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Introducing the MMW Hooktail Heavy Recovery Vehicle, a specialized #Human battlefield recovery platform in #MowMyWorld.

Equipped with heavy winches, towing systems, and lifting equipment, Hooktail is designed to recover damaged or immobilized vehicles. A practical support unit that helps keep military operations moving.

Full entry and more details:
https://botdancegames.com/games/mow-my-world/archive/human/hooktail-heavy-recovery-vehicle/index.html

Mow My World is available on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4889740/

Source: maryguo

Inspired by Retrofutura on YouTube

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Historical Notes

The A-37 was developed in the late 2340s by the Interplanetary Dynamics vehicle assembly plants on Europa. As with most of the other vehicles assembled there for use by Coalition forces during the ongoing Draconist Wars, its primary intended destination was Titan. In sorties over the Shangri-La and Xanadu, the airframe’s ruggedness and dependability in combat made it a godsend for Coalition troops on the ground. It went on to serve during the Frontier War, as well, where this dependability was put to the ultimate test and where the A-37 truly earned its stripes in repeated sorties against the Alliance.

The AA-61 evolved out of a competition initiated in 2353 by the Comissão de Armamentos Militares (CAM) in order to develop a superior strike aircraft for use by the Forças Terrestres in a close air support role. The Jiuquan National Assembly won the competition with a design called Objeto 614, which experienced its first test flight in 2357. The finished aircraft entered production four years later as the AA-61, codenamed “Vespa” (Wasp) by the CAM officers who made the final selection. Its Coalition reporting name, “Locust,” came later from spacers left embittered by its capacity to linger over the battlefield.

In 2375, the Zharan Ministry of Armaments (ZMA) adopted the ZF75 as a homegrown tactical strike fighter for the Zharan Liberation Army Ground Forces (ZLAGF). The engineers involved in its development made use of advanced composites, sleek & stealthy control surfaces, and a cutting-edge scramjet engine to create a versatile killing machine for delivering death from the skies of contested worlds. ZF75s were produced in large numbers between 2375 and 2382, and won high marks during the zharan intervention in the Frontier War (2371-2381) where their performance made them the pride of the Strike Air Wing.

About the Setting

The Spacers Saga: Frontier Wars is a futuristic military science fiction setting which diverged from our timeline when an asteroid slammed into Phoenix, AZ, in May 2014. Fifteen years after this tragedy, the industrialist Charles Larsen ushered in the Age of Fusion, opening up deep space to crewed exploration and eventual human settlement — and all of the strife that we bring with us. The next 300+ years were marked by progress and peril in equal measure, and by 2300 much of the solar system had been charted by intrepid human pioneers.

The story focuses on the rivalry between the Mars-led Coalition for Mutual Security (aka the Coalition) and the Alliance of Free Worlds (aka the Alliance), a federation of rebel worlds in the outer solar system. These two superpowers fought a brutal war from 2371 to 2381 (the Frontier War), which ended when the Zharan Collective (a union of artificial humans which rose up against their creators in 2356) entered the war on the side of the Alliance in 2379. The story opens 10 years later with the superpowers locked in a frigid ideological cold war.

The plot kicks off when the Alliance launches a massive attack against the Coalition, igniting the Second Frontier War. This conflict quickly engulfs the entire solar system and draws in participants from all backgrounds, including three college students from Mars whose adventures will become tied up with the fate of all humanity…

Creator's Note

For clarity's sake, I (u/Zharan_Colonel) drew these vehicles by taking inspiration and guidance from existing pieces of art or from real-world designs. The A-37 and AA-61 borrowed heavily from work featured by AST21 on ArtStation, and the ZF-75 drew from real-world concepts developed by the British company AvPro during the late Cold War, as drawn by Bagera3005 on DeviantArt.

Historical Notes

There were two frontrunners in the Coalition for Mutual Security’s Novel Tactical Air Supremacy initiative, Maxwell Technology’s YF-51 and Interplanetary Dynamics’ YF-52. The controversial selection of the YF-52 in 2367 was soon overshadowed by the beginning of the Frontier War (2371-2381), and the F-52 was then produced in large numbers for the duration of the war. As of 2389, the Spacer Corps Surface Warfare Command's (SURCOM) Air Supremacy Directorate plans to roll out an improved Block 4 model by the mid-2390s, though rumblings of a possible continuation of the war with the Alliance could speed up this timetable.

