Capítulo 287: Corrosive personality...
Afton does as 8 says and deconstructs the Robo-Scorpion, following the schematics and making sure not to trigger any of its self-destruct trips. After thirty minutes or so he had a pile of scrap in front of him, one which 8 was quickly going through to find the component he needed.
Eventually, the robot takes out a small box and places it on the workbench in front of him, quickly pulling out a multitude of tools with his manipulators before getting to work. While that was going on, Afton decided to look at the robots other components, furrowing a brow once he spots several things he doesn't recognise...
"Huh..." Afton mutters, realising what it was... It was a shorted out nuclear device, probably meant to destroy the robot and prevent it being captured. Judging by the damage to it, the electro-magnetic attack done by the X-2 Antenna fried it before it could blow up, allowing him to capture the scorpion...
Still, it was kinda scary to have a small nuclear bomb in his hands...
"*Mr Parker, it's done.*" 8 buzzes out.
"What's done?" he asks back, carefully leaving the nuclear device and walking towards 8... He wished to stay away from it, otherwise his [Mechanicus] Perk might repair it and allow it to detonate at any moment.
Dr. 8 turns around and extend a black box with a small makeshift-button attached to it. "*I've made some modifications to it, if you click the button, all Robo-Scorpions in the area will receive the command from 'Doctor Mobius' to 'Attack everything Scorpion-like.'. As I said earlier, it may only work once or twice, so only use it in an emergency.*"
Afton examines it for a couple moments before shoving it in his satchel and nodding, "Nice, thanks 8."
"*It's my pleasure Mr Parker. Try not to hurt yourself again while retrieving our technology, we have time enough to recreate them if needed, but we'll likely never acquire a Lobotomite quite like yourself.*" the scientist says, and Afton isn't sure whether or not he should be happy about it.
"Alright, well, I'll see then. Hopefully, I remain in one piece." Afton says, turning and leaving while glancing at his Pipboy map. There were several places he wanted to visit on his way to the X-13 Research Facility.
In between, it was the X-12 Research center, Z-43 Innovative Toxins Plant, Z-38 Lightwave Dynamics Research, and X-66 Hexcrete Archipelago.
Afton wasn't quite sure what they would have inside them, but hopefully, it'd be something he could stea*cough*, acquire... Besides, he already got permission from the scientists to take whatever technology he wanted.
He steps outside the Think Tank and is greeted by the morning sun... Fortunately, there weren't any Lobotomite's around to ruin his day yet. He double-checks his weaponry before walking West.
The easiest to reach and closest place for him to reach was the X-12 Research center. There weren't any enemies nearby so he just simply walked up to the building. Once inside he spots a forcefield blocking access to a stairway, preventing him from going any further without the requisite tool to unlock it...
"Hmm. Guess I'll have to come back here later." he mutters, going outside and continuing west. Already, he could see large hexagonal pillars sprouting from the ground as if they were growing like organic beings. Just what kind of catastrophe could have caused that?
Following the Pipboy, he leaves the well-tread path and starts going towards the Toxins plant. On his way there he spots a large contingent of Lobotomite's walking through the hexagonal forest. All of which was wielding various weapons.
Afton decided that evading the large group would probably be better in the long run. No point wasting ammo on them, especially if he could use them against the Robo-Scorpions in future. Once they pass he continues and finally spots the Toxins plant... Funnily enough, it looked like a regular building... Aside from the hexagonal pillars growing from the ground.
He was a good distance away, but could already feel the radiation brushing against his skin, his Pipboy slowly clicking in response. Whatever the case, the plant was heavily irradiated. He was highly resistant to it, but depending on how bad the radiation was he may succumb eventually.
Inside the plant was dark, but had a few glowing green light sources dotted around. His Geigar counter was going crazy, but Afton ignored that for now and started looking around.
He found some keys, irradiated food and drink, melted terminals, and last but certainly not least... A glowing green glove that seemed to be slowly melting through the floor... He didn't dare touch it, as if it was capable of melting through metal and concrete, his hands wouldn't stand a chance... Besides, the radiation it was emitting was higher than everything else in the room.
Shaking his head, he decides to leave with the loot he'd manage to recover from this irradiated mess. However, once he leaves the plant he's greeted with three armed Y-17 Trauma harnesses. The blank skulls sitting within their bowl helmet staring lifelessly at him.
"Err... Yo?" he says sheepishly, giving a wave in greeting... Before having to throw himself to the side as plasma and laser weapons start firing at him. They were pretty close, making it difficult to dodge, but Afton wasn't going to make it easy for them... He was in direct sunlight, empowered by radiation, and just so happened to have axe-lightsabers on him.
[Solar Powered is in effect]
[Atomic! is in effect]
[John Wick Style is in effect]
With a 14 Strength enhanced stomp, he throws himself towards the nearest Y-13 Harness, the suit not being able to reach to how quickly he'd changed his speed and trajectory. Rearing his head back, he headbutts the reinforced glass dome holding the enemies skull, shattering it into a million little pieces, before swiping both Proton axes he was holding through its body.
