Afton strolls into the Forbidden Zone laboratory to go check on the progress of the Power armour. Mobius and Klein were apparently running tests on the servos, so Afton thought he'd take a look and potentially add his own two cents.
Unfortunately, progress didn't seem to be as far along as he'd hoped... As soon as he stepped into the lab he was greeted by the shrieking of what sounded like a torture session with a rabid animal. Technically he wasn't wrong, just not in the way he'd first thought.
Mobius and Klein were both floating next a barebones suit of Power armour as a ghoul that's presumably from Little Yangtze attempts to move. Of course, the suit of armour was restricted by chains to prevent the ghoul from going on a rampage, but that didn't seem necessary with what Afton was looking at.
The ghoul had attempt to move it's arm, but the suit had overextended 'slightly'... The ghouls arm as bent backwards at a 180 degree angle, it's wrist becoming parallel with it's bicep... Yeah, pretty disgusting.
The ghoul, despite Afton's previous assumption that they don't feel pain, was roaring in agony and doing it's best to try and escape the suit.
"Ah, too strong on the servos again Klein? Perhaps I should edit it this time..." Mobius says to his colleague, seemingly unperturbed by the sight before him.
"I WILL DO IT PROPERLY THIS TIME, MOBIUS... THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY RIGHT? THIRD TIME'S A CHARM!" Klein states and Afton only now realises that the Ghoul's other arm was in a similar situation... Plus, he could see blood leaking from one of it's legs too.
Afton walks up with his arms crossed, "You guys alright? This doesn't even seem close to being completed... I expected this to be done a couple days ago, and yet you guys are still on it..."
"Ah, we found the correct strength a while ago, we were just seeing who could get closest to it with our sensors off... What? It gets pretty boring working constantly!" Mobius complains and a vein appears on Afton's forehead.
"So you're telling me you've been playing around for days...?" he asks dangerously.
"OF COURSE NOT! WE WERE JUST TAKING A BREAK! WE ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNING THE HELMET AND DISCUSSING WHAT WE SHOULD PUT INSIDE IT!" Klein exclaims, though Afton wasn't sure whether he intended it or if it was due to his broken voice modulator... Yeah, Afton found it funny to leave it broken.
Afton raises a brow, "Ok... Can you show me that instead of... This." he states, pointing a thumb at the still screaming ghoul.
The scientists nod with their robotic bodies and lead Afton through a couple rooms to to their destination. Once there he spots a helmet that's half constructed. It looks nothing like the Brotherhood of Steel T-51b helmet.
The T-51b helmet is large, unwieldy, and covered in exploitable area's... For example, the tubes that'd provide oxygen in a hostile environment aren't reinforced with anything, making it incredibly vulnerable to damage.
The visors, while being made with reinforced glass are still weak compared to the rest of it... This fact was burned into Afton's mind after what'd happened to his mother... A single .50Mg round and boom, the armour is useless. Despite it's weakness though, the visor still limited the users vision to a drastic degree, making combat much harder than it usually is.
Yeah, Afton really didn't like the Brotherhood of Steel's helmets... The one the scientists had created however was substantially different. Despite it only being half complete he could imagine how it'd look in future.
Instead of the 'bucket-like' shape of the T-51b helmet, it was more angular, the sides of the helmet was extended outwards slightly so the oxygen supply tube was so exposed... Even then, the scientists had obviously reinforced the tubing with Saturnite alloy, making it incredibly durable.
The brow of the helmet was more plated, and came down slightly, forming a tringle between eyes at the bridge of the nose. The eye's of the helmet were round, and provided a smaller target for those seeking to aim them.
Below that seemed to be grill-like air vents, allowing the wearer to breath should the oxygen supply be damage somehow. They were quite small and seemed well armoured, but despite that Afton still dislike them for disrupting the protection of the helm.
Before the scientists are able to say anything, he gestures at the grills, "Can we add further protection to this somehow? It wouldn't do for a bullet to breach through mid combat." he says.
Mobius and Klein look at one another for a moment, "That would be difficult, if we removed them then the wearer could suffocate if some components were damaged..." the former says.
Afton tabs his foot while contemplative, "Would it be possible to add forcefields in-between them then? We could do the same for the eyes as well." he asks.
"Hmm, that doesn't seem like a bad idea..."
"BUT THE FORCE FIELD EMITTERS ARE NOT SMALL ENOUGH FOR THIS YET! THE HELMET WOULD HAVE TO BE TWICE THE SIZE!" Klein says.
Afton shakes his head, "But if we can downsize the Force Field devices then it would be possible, yes?"
...
"I SUPPOSE..."
Afton nods, "Then focus on it. We won't replace the visors reinforced glass though, one lucky EMP and you'd have no eye protection after all. Also, while you're at it, see if you can't add some Force Field emitters into the wrists and hands of the suit..."
Mobius nods his body, "We will try to do that... But, before that, we may need your help with this, we've been arguing about this for hours now..."
Afton raises a brow, "About what?"
"ABOUT WHAT FEATURES THE HELMET SHOULD HAVE!"
"Features?"
"Yes! Features! Like those colourful buttons they used to have on TV remotes!" Mobius chirps.
"You want to put colourful buttons on the armour?" Afton asks with a blank expression.
"Ye-No! I mean useful features, like combat assisted targeting, or enemy indicators... Things of that nature...
