Steam Tanks are monstrous, smoke-belching creations that rumble towards the enemy and fire deadly cannonballs from their steam-powered guns. The advance of these iron behemoths is terrifying to behold, as arrows ricochet from armoured hulls and enemy warriors are crushed beneath their immense bulk. Powered by a pressurised boiler that siphons steam through pipes and pistons, the Steam Tank is the inspired design of the famed Leonardo of Miragliano. Twelve Steam Tanks were originally built, though only eight now remain, each carefully maintained by the College of Engineers. In times of war, the College may sanction the use of these rare and valuable machines should the threat be dire enough.

Most Steam Tanks are armed with a steam-powered cannon, which is smaller than the cannons of the Imperial Gunnery School, though the manoeuvrability of the Steam Tank compensates for this. A turret-mounted steam gun is also standard, and this innovative weapon douses enemies close to the tank in a blast of scalding steam.

You may include a Steam Tank unit as a Rare Units choice in your Empire army.