บท 404: Praise the su-Helios One!
The group were on the road again, however this time they had a different objective in mind... They were currently barreling down the road, past the 188 Trading Post and towards Novac.
Afton hadn't told the rest of the group yet, but it was not Novac he intended to visit... No, he actually wished to gain entry into Helios One. After all, what better weapon to use against an army than an orbital death laser...
The only person who might actually have an inkling into what his plan might be is Veronica, but she was keeping her mouth shut for fear of the information getting out... Elder Elijah was still a sore spot for her, especially after Afton had told her that the man had caused Christine to be experimented on.
Still, that wasn't all that'd happened since they start driving to Novac...
"Operations in the Think Tank are continuing at an adequate pace. The slaves are all participating in limited capacities, but are not being experimented on, under your orders. Research would progress at a much faster rate if you rescinded that order." the voice of Glados asks in his mind as he sits in the passenger seat.
Yesterday the AI had apparently managed to create some sort of telepathy device by utilising the X-2 Antenna. Something about being able to transmit and receive brainwaves over a large distance, apparently since he still had all that machinery in his head, Glados was able to contact him whenever and wherever he was... Though, the quality of the transmitted information was heavily reliant on whether he was underground or not. Brain waves don't travel through earth all that well apparently.
"And how goes research on the Powerarmour? I know you've only had a day, but I trust your and the scientist's expertise in the matter..." he concentrates on this thought with a determined look on his face.
It was difficult to send what he actually wanted to send instead of a tsunami of other information he was unconsciously thinking about. Still, with some practice, he imagined he'd get the hang of it. He only hoped Glados wouldn't judge him for some of the more 'daring' thought he might have...
Anyway, from Glados occasional updates, he was now aware that Doctor Zero had dismantled the Powerarmour and they were now examining each individual piece of technology contained within to get an accurate idea about how it all worked. The scientists were more or less aware of how it functioned, but it was the small intricacies that escaped them.
For example, how strong the servos in the limbs should be... One wrong adjustment and the robotic arm would tear the user's limb off... Afton would definitely make them test whatever they make on some Lobotomites before he gives a set to Veronica.
Additionally, the other projects he'd set the Think Tank had made much progress. Most of all were the cloning tech. Indeed, Dala was eagerly working on it for obvious reasons. She more than anyone wanted a flesh and blood body again, she'd not tasted, felt, smelt, or touched anything in two hundred years... Afton knew he'd have gone crazy in the same situation.
Still, depending on how attractive Dala turns out being, he might have to indulge her once she regains her body... Just to show his gratitude, of course, he had no other motives...
Other than the new telepathic mode of communication Glados had discovered, Afton also wanted to check the area around Helios One. He wanted to see if there were any scraps leftover from that battle all those years ago. He knew the NCR would have likely taken everything and attempted to reconstruct it into something viable, but perhaps they'd missed something?
Though, there was still one thing he was unsure about... Whether or not to revisit the Brotherhood of Steel bunker. He was sure he would go in with Veronica, but now he had the opportunity he was getting cold feet...
Just thinking about how those he'd left behind would react was not a nice thought. But, perhaps they'd forgive him after he'd fixed the ventilation?... Yeah, probably not.
As the group were driving towards Novac they were of course pleasantly received. They hadn't been gone that long so to the residents it was as if only yesterday Afton and his group had saved the town...
Of course, Veronica and Tamia hadn't been with them last time, so the group took the time to introduce them to everyone... Though, as this was happening Afton was elsewhere.
A few miles up the street from Novac was Helios One, the research facility that the Brotherhood of Steel had previously inhabited, but was now managed by the NCR. It brought back both good, and bad memories as he approached the place.
Around the perimeter were a decent amount of NCR troopers patrolling the place. It was funny that they could spare so many soldiers here but almost completely neglected Novac's safety... Guess it just showed what the NCR's priorities were.
Afton wasn't really sure what the NCR thought of him nowadays, he had massacred the Tops recently and gotten away with it scotch-free... No doubt the soldiers in Helios One would've heard about it.
It was for that reason he couldn't risk being seen near it. His plan was to activate Archimedes so he could drop orbital lasers on whoever he wants, additionally, it would be a good idea to distance himself from the facility so he'd have at least some sort of alibi when people start investigating...
He had no doubt people would start shitting themselves once he used the weapon, the last thing he wanted was for people to link Helios One to it and stop it from powering the weapon.
So, instead of just strolling up to the front doors, he activates his Stealthboy and goes invisible, afterwards sneaking to the back entrance contained within metal linked fences. He'd not immediately activate the facility, first he wanted to know just how far the NCR scientists had gotten to discovering the true functions of Helios One.
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บท 405: Pinky and the Brain...
Deep within the laboratory of Helios One sat two men. One, a highly qualified scientist of high report secretly belonging to the Followers of the Apocolypse. And the other, well, it's best to leave that bit unsaid.