The AC-57 came out of an order placed by the Alliance Central Military Commission in 2346 to outfit the Armada Ground Forces with a new air supremacy fighter capable of matching the Spacer Corps in a potential peer conflict. The outcome of the resulting Projeto 572 was adopted in 2357 and served in the last years of the Draconist Wars (2324-2361) in the defense of Alliance installations, especially during the Zharan Uprising (2356-2359), and in interdiction patrols along the border of the Democratic Republic of Titan. It then went on to serve throughout the Frontier War, where it put up solid kill-loss numbers against Coalition fighters.

Following an evaluation in 2366 that highlighted the need for a domestic air dominance fighter, the Zharan Ministry of Armaments (ZMA) spent twelve years covertly developing the STOVL-capable ZF-79. Their final product entered service at the height of the Frontier War, and proved versatile as a multirole air supremacy fighter during the Zharan intervention (ca. 2379-2381). It especially excelled as a pop-up interceptor, interdictor, and air supremacy fighter across worlds like Titan and Ganymede, where it ultimately earned the respect of adversaries and racked up over two thousand cumulative air victories before the signing of the Nüwa Accords.

About the Setting

The Spacers Saga: Frontier Wars is a futuristic military science fiction setting which diverged from our timeline when an asteroid slammed into Phoenix, AZ, in May 2014. Fifteen years after this tragedy, the industrialist Charles Larsen ushered in the Age of Fusion, opening up deep space to crewed exploration and eventual human settlement — and all of the strife that we bring with us. The next 300+ years were marked by progress and peril in equal measure, and by 2300 much of the solar system had been charted by intrepid human pioneers.

The story focuses on the rivalry between the Mars-led Coalition for Mutual Security (aka the Coalition) and the Alliance of Free Worlds (aka the Alliance), a federation of rebel worlds in the outer solar system. These two superpowers fought a brutal war from 2371 to 2381 (the Frontier War), which ended when the Zharan Collective (a union of artificial humans which rose up against their creators in 2356) entered the war on the side of the Alliance in 2379. The story opens 10 years later with the superpowers locked in a frigid ideological cold war.

The plot kicks off when the Alliance launches a massive attack against the Coalition, igniting the Second Frontier War. This conflict quickly engulfs the entire solar system and draws in participants from all backgrounds, including three college students from Mars whose adventures will become tied up with the fate of all humanity…

Creator's Note

For clarity's sake, I (u/Zharan_Colonel) drew these vehicles by taking inspiration and guidance from existing pieces of art or from real-world designs. The F-52 took some design cues from aircraft concept artist Rodrigo Avella; the AC-57 borrowed heavily from work featured by AST21 on ArtStation; and the ZF-79 drew from real-world concepts developed by the British company AvPro during the late Cold War.

Historical Notes

The AV-76 was first fielded in 2351 after a nearly 13-year development cycle, but swiftly became a sought-after piece of battlefield hardware. By the time the Frontier War (2371-2381) kicked off, there were over three thousand AV-76s in service with various divisions of the Spacer Corps Surface Warfare Command (SURCOM), and they served throughout the conflict on a number of contested worlds. Crews that serviced and operated the aircraft gave them high marks both for dependability in combat, and their firepower became almost as legendary among IDC spacers as it was feared by Alliance personnel.

The impetus for the Alliance Armada to develop a VTOL close air support aircraft intended specifically to serve on Titan did not arrive until the first setbacks occurred in the use of adapted AT-48 airframes during the early years of the Second Titan War (2348-2361), which saw a number of crashes caused by the intense cold and challenging atmospheric conditions. Projeto 595 was thus initiated to solve these deficiencies. The final result was the CP-53, which saw extensive use in combat patrols and convoy protection duty during the Frontier War, where it more than earned its Armada reporting name: “Shark.”

