Progetto 70

Overview

The Progetto 70 is a tank designed and built by 25 year-old Mozzarella. The Progetto 70 is equipped with technology that is considered impossible.

Story/Vehicle Analysis

The Progetto 70 is the extension of Mozzarella's Progetto 65. Although the Progetto 65 was never made, the Progetto 70 is a fully operational Observatory. Observatory is the name given to an object capable of existing outside of the time stream. Only two instances of Observatories exist.

The tank was designed using future technology that is considered impossible. The tank is theorized to have originated almost twenty years into the future. According to log files from the tank's computer, Mozzarella built the tank over the span of two years.

The way how the tank is capable of leaving the timeline is by a "anchor" that is positioned near the nuclear reactor. The nuclear reactor is strained while the anchor is in use and uses up uranium very quickly. Files from the computer show that there is an alternative quantum reactor that can be found thirty years into the future, but it was inaccessible to Mozzarella. The power used by the rest of the tank is minimal.

The armor is made up of alloy that resists identification through unknown means. The only known properties is extreme resistance to damage. A corrupted file shows a video with no audio and what appears to be an atomic bomb dropping onto a plate of this alloy. After the dust clears, the plate is shown to be completely intact. The other property of the alloy is its ability to withstand the extreme forces of the pure space outside of the timeline. Infused in the plating are active light diffusers that make the Progetto disappear from both visual and thermal imaging.

To view outside of the tank, active light diffusers redirect light into a tv screen on the inside of the tank where an overlay enhances the view. The inside of the tank is climate controlled for comfort. To control the tank in normal operation, there are two sticks, one is for movement and the other is for gun controls. Most of the fine operations are handled by the artificial intelligence ABA. ABA handled movement while Mozzarella aims and vice-versa for when Mozzarella drives. ABA is also capable of full control of the vehicle.

The anchor that pulls the Progetto 70 into different timelines takes on extra strain while transporting organic matter. This explains why in the message made by future Mozzarella she says "there isn't enough power for me." Another unique movement system is the jets that fire ionized gas that is capable of launching the tank (similar to gravity mode).

The gun appears to be a compact rail gun capable of firing 120mm shells. There are many ammunition types. Armor piercing seems to be made of a similar alloy as the armor. The difference being that after penetration it fragments and dissolves into nothing. The high explosive is outwardly similar to a regular high explosive shell. It is filled with a small amount of gunpowder 2. A previously unknown round is a non-lethal warhead that disables machinery through unknown means and immediately vaporizes upon impact. A round that is considered too dangerous to use is also loaded onto the vehicle. The warhead is theorized to hold more power than most modern nuclear bombs. The tank is able to replenish ammunition and uranium stashes after returning to its native time stream. The Progetto 70, like its predecessors, is equipped with grappling hooks.

Specifications

Speed: 56kmh (regular), 140kmh (boosting), infinite (traveling between time streams)

Main gun: 120mm railgun (unknown specifications) auto-reloader equipped

Secondary weapons: coaxial machine gun, hatch mounted machine gun (fire at immeasurable velocity, theoretically fire pure energy)