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Capítulo 288: Halo Ring?
The Y-13 harness falls to pieces and Afton throws the two axes at the remaining ones. Both hitting the enemy's in the chest and causing them to fall to the ground while spasming, the electro-magnetic effect of the weapons causes havoc upon suits mechanical insides.
Yeah, these things might be tough against anyone else, but with all his Perks and physical statics, they don't really stand a chance... Putting away his axes, he stuffs their weapons in his backpack before heading off to his next destination.
Unexpectedly, there weren't all that many interesting things inside the concrete hexagonal forest. Sure there were a few landmines he had to keep an eye out for, but other than that this place was pretty barren.
It didn't take long to reach the next location of interest, Lightwaves Dynamics Research. The building looked similar to the last one, like a regular warehouse you'd see in any arid parts of America...
Afton did notice a couple creatures patrolling the outskirts of the building though. They walked on all fours and had a similar body shape to mountain lions, though their heads looked reptilian, like a snake's. Their tales also appeared to resemble rattle-snakes, as opposed to regular mammals.
All in all, Afton was 99% sure these things were biologically engineered. It just didn't make sense that a mammal would mutate to acquire reptilian features. Regardless, he recognised what they were from his time in the Brotherhood... Night Stalkers. Incredibly stealthy, and deadly predators, that can be found throughout the wasteland.
The Brotherhood wasn't sure where they originate from, but if Afton had to guess. He'd say the Think Tank may have had a hand in them... Especially considering the fact that no creatures could enter or leave due to the tesla fence surrounding the crater.
It didn't take long to pick them all off with his Anti-Material rifle. By the time they found where he was shooting from most were already dead. Their tough skin didn't do much against .50 calibre bullets. With that done, he headed to the doors of the building.
Once inside, however, this place was completely different from the last facility. It was a huge single room with metal stairs leading up to a balcony at the end of the opposite side, overlooking everything around it. It was very dark, but in the middle of the room was some kind of light beam? It travelled from the roof to the floor and appeared to be holding something up at around head height.
He wasn't sure what the purpose of the light was, but upon closer inspection, he spotted some kind of... Ring? Floating in the light. Now, he wasn't about to put his hand inside something that could potentially liquefy all of his organs instantly, even with his [Miracle Maker] Perk.
So, instead he just broke a nearby table and tossed a couple of wood shards through it... And was baffled when they halted in midair... No, not halted, just moving very, very slowly. As if their time relative to his own had been affected by the light.
He scratches his head, "The fuu-uck?" he mutters, wondering what this was, or why it functioned like that. Ignoring the beam of light for now, he headed up the stairs and almost expelled it bowls when he came face to face with a GHOST!...
...
No, not a ghost. Just a hologram? It turned to look at him but didn't do anything else... Afton waves his hand at it and finds his hand going straight through it. "Er, do you speak?" he asks, but doesn't receive an answer.
He spots a terminal nearby and accesses it, finding a few emails explaining that the 'hologram' project would have been scrapped without 'Sinclair's request'. This was the guy who supposedly created the Sierra Madre, the place Christine had chased Elijah to...
Afton continues investigating and finds a number of controls around the room, there were a couple large generators in the corner of the room, giving off a low hum as they continued to produce power for this facility, even 200 years later.
It was slightly distracting to work on the machinery while the ghostly figures of the holograms were walking around, but he couldn't really do much about them right now... Though, he found a button he was sure would turn them off and pushed it, causing the beam of light in the middle of the room to shut off instead of the holograms.
Shrugging to himself, he spots that the pieces of wood that he'd thrown earlier had dropped to the ground now that the light wasn't putting them in stasis. And, now that the light wasn't there, he could clearly see the other object that had been suspended.
The ring of light was now on the floor, slowly pulsing but giving off no sound whatsoever. Afton tentatively picks it up and finds that its material is incredibly light, flexible, and feel like nothing he'd every felt before.
Using his Pipboy, he examines it to see what exactly it was...
[Valence radii-accentuator]
DT : 3
Weight : 1
Value : 10000
Effects : +1 Endurance, gradual health regeneration.
...
"Are you supposed to wear this?" he mutters to himself, fiddling around with the ring of light. Honestly, it looked like a halo that angels were depicted to have... He rests it atop his head and looks up in wonder as it comfortably floats above his head. He immediately noticed some feeling of warmth slowly wash over him, perhaps it was the health regeneration aspect?
This was interesting technology, but he wasn't sure whether he could wear it outside of Big MT... What would people think if they saw him walking around wearing a literal halo? Yeah, that'd draw too much attention.
Regardless, he'd keep it on during his stay in Big MT... Hopefully he'd find some way of making it more translucent or something.
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Yeah, I wasn't really sure what to make of the Valence radii-accentuator's during my initial playthrough of the DLC... They just seemed so... out of place?
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