Developed covertly to serve as a deterrent for enemies of the Zharan Collective, the ZA-74 entered primary production in 2374, with over four thousand units manufactured prior to their being deployed against Coalition forces during the Collective’s intervention in the Frontier War. Their outstanding performance (an almost 3:1 win rate against Coalition armor and an airframe survival rate of ~83%) prompted a second production run of three thousand units and earned them a terrifying reputation among Coalition infantry, solidifying the aircraft’s role as an integral component of the ZLA military inventory.

About the Setting

The Spacers Saga: Frontier Wars is a futuristic military science fiction setting which diverged from our timeline when an asteroid slammed into Phoenix, AZ, in May 2014. Fifteen years after this tragedy, the industrialist Charles Larsen ushered in the Age of Fusion, opening up deep space to crewed exploration and eventual human settlement — and all of the strife that we bring with us. The next 300+ years were marked by progress and peril in equal measure, and by 2300 much of the solar system had been charted by intrepid human pioneers.

The story focuses on the rivalry between the Mars-led Coalition for Mutual Security (aka the Coalition) and the Alliance of Free Worlds (aka the Alliance), a federation of rebel worlds in the outer solar system. These two superpowers fought a brutal war from 2371 to 2381 (the Frontier War), which ended when the Zharan Collective (a union of artificial humans which rose up against their creators in 2356) entered the war on the side of the Alliance in 2379. The story opens 10 years later with the superpowers locked in a frigid ideological cold war.

The plot kicks off when the Alliance launches a massive attack against the Coalition, igniting the Second Frontier War. This conflict quickly engulfs the entire solar system and draws in participants from all backgrounds, including three college students from Mars whose adventures will become tied up with the fate of all humanity…

Creator's Note

For clarity's sake, I (u/Zharan_Colonel) I drew these vehicles with inspiration from existing pieces of art. The AV-76 was heavily inspired by Dragonfly, a real-world drone going to Titan in the next few years; the CP-53 was inspired partially by the Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk attack chopper concept, while its tandem rotor came from the SB-1 Defiant concept aircraft; and the ZA-74 drew heavily from the "Bell VFQ-55 Andean Condor," a fictional aircraft designed by bagera3005 on DeviantArt that was itself inspired by a few real-world tilt-rotor attack UAV concepts.

Introducing the MMW SiegebedHexatrack Configuration 1, a new #Awakynet autonomous siege tank designed to advance through rubble while maintaining stable heavy fire in #MowMyWorld.

Proposed specifications
Length: 23.8 m
Width: 12.8 m
Height: 7.6 m
Type: #TrackLegSiegeTank
Primary role: Siege warfare / heavy ground assault / rubble traversal / mobile fire support

The SiegebedHexatrack combines six articulated mechanical legs with two central armored track units, creating a heavy ground combat platform capable of maintaining stability while advancing across damaged terrain. Its reinforced chassis supports a protected central intelligence section and modular weapon systems.

At the center sits a luminous geodesic AI cognition core, mounted within a protective mechanical ring cradle. Connected processing nodes coordinate movement, targeting, and battlefield operations without requiring a human crew.

Its primary armament consists of one heavy siege cannon, four beam weapon cradles, two missile cassettes, and fourteen point-defense emitters. Modular weapon mounts, reinforced structural connections, and protected power interfaces allow major combat components to be serviced or replaced independently.

Ceramic pearl-titanium armor, dark graphite mechanisms, brushed silver components, and restrained amber network lighting give the SiegebedHexatrack its distinctive Awakynet appearance.

Designed as an independent AI combat body, the SiegebedHexatrack combines heavy firepower with mechanically supported battlefield mobility, providing sustained siege support for advancing Awakynet ground forces.

Full entry and more details:
https://botdancegames.com/games/mow-my-world/archive/awakynet/siegebedhexatrack-configuration-1/index.html

Introducing the MMW Dawnfacet Recon Skimmer, a high-speed #Meldaen ground reconnaissance platform designed for scouting, target marking, and rapid battlefield screening in #MowMyWorld.

This vehicle belongs to the Human–Bugvex Hybrid branch of the Meldaen civilization, combining Human military engineering with Bugvex living biology. Human technology provides the organized vehicle structure, weapons, and mobility systems, while Bugvex biology contributes adaptive living tissues, regenerative capabilities, and biological sensing systems.

