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Bab 594: Pissing Contest

"Aha! My pride and joys... Hm, as for creating an army?... It takes two to three months for an egg to hatch, after that it would naturally take around one to two years for a Deathclaw to fully grow. Of course, we utilise various chemical agents, food and genetic splicing to speed up that time, but it would take at least two years to have a fully army at your disposal." he explains.

Afton slowly nods, "Mhm, that's too bad. I was hoping to lead an army of Deathclaws when conflict at Hoover Dam finally breaks out." he chuckles at the thought, "Could you imagine their faces!?"

...

Afton shakes his head and eventually stops laughing, "Right, you guys' sense of humour matches Gabe..."

"So, who did you bring with you on the expedition anyway? I looked at the logs but didn't see any of my 'tamed' Deathclaws having gone out..." Borous suddenly asks.

Afton scratches his head, "Er? What do you mean?"

"I mean, the only Deathclaws you could have taken out without my knowing was the group that had control chips planted in their skulls... Unfortunately, the procedure had also rendered them infertile, you do know their names right?"

Afton shakes his head, "Of course not... The only way I would remember them is if you tattooed a number to their chests."

...

"I did do that." Borous states, causing Afton's brow to raise.

"But, neither of the Deathclaws I brought were tattooed..." Afton slowly says, wondering if there had been some sort of mistake.

"Did you see the surgical scars around their heads from where the chips had been installed? I put them inside their skulls so you must have seen those marks."

Afton again shakes his head, "No... They didn't have any marks on them whatsoever."

Borous quickly floats towards the lab door, "Then we have a problem... A MASSIVE problem!... A Deathclaw sized PROBLEM!" the scientist exclaims.

Afton follows the scientist as they fly as fast as they can towards the Deathclaw enclosure. "Those Deathclaws were fine though! Well behaved and followed orders..." he asks as they travel.

"I would hope so! That's what they're currently bred for!... But that doesn't mean there aren't risks! That's why I said to use the chipped ones!"

The duo continue moving until they reach the enclosure, both getting to the observation window where they examine each creature there... And sure enough, they both spot two scarred and numbered Deathclaws.

The chipped Deathclaws shouldn't be here, they were infertile and served no purpose other than for combat. So Afton must have accidentally swapped them with two unchipped ones somehow...

...

"Borous?" Afton asks as the scientist just stares dumbly into the enclosure. His voice breaking the brain-bowl out of their thoughts.

"Where are the chipped Deathclaws located? If what you said before is true, then perhaps those two you used are the bulls I need to be using for the next generation... But first I need to see them!"

Afton nods in agreement, he'd seen what some of the Deathclaw variants Borous had created do, some were mentally unstable and needed to immediately be put down, some were sluggish and lazy, while others were simply far weaker than their brethren...

Soon enough the frantic scientist and more or less interested protagonist reaches the kennels were the chipped Deathclaws were held. Once there they quickly spot the two unchipped creatures growling, grunting, and making other peculiar sounds towards the chipped ones. It was as if they were trying to communicate with their mentally deficient brethren, but becoming frustrated after not getting the replies they expect.

"You stay there doc, I'll be able to handle them if shit hits the fan, but I'd hate for you to be collateral." Afton states as he approaches the duo.

The chipped Deathclaws part and make way for him as he walks towards them, the two unchipped ones glaring down at him with their beady eyes.

"Yo, remember me?" he asks with a stern look

In response the two Deathclaws just chuff and growl, as if replying to his words. Though, he can easily see them flexing their claws. He'd learned from Borous that this was a challenging gesture, they were sizing him up. Seems like they were having second thoughts about following him since he lacked an army this time.

He bears his teeth and clenches his hands before them in return though, matching their gesture with a smug arrogance one wouldn't expect when presented with two massive predators.

The larger Deathclaw of the two takes a step forward and looks as if it would continue, but Afton just forms his plant arm into a massive claw dwarfing his opponents... Once the Deathclaws witnesses this it quickly backs down, looking deferential in Afton's presence.

He grins and looks back at Borous, "I think we've found your perfect specimens. Have some studies set up to determine how stable they are, oh, and try not to get killed while you're at it... We've almost found a way to stuff your brains into living bodies, it'd be a shame if you missed the opportunity." he adds before leaving the scientist to get to work.

The two Deathclaws watch Afton leave, and once he's out of sight they turn their attention towards Borous, who was suddenly feeling much smaller than he had earlier... "N-Nice Deathclaws..." he almost pleads placatingly as he makes a swift exit from the kennels.

Despite his rather panicked departure though, new ideas for these specimens were already swimming in his brain... It seemed that this new breed was similar to how dogs functioned, they were able to mark another creature, Deathclaw or not as the alpha, this is exactly what happened earlier between them and Afton.

The only problem now was to make sure they saw Bulwark officials as alphas... But, if that wasn't possible, then perhaps making Gabe the 'alpha' for now would work?


