[Alternate History] [Dieselpunk] [War] [Giant Weapons] [Ensemble Cast] [Dark Humor] [Antiwar]
In 192X, the Spanish Civil War breaks out.
To bring an end to a war that has already dragged on too long, the Kingdom’s government receives a gift from Germany powerful enough to change the course of the conflict.
Code name: “Iron Nest.”
A steel fortress weighing more than ten thousand tons.
Four enormous mechanical legs that can walk.
Two 480-millimeter cannons.
Armor, diesel engines, a mechanical fire-control computer, and a “war horn” loud enough for an entire city to hear.
In theory, it can destroy any target within range.
There’s only one problem:
The people inside can barely see what’s outside.
So five young people become the first crew of this steel behemoth.
Their daily routine is simple.
Receive coordinates.
Stop.
Load the shells.
Calculate.
Fire.
Wait for the telegraph machine to print:
“Target destroyed.”
Then move on.
As for what’s really happening dozens of kilometers away?
They have no idea.
They only know that the next day, the Kingdom Daily will tell them:
The Royal Army has won another glorious victory.
The Iron Nest continues south.
One by one, the red tin soldiers on the map are marked with black circles meaning “destroyed.”
The war horn sounds again and again.
The good news keeps coming.
Everything seems to be getting better.
The war is heading toward victory.
At least...
That’s what the newspaper says.