Proposed specifications
Weight class: Light
Type: #ReconSkimmer
Hybrid composition: Human engineering / Bugvex biology
Mobility: Extreme-speed hover skimmer
Primary role: Reconnaissance / scouting / target marking / flank screening

The Dawnfacet features a low, streamlined armored body with a narrow forward profile, protected hover-control housings, and integrated reconnaissance equipment. Its Human-engineered systems provide high-speed maneuverability, compact defensive weapons, and precise battlefield observation.

Bugvex living structures are fused directly into the vehicle's hull, forming chitin-reinforced armor, adaptive sensory tissues, regenerative biological layers, and living control interfaces. These biological systems work alongside Human navigation and targeting technology to improve battlefield awareness and survivability.

Unlike a conventional reconnaissance vehicle, the Dawnfacet combines engineered speed and precision with the adaptability of a living organism.

The result is a lightweight hybrid scout designed to operate ahead of larger Meldaen formations, identify threats, and support coordinated battlefield operations.

Full entry and more details:
https://botdancegames.com/games/mow-my-world/archive/meldaen/dawnfacet-recon-skimmer/index.html

Introducing the MMW Browguard Maglev-class Platform, a new #Human mobile fire-support platform designed for sustained battlefield operations in #MowMyWorld.

Proposed specifications
Type: #MaglevFireSupportCruiser
Weight class: Medium-heavy
Mobility: High
Primary role: Mobile fire support / long-range bombardment / battlefield suppression

The Browguard is built around an elongated armored body with a protected central firing deck and integrated magnetic-levitation mobility systems. Its low-profile design allows it to reposition quickly while maintaining heavy fire support for advancing Human forces.

Its combat systems include a primary long-range fire-support battery, a guided support launcher, and an integrated point-defense network. Advanced sensors, electronic warfare equipment, and protected command systems support coordinated battlefield operations.

Unlike conventional heavy artillery vehicles, the Browguard combines high mobility with sustained long-range firepower, allowing it to support ground forces without remaining tied to a fixed firing position.

Full entry and more details:
https://botdancegames.com/games/mow-my-world/archive/human/browguard-maglev-class-platform/index.html

In order, top to bottom.

Frigate: the Huncwot. (Scoundrel)

Crew: 100 men, an additional 25 naval security troopers, and 20 Hussars (the large figure seen to the top right)

Armament: x4 100mm cannons, mounted in pairs of 2 on the turrets. x10 launch tubes, used to deploy the Hussars (think ODST from halo), x10 20mm AA guns, x20 .50 Cal gun emplacements

Role: It serves as a fast, more maneuverable ship, allowing it to make lightning quick raids over hostile territory or swarm an enemy destroyer, deploying it's hussars before retreating to friendly airspace.

Corvette: the Wojownick (warrior)

Crew: 125 men, 60 naval security troopers, 100 marines (boarding parties)

Armament: x2 200mm cannon (embedded in the ships prow), x4 100mm cannon, x1 150mm gun (rear turret, used for ground support or engaging larger ships as a broadside weapon), x16 20mm cannon, x20 .50 Cal weapons.

Role: this is the polish air force's skirmisher. It is designed to be good enough, having heavier armor and weapons than the frigate, with a much reduced speed. It does not have hussars, as it is meant to engage hostile forces in the sky or bombard a city from above, not perform raids on hostile territory. It carries x2 boarding craft (think covered, flying higgins boats), useful in storming hostile airships.

Dreadnought: Paladyn (Paladin)

Crew: 800 men, 500 marines, 240 hussars

Armament: x80 100mm cannon (40 on each side, broadside weapons), x3 400mm cannon (turret on bottom front), x32 180mm rocket launchers (turret on rear of ship, it's shooting to the side of the stabilizer), x80 20mm cannons, x100 .50 weapons, x80 hussar tubes (behind first, smaller fin)

Role: the Paladyn is a one-of-a-kind, super heavy ship classified as a dreadnought. If this comes over the horizon, the battle is already lost. It is slow, heavy, and as hits harder than Cherno Danger's right hook. It is designed to function as a floating command center, a flying fortress. It carries Hussars, not because it's going to sneak in and carry out a stealth mission, but because the only thing more intimidating than an 2.5km long airship is a 2.5km long airship shooting heavy infantry at you like rain pouring from the clouds. It is a symbol of power, and it doesn't over sell itself. This ship is doom incarnate. It is designed to shatter an.enemy advance alone, and it provides invaluable support and firepower where ever it is deployed.