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Bab 595: DeathMarch

Time quickly passes after the Tunneler Extermination Expedition but unfortunately for Afton, his work never seems to be over... Despite having to lead the expedition, fighting on the front lines, and putting his own life at stake to make sure Big Mt would be safe, he still had to prepare for the incoming NCR attack on the booby-trapped Brotherhood base.

It wasn't just preparing for the attack that took most of his time however, that honour would belong to the ungodly information gathering and manipulation it took to keep the NCR unaware of his plans.

The eradication of the Black Mountain Super Mutants alone would be enough to draw attention, but he'd stupidly let his irrational and impulsive side act while he was there... If the NCR wasn't aware of his role in the mutants extermination before, they'd know as soon as they heard him singing over the radio...

Yeah, not one of his proudest moments... Despite that though, his pride forbade him from removing it after the fact. Regardless of how stupid and short-sighted it was, it was too late to avoid attracting attention... That, and he still thought it was very funny.

So nowadays most of his effort went into three main things; The first being manipulating the NCR and their information to make it look like the Brotherhood was still operational in the region. The NCR still thought he was 'allied' in some way with them, this was especially the case after the failed debate between him and Crocker, in which he'd made known his care for the Chapter.

His presence near them should not immediately mean the Chapter had been destroyed, and with a light sprinkling of laser fire at their scouts, along with prerecorded messages shouting 'For the Brotherhood!', and 'I die by the Codex!', the NCR would be caught completely unawares.

Funnily enough, his blunder in Black Mountain had actually improved his plan in some ways... With the NCR now sure he was working with the Brotherhood, they'd be bringing far more troops with heavy ordinance with the convoy. Once this group was eliminated and the Legion 'got word' of it, the Battle for Hoover Dam would be on the brink of happening at any moment.

Another thing he was working on were the various projects that hadn't been started, were left unfinished as the scientists focussed on something more important, or were nearing completion but were side aside due to time constraints.

Indeed, there were far more Projects that needed finishing than there were brains to work on them... Most of which were far too advanced for any regular scientist to even get a grasp on them. Despite how much he disliked to admit it at times, the Think Tank scientists were the best Earth had to offer.

If he wanted to recruit people into the Think Tank, he'd probably have to force them to study for thirty years straight just to get up to the basics... This wouldn't even involve the harder concepts the scientists involved themselves in, nor would it help breed 'innovation' due to how structured the education would need to be...

Add the fact neither Afton nor the scientists had the time to create an effective syllabus that would teach everything that needed to be known, the possible options for the Think Tank were little to none.

There was the possibility of creating minds like Glados, but that idea was quickly scrapped by not only Afton, but Mobius, Klein, Zero, 8, and surprisingly enough, Glados... The arguments were thus;

More incredibly intelligent and independent AI's increased the chance of one going rogue and attempting to go 'Skynet'... Not that the scientists knew was Skynet was, but they got the jist.

Creating said AI's was incredibly difficult, time-consuming, and perhaps even impossible considering how hard it was for Afton to create Glados... He'd needed the assistance of his Perk [Eureka!] to even properly finish it, without it the Project might've taken years at the least.

There was also the fact that AI's created in such a manner would think in similar ways, making innovation difficult, if not impossible... It would essentially be like building railways as opposed to cars... Sure, the trains might be faster, but they were limited in their movement and would only reach a few destinations, or 'conclusions'.

Last but not least was Glados assistance that there be no more AI's like her... Afton was sure she was exhibiting jealousy, pride, and other emotions, but when questioned on it she rejected such a notion as 'So stupid that my creator could not have possibly come up with it'. Yeah, that put an end to that conversation.

The Project Afton had actually been working on in the meantime were combat-ready miniaturized shielding... Specifically in the application of Power Armour. It was basically already complete, all it needed now was to be integrated into the armour...

The third thing that demanded a good portion of his time was creating another edition of the 'Dirt-Vehicle' family. His robots had scavenged the remnants of it from the Sierra Madre, so his [Mechanicus] Perk was getting to work repairing those ruined parts, but in the meantime, he was working on ways to improve it for the coming battle.

Obviously, he couldn't go the route he had with Dirt-Hog by slapping thick saturenite plating on it, the thing had to fly after all, and he sincerely doubted their ability to defy the laws of physics... At least, in that regard.

Thus, he had his new Head Engineer helping out with it... Raul wasn't the best, but he could certainly learn. The Ghoul had scattered knowledge, most of it centring on pre-war cars, trucks, and road vehicles. After the Great War he dabbled in scavenging from what Afton knew, learning bits and pieces here and there.

Raul would help him work on improving the Vertibird while Glados compiled the schematics Big Mt had on vehicles, engineering, and some bits on electronics. Josie was also assisting him with this, but she was another problem entirely...


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