The Mech Corps brought out the big guns from the start when it came to mining. Besides bringing enough hardware to empty out the surface layers of red zone in a matter of months, they also brought an enormous cruiser-sized tunneler to breach the hardy soil of the Glowing Planet and reach the core of the planet.
A vertical shuttle descended quickly down the depths of the tunnel that had been excavated rather recently. Ves looked out of the porthole with wonder.
"Aye, that's the Gregarious Wrath at work." A cadet bragged to Ves. "She's two kilometers long, of which two-thirds are solely devoted to making her the best tunneler in the Republic."
Such a name would have been more fitting on a battleship than an enormous tunneling machine, Ves thought. "How far has she reached?"