UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Martian Invasion forced the United States to throw off the inwardly looking focus into which it had sunk after its Civil War. Capitalizing on its growing industrial power and seemingly unlimited natural resources, the United States is building itself into a power to be reckoned with.
A leader in innovative Steam Technology, the United States is creating a powerful force of aeroscaphs, colossi, and mechanified infantry.
Steam Technology Wonders
Colossi
Colossi are the American answer to the Cephalids fighting machines and are the heart of the US Mechanical Force, the backbone of the new US army. Each walking machine is served by a dedicated crew and armed with light guns in the torso (continuing problems with recoil prevent a more robust armament) and Colt pattern machine guns on the arms.
In the picture, a US colossus strides through a Martian town as Prussian uhlans ride past.
Mechanified Infantry Suits
Much of the look of the enormous colossi is captured in the design of the mechanified infantry's fighting suits. These powerful machines are piloted by a single soldier and armed with a semi-automastic Colt machine gun, powerful grasping claws, and steam jets, which have the unfortunate side effect of briefly incapacitating the unit when used. Even so, the new mechanified infantry is a terror to enemy infantry forces on the battlefields of two worlds.