Ignacio Rivas sighs and rubs his face after going over his recent review of the various machinery contained within the facility, when he'd first arrived he'd assumed that the job would be fairly simple, all he had to do was reroute the energy from whatever it was previously going to and 'wallah' done.
But, he'd seemingly forgotten the Brotherhood of Steel's unwillingness to share technology. Sure, most of the machinery inside the main building was still fully functional, but that didn't matter as the Brotherhood had reactivated all security available to prevent people from accessing the mainframe.
Not only that, but the NCR were far from willing to waste more troops fighting their way through all the robots currently down there... A single Sentryboy could wipe out a squad of unprepared troopers with relative ease, and since the NCR had no idea just how many there were down there, they were shitting bricks waiting for one to go rouge to break loose and decimate their forces.
Ignacio gives a deep sigh and rests his head against the control panel at the bathroom door opens to reveal his 'colleague'... Fantastic he calls himself, now Dr. Fantastic, though Ignacio still hadn't seen what Doctorate the man supposedly had.
Fantastic stumbles out of the bathroom with a pale face and heavily dilated eyes signifying he'd just taken some sort of chem... "Urgh, where did the NCR find you? Passed out in a Freeside alley?" Ignacio mutters to himself.
"H-hey dude, just had to take a piss-break. How're you gettin' on with all that science stuff?" Fantastic asks, his voice as annoying as his dopey face. He was lucky he had tinted glasses to conceal the redness in his eyes that he no doubt had.
"Oh? And what 'Science-Stuff' would you expect me to be doing? Specifically." Ignacio asks, wanting to catch the idiot out on his lies.
Of course, Fantastic does just as you'd expect. "Er, well... Youknow, connectin' the thingamabob with the doohickey to make it go *Ping!... Right?"
...
Ignacio just rubs the bridge of his nose, wondering how he'd gotten into this mess. By now the NCR had already realised what a moron they'd hired, but they'd already signed a contract with him, preventing him from being let go without paying for the rest of his contracted time... So, instead of removing the obstacle, they elected to keep him here, to see if the idiot stumbled onto a solution...
Ignacio kept asking Fantastic various questions, eventually finishing with the most important. "Do you even know what we're supposed to be doing here?"
Fantastic nods, "Yeah, broo. We gotta fix up this place, make it shiny and activate those mirror things outside..."
Ignacio crosses his arms, "And once done, divide the energy between Freeside."
Fantastic shakes his head, "That's not what I heard. That lady wanted all the energy to go to Camp McCarren or whatever, right?"
Ignacio just stays silent. Yes, that is what they were 'hired' to do, but as a Follower of the Apocalypse, his goal was to spread peace and prosperity to as many people as possible... Altering the energy output slightly wouldn't harm the NCR anyway, especially since they control the dam.
Fortunately for the over and underworked duo, neither noticed the invisible shimmering silhouette who'd been listening in on their conversation thus far.
Afton grins at what he'd just learned as he sneaks away. Apparently, the NCR was more incompetent than he'd initially thought, hiring only two scientists to operate the facility... It'd taken almost everyone Scribe the Brotherhood had at its disposal to figure out, repair, and operate this place. What hope did they have with a scientist and a retard?
Sure, the place was mostly operational, but you'd still need someone to reactivate it. Which would be very, very difficult for the duo the NCR had just hired... Fortunately, Afton intended to activate the facility under their noses, distributing the energy where it needed to go, while hiding a secret function that no one would notice without a significant amount of snooping around.
Afton snuck out of the laboratory and back into the wasteland, he was currently right under the central array that would collect the energy from the solar panels... Only that it was currently misaligned, making it incredibly inefficient.
He sneaks over towards the basement entrance and lets himself inside, none of the robots notice him as he walks past them, though, he doesn't have much time left on his Stealthboy. Which is fine as all he needed to do was reach a terminal and designate himself as Brotherhood of Steel personnel.
Once he was registered, he could go through the facility unmolested. And he did just that, strolling through until he reached the mainframe. However, somehow the cable powering it had become frayed, but this was easily fixed with some DIY tricks. Once done, he logs onto the mainframe and starts playing around with the settings.
He remembered being here all those years ago when Elder Elijah had abandoned them... Now, he finally had the opportunity to put the shit he knew into action.
First, he designates energy distribution to go to Freeside, Westside, CampMcCarren, and New Vegas. Second, he makes it seems as if there is a tiny leak on the energy, though, its true purpose is to power the Orbital Laser.
It should, if everything went well, grant him an Orbital Charge once every two weeks. This wasn't to say he could store it up however, no it didn't work like that. All it meant was that he'd have to wait two weeks after each shot before it was ready again.
"I've done what you could not, Elijah, you crazy bastard." Afton mutters as he leaves the terminal.
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