Tesla Heavy Engagement System

The Tesla Heavy Engagement System is, in operators' terms, a "beast of a machine." The bulky, fifteen meter long, ten meter wide heavy tank is used as a be-all, end-all tool on the battlefield. Sporting a Thor Superconductor and two heavy Rail Cannons, the tank is used in three specific situations: anti-vehicle, anti-industry, and massive infantry-reduction.

First and foremost, the Tesla is used as an anti-vehicle tool that is fully capable of eliminating armored threats of any kind. Thor Superconductors realign for all three aforementioned scenarios, and in its anti-vehicle alignment, the Thor emits a massive electrical strike against a vehicle, colloquially known as "bringing down the lightning." This strike often completely overpowers most vehicles (assuming shields are down or URG Faraday Plating is not present), destroying internal systems and/or burning the pilots alive. If shields are up or Faraday Plating is present, Rail Cannons can quickly remove these advantages.

As an anti-industry weapon, the Thor Superconductor aligns itself in such a way that allows a focused plasma stream to be generated by using stored gas within the vehicle. This stream vaporizes most materials that make up a building, blasting straight through after several seconds of sustained contact, depending on the size and makeup of the building. While firing its main weapon, in this mode, the Tesla remains stationary. When industry is being specifically targeted in an engagement, special ammunition is cycled through the Rail Cannons which allow for a "bunker-buster" effect, penetrating targets before exploding deep inside.

Lastly, the Tesla's anti-infantry role is perhaps the most frightening and certainly most controversial role on the battlefield. Rather than directly firing the Thor, it instead conducts massive amounts of electricity which then discharge through up to thirty dispensers on the front of the tank, allowing for a 90 degree cone of incinerating electrical energy to be released against infantry. This terrifying "Stormfire" completely annihilates most enemies that it directly impacts, jumping through several organic targets before dissipating, leaving many survivors with horrific burns, heart damage/cessation of activity, and debilitating, paralyzing seizures.

Criticism
The Tesla, though highly effective, suffers from having to wait for the Thor Superconductor to align. This can sometimes take up to five minutes, depending on its operational climate. Also depending on climate conditions, the superconducting magnets within Thor can fall out of alignment, sometimes rendering the Tesla much less effective, if not completely useless.

Another criticism comes from ethicists who claim that the Stormfire alignment for anti-infantry roles is too brutal, causing unnecessary injury and overly traumatic for survivors and, in some cases, operators. There have also been documented cases of friendly fire using Stormfire, although these are due to communication error more than anything. Despite these issues, Marvolo Angelico ordered production to triple after the Coup of 2384. Ironically, this decision would prove detrimental after URG forces captured several key production facilities and turned the technology against Marvolo's CSA.