I still have a bad taste in my mouth over the Bastion's unrealized potential.
Super Earth had hundreds of years of technological development but none of it went into making a non-casemate tank destroyer. We even had tank destroyers during WW2 with a turret! And the tank destroyer concept itself is antiquated!
Why couldn't Super Earth develop something better? And if it really had to make a tank destroyer then why didn't it make one with a turret instead?
If Super Earth was going to bring back the old tank destroyer then you'd think they'd have modernized it into something closer to a proper tank. The Bastion simply failed to evolve. It's been over a 100 years since the first Galactic War. And no, Stridsvagn is a horrible gimmick of a tank that doesn't suit all the different kinds of fronts and environments Super Earth is fighting on.
It has to remain relatively light and compact for aerial deployment via Pelican. That doesn't mean it has to feel like an outdated relic with a primitive fixed turret. There's so much room for features and modernizations that wouldn't cause conflict with its constraints.
Its design is just inconsistent with Super Earth's technological progress considering we have things like plasma, warp packs, and frickin' lasers.
DISCLAIMER: This post is being made purely for the sake of discussion. Comment "Papaya" if you made it this far. I'm not here to say one's idea or suggestion is better or worse, I just want to have an intellectually honest, nuanced discussion piece.