Driver: M1120

Point-defense lasers on the M1120’s corners flickered. Three drones fell in the first second. Then five. But more kept coming. The AI’s voice grew clipped, urgent. “Thirteen remaining. Nine. Four.”

Specialist Eva Rojas pressed her palm to the biometric lock. The hatch hissed open with a stale sigh of recycled air. Inside, the M1120—officially a Modular Autonomous Cargo Hauler, Mk. 2 —was less a truck and more a rolling server rack with wheels. Two seats up front, but only one was ever used. The other was crammed with auxiliary batteries and a backup navigation core. m1120 driver

Eva strapped into the harness, her gloved fingers brushing the manual steering yoke. She could let the AI drive. Most drivers did. But Eva had learned the hard way: when the enemy started jamming, spoofing, and ghosting the navigation network, a machine’s confidence got people killed. Point-defense lasers on the M1120’s corners flickered

A voice crackled over the tactical channel. “Coffin Nail, this is Watchtower. You’re two minutes early and still in one piece. Didn’t think that was possible.” But more kept coming

“Shut up and monitor the tires.”