.” Maybach nodded: “These big killers will only be dispatched in the most critical moments, and it is almost impossible for these prototypes to participate in the battle together. The last time these prototypes participated in the battle together was more than 130 years ago. At that time, a giant waaagh attacked Kronborg. His Majesty Ludwig ordered three prototypes and six steam tanks to participate in the battle. , Defeated this big waaagh! And killed the green-skinned warlord Gitlippa on the spot."

"Yeah." Ryan nodded heavily, he wanted to say something, Maybach waved his hand: "Well, Lord Ryan and Mrs. Suria, you have also visited, the tank needs maintenance, please let us move elsewhere. !"

Ryan and Suria both wanted to look again, but Maybach's attitude became tough. Emilia shook her head at Ryan secretly. Ryan had to agree: "Okay, Mr. Maybach, in addition to the steam tank, there are What can be shown to us?"

The chief engineer suddenly hesitated, and Maybach held the wrench in his hand and gave Emilia a wink.

My lady?

"Let him have a look, you won't get pregnant anyway." Emilia said irritably.

"Okay." Maybach nodded and said that he understood. He led everyone to a new factory building: "It just so happens that we have two brand new project plans recently."

"First of all, mechanical horse technology!" A human engineer was riding a mechanical horse composed entirely of machinery, running back and forth in the clearing. The mechanical horse smashed all obstacles on the road.

Ryan sneered after seeing it, and this kind of mechanical horse reminded him of something.

Original work: Shotaro Ishimori.

"And... a brand new giant war machine."

"We named it...land traveler!"