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Hyperion Conflict
Ballista Crew 74893AG
Planet 356B
Sector (-4, 8)

"Orders received. Driver, take us to Hill 785U."

"Yes, Sir."

The Aesir tank destroyer began to move, the antigravity working perfectly to keep the ground untouched as the vehicle moved through the air towards its destination. The driver kept awareness using the vehicle's topography sensors which displayed the information as a translucent layer on his helmet's own visuals like he was actually looking around without the tank destroyer encasing him. The gunner looked around with a similar system, watching for any Hyperians which might try to destroy them. Upon reaching the hill, the driver moved them to a position they could fire from with relative safety.

"Lower support legs and prepare to disengage the antigrav system."

Parts of the lower hull extended down to the ground to form a supportive structure for the Ballista.

"Support legs are locked in place. Powering down antigrav and disengaging from the generator."

The humming of the antigravity system died down and went silent, and the vehicle's support legs sank into the dirt beneath them a bit as the weight of the tank destroyer came to rest upon them.

"Disengaging weapon capacitors and linking the weapon directly to the generator. Taking aim. Opening fire in three...two...one..."

The loading arm from the autoloading system rammed a shell into the gun breech as the gunner pulled the trigger, and the gun sent the shell flying with a horrific screaming bang. A new shell was automatically fed into place for the loading arm, and the new shell was thrust into the breech and fired. Keeping up the firing rate of 20 RPM, shells rained upon Hyperion forces leaving crippled tanks and mangled bodies everywhere the shells landed.

After all shells were fired, the weapon and antigravity systems were restored to their original state. Then the driver raised the support legs and backed them out of there before retaliation could occur.