| In the dark days of the Word of Blake Jihad, the
need for more effective firepower to oppose the fanatics was keenly
felt everywhere, but nowhere more than the armed forces of the Capellan
Confederation. Rather than tool new factories or designs, a number
of conventional vehicles were hastily upgraded, including the cheap,
but hopelessly simple, Po heavy tank. A fusion-engine upgrade made
all the difference, allowing engineers to more than quadruple its
destructive output, and the new Po II helped breathe life into House
Liao’s Blakist resistance. |