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Afton slowly nods at Mobius, "Features... Alright, I can think of a few, just let me know if any are possible... Night vision."
"DOABLE."
"Inbuilt communication device, whether it be radio or something else doesn't matter."
"We might be able to do that, perhaps using those brainwave devices might do." Mobius queries.
Afton nods, "Alright, how about a Hud, or Heads up display... I'm thinking something holographic next to or near the eyes." he asks, wanting to know just how close he could get to Iron Man's armour before the universe implodes in on itself.
"That is basically just a more advanced version of our Aim assistance systems." Mobius states, causing Afton to frown at him.
"Then why haven't you created anything that uses it yet?" he asks the scientist.
"Because it was used when we created the Ultimo-Bot, we saw no need to add it on anything afterwards... But yes, this 'Heads up display' system you want is possible." Mobius explains.
Afton thinks for a moment before asking, "Would it be possible to allow Glados access to it's systems? She is already able to contact me via Brain waves, so I doubt it'd be that difficult... Also, would it be possible to have some way to integrate the Stealth Suit AI into it?" he asks, knowing that Nyx would throw a tantrum should she be stuck under the Power amour as he wore it.
"EASILY!" Klein confirms.
Afton nods but decides to confirm the basics before anything else, it wouldn't do if they forgot something. "Voice modulators? Lights, temperature monitor and controls? Manual overrides? Auto-inject medicine and chems?" he begins listing off everything that he could want, or might want for the helmet.
"Yes, yes, yes... Though, if we added all of that the helmet would be extraordinarily large and heavy... We'll design a couple and see what fits your preference." Mobius says.
Afton nods, "Is that all you had to show me?"
"Indeed. We will start discussing the rest of the armour when we come up with the correct mixture, thickness, and shape of the plating. I hadn't realised just how difficult it was to design armour..." Mobius explains.
"YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN DOCTOR O DESIGNING THE STEALTH SUIT! I WAS SURE HE WOULD DIE BEFORE IT WAS FINISHED! HE HADN'T EVEN BEEN THE MAIN PERSON DESIGNING IT! HAHA!" Klein chuckles, seeming to remember Zero's previous project.
With that, Afton leaves the two scientists to continue, hoping they wouldn't get caught up torturing their ghoul prisoner while they were at it...
Speaking of torturing ghoul prisoners, the Glowing One Project was coming along swimmingly. The only thing impeding it's progress at all was the lack of specially mutated ghouls around the wasteland.
They were horrifically rare, but were more numerous than one would expect... Perhaps this was due to their biological immortality? They were fairly strong and were even able to heal themselves via radiation, so perhaps that's the cause?
Regardless, the Robo-scorpions, Cyberdogs, and Protectrons had managed to capture around 20 Glowing Ones. It might not seem like much, but those 20 Ghouls were already powering half of Big Mt... When the number reaches around 100 they might be able to constantly use the teleportation tech for various projects...
Just imagine it... The Capital of New California, Shady Sands, a peaceful yet boring day when, *Zap!*, hundreds of bolts of lightning flash down from the sky, each bolt of lightning as it struck the ground leaving behind squads of heavily armoured warriors in power armour...
Afton wondered if he was becoming delusional, or whether or not what he was thinking is possible. He was sure it was, but even then, should he create an large army of power armour wearing teleporting bad asses?
Yes.
Yes.
And yes.
Besides, it would probably help with his goal of conquering the Mojave. Both sides fighting for the territory were doing so by throwing as many troops as each other as possible. Neither would be equipped to deal with that kind of attack.
Elsewhere :
Shani felt like she was in a nightmare... First she'd been captured by the Legion and abused, then she'd been 'saved' and whisked away to a strange place filled to the brim with monsters of the worst sort. The first thing they were asked when they arrived was whether or not they were test subjects...
Fortunately or not, they had been saved from that fate... Yet. Shani still felt like it was only a matter of time before something horrible happens to them. It wasn't like it was 'just' a gut feeling, no... Shani had a strange ability... One she had never told anyone about, even with the mounting evidence that it wasn't just a trick of her mind.
It started when she was a child... Her father had just left to go support the front lines against the Brotherhood of Steel when she had a strange feeling... Her eyes rolled to the back of her had and she had a vision of him walking on a mine and dying in a bloody explosion.
She ignored it though, thinking it was just her imagination... Months later she knew that not to be true when she heard of what'd killed him. They held a closed lid funeral due to the appalling state of his body
She'd felt the same sensation years later... Her boyfriend was at work at the office when she received another vision... This time she saw him, buried under rubble with a crushed skull. Immediately, remembering the fate of her father, she used an NCR radio to contact him, telling him of what she saw. He ignored her at first, but under her increasingly erratic pleading, he eventually listened... He was about to leave his office when the entrance collapsed, crushing him and proving her vision right yet again... Only... Her boyfriend was the only one killed as the entrance was the only thing that collapsed...
Distraught and feeling responsible, she left her home town, traveling from place to place until she ended up in the Mojave where she was captured, saved, and now here...
Unfortunately, she'd seen another vision... This time involving herself. She was strapped to a white table as strange robotic beings dissected her as she screamed in agony... That was the fate that awaited her.
Shani knew when she received that vision that she had to escape. There was no other option, her future was torture an death, so, she might as well do her best to avoid it...
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