Verplaatsen Tank

Stored on the Verplaatsen Spaceship are thousands of Verplaatsen ground tanks.

Design

Rather than being designed with wheels, they have three pairs of 'legs'. The joint where there would be a knee in a biological animal is replicated by thick yet flexible rubber allowing movement. The 'feet' are wide, flat metal plates with metal claws on the end for grip.

The body of the tank is long has a sloping front and back. Altogether it reaches a comparatively tiny 500 metres long. On the front is an enormous cannon, which can fire large pointed projectiles. Beneath this are many smaller automatic machine-guns reaching five to ten metres long.

The body has three long windows on either side, and above that is a smaller cabin, mounted upon which is a large, mobile cannon, along with smaller machine guns beneath.

The body is divided into many floors because of its sheer size, and it is very far of the ground. To get in, it needs first to be lowered using its rubber joints, and then a hatch must be opened, from which a long rope can be thrown down. The Verplaatsen can then grab the rope and climb/be hauled up. Ropes are left dangling when the tank is not in use.

They were made from iron and steel, though now they are being made from nanodiamond.

Usage

They are used in ground combat, though this is very rare as the Verplaatsen live on the spaceship and hardly ever disembark.

History

Verplaatsen Tanks are believed to be pictured in sketches of the Great Sagax War based on the ground.