as I already said, likely a release for 1011 first, then a simple port to warband, with some special battles thrown in MP.
and yeah, if you're looking for vehicles and all that, LW would be "better". Rize is doing a great job over there, no disrespect to him.
honestly, if I wanted to do robots and space battles, I would have started an ExoSquad mod (which is what I originally wanted to do- but decided against it) with E-Frames and such. I considered trying to do stuff like tanks, vehicles, etc. in the 2132 universe as well, but eventually decided I wanted to have the game focused mostly on simple infantry warfare, which I think is unique to the "space mods" out there. 2132 has a linear storyline, rather than "sandbox" gameplay. the mods have different aims, so I'd stray from saying one is "better" than the other.