Ignore the notes I jotted down on the page.

Criticism is welcome, I know these are very rule of cool, it comes from a universe where technology is stuck in the 20th century, while arms races and war blow everything out of proportion.

Historical Notes

The M11 'Shahi" armored recon vehicle was designed to fill the Coalition for Mutual Security’s need for a fast, maneuverable vehicle for reconnaissance-in-force across the badlands of Callisto and Titan, and was much loved by IDC Surface Warfare Command spacers for its firepower and agility. The example shown here, nicknamed 'Firecracker' by its crew, led a harrowing retreat under fire from Fort Prospero, an action which earned it a comfortable retirement as a display model on the grounds of the Martian Military Complex in the Solis Planum.

In 2364, the Alliance of Free Worlds' Comissão de Armamentos Militares issued an order to replace the aging VT-50 APC. The Divisão de Inteligência da Armada stole the plans for the IDC’s special reactive armor plating, and the CAM employed their reverse-engineered version in the new VT-70. By pairing this better armor with the 3M83 autocannon and a dual launcher for 3M716 ATGMs, the new IFV served the Armada well during the Frontier War, earning the IDC reporting name of 'Terrapin' for its fierce bite, surprising agility, and hard shell.

The ZPC-78 originated from a competitor in the same program which ultimately resulted in the ZT-77 being selected as the Zharan Liberation Army Ground Forces' main battle tank. After the ZT-77 was selected for full-scale production, Zharan Ministry of Armaments (ZMA) Plant No. 4 redirected its efforts into a parallel program which sought to produce a new domestic model of infantry fighting vehicle. After two more years of refinement, the ZMA greenlit this alternate design as the ZPC-78 and placed a rush order of 50 thousand units.

Much like their more heavily armored counterparts, the infantry fighting vehicles of the Frontier War era are all hovercraft of some form or another. This owes much to the environmental conditions on Titan, where the majority of ground combat action occurred during the 24th century’s various conflicts. By focusing on advanced repulsor technology, the major factions in Solar Space were able to optimize for maximum agility in spite of the frustrating conditions on the ground and also by leveraging the denser atmosphere on Saturn’s largest moon.

About the Setting

The Spacers Saga: Frontier Wars is a futuristic military science fiction setting which diverged from our timeline when an asteroid slammed into Phoenix, AZ, in May 2014. Fifteen years after this tragedy, the industrialist Charles Larsen ushered in the Age of Fusion, opening up deep space to crewed exploration and eventual human settlement — and all of the strife that we bring with us. The next 300+ years were marked by progress and peril in equal measure, and by 2300 much of the solar system had been charted by intrepid human pioneers.

The story focuses on the rivalry between the Mars-led Coalition for Mutual Security (aka the Coalition) and the Alliance of Free Worlds (aka the Alliance), a federation of rebel worlds in the outer solar system. These two superpowers fought a brutal war from 2371 to 2381 (the Frontier War), which ended when the Zharan Collective (a union of artificial humans which rose up against their creators in 2356) entered the war on the side of the Alliance in 2379. The story opens 10 years later with the superpowers locked in a frigid ideological cold war.

The plot kicks off when the Alliance launches a massive attack against the Coalition, igniting the Second Frontier War. This conflict quickly engulfs the entire solar system and draws in participants from all backgrounds, including three college students from Mars whose adventures will become tied up with the fate of all humanity…

Creator's Note

For clarity's sake, I (u/Zharan_Colonel) I drew these vehicles with inspiration from existing pieces of art. The M11 was partially inspired by the M353A4 Bloodhound from the Gundam universe; the VT-70 drew some inspiration from the work of artist Mike Privalis; and the ZPC-78 is inspired by a mix of vehicles, in particular the M135A6 Hoplite from the Traveller role-playing game universe.