บท 426: Visions.
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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บท 427: Apocalyptic
A couple days later Afton, Karl and Anja were all gathered atop a hill overlooking an encampment. It was one of the newest Legion Raid camps that'd sprung up lately. Afton had tried ignoring them at first, hoping the NCR would deal with them instead, but for some reason, the camps weren't even touched...
Of course, 'Raid Camp' is the polite term, as their primary function is to capture Mojave residents and ship them back to Cottonwood Cove were they'd be collared and made slaves. Afton had been holding off on actually dealing them until now as he didn't want to waste resources assisting his enemies... However, there was only so much Legion bull shit he could take before his hand was forced.
Afton was currently wearing the Stealth Suit under his greyish black duster made from Deathclaw Mother leather. Karl and Anja were wearing beige version that weren't as durable but still added a significant amount of strength...
Karl had it over his combat armour while Anja wore it over her recon armour. His companions were less sure on their defensive properties, but that was cleaned up when Afton shot Karl in the chest with Lucky, one of his less powerful revolvers.
The man had been slightly winded, but other than that he was completely fine... The Duster didn't have a scratch n it either.
"So, kid... How'd you wanna deal with this camp?" Karl asks as he looks through the scope on his Anti-Material rifle at the camp.
Afton shrugs, "Since they only just set up and are lacking hostages, I figured I could test out a new weapon." he states, reaching into his bag and pulling out the Range Finder.
"Are you sure you want to destroy it so quickly, sir? This one is much more hidden than the others, it might have something valuable in it." Anja asks, her face concealed by her mask and hood.
Afton just shakes his head, "We can sift through the ashes afterwards if you really want." he says before pointing his weapon at the camp. "Oh, by the way, neither of you should mention what happens next to anyone." he states.
That was the reason he'd only brought the two of them, he trusted them far more than everyone else with this knowledge. Even Veronica might accidentally blurt something out to the Brotherhood about it, so it was better to be safe than sorry.
Afton points the gun in the center of the camp and holds the trigger down, the holographic screen on the back starts going through a changes, with writing appearing on it with various shapes and forms.
A small laser comes out of the gun and hits the ground in the middle of the camp where he was aiming. He had to hold down the trigger and aim with a steady hand to keep the gun operating.
*Loading*
*Loading*
*Accessing network*
*Connection established*
*Triangulating target*
The small, almost invisible laser projecting from the Range Finder allows three humungous lasers to come down from the sky and to start spinning around where he was aiming. The Legionaries had notices the peculiar sight at this point and were all staring up at the sky in confusion.
*Activating Orbital Defence System*
*Firing in 3-2-1-0*
Once the three lasers connect Afton, Karl, and Anja are blinded by light as what felt like the apocalypse occurred... A massive beam of light shoots from the sky and envelopes the entirety of the camp, the force of which was enough to knock Anja and Karl on their backs.
Afton squints his eyes as a wave of heat washes past, making the usual desert sun pale in comparison... Were it not for his durability, he was sure all of his hair might've been singed off. The beam of light from the sky only lasts a couple second, but once it ends all that's left of the camp is a glass-filled crater... The heat seemed to have crystalised everything on contact, making it look like the Space Marines had particularly disliked that part of the planet.
That wasn't all that happened however...
[Lord Death v4 1000/2000]
[Blind Fire : Shoot the eye's of your enemies : 100/100]
[Blind Fire Complete! Perk granted : Luck of the Draw]
[Luck of the Draw] : Luck when in combat increased by 2.
[Use the Orbital Laser!!!! Complete! Perk granted : Second Apocalypse]
[Second Apocalypse] : Gain a point in one random stat every time you kill more than one thousand people in an instant.
Afton was very, very happy about the perks he received... Luck of the Draw was 'ok', and would most likely help in minute ways he wouldn't notice, but Second Apocalypse was pretty fucking broken... The only problem was, if he wanted to use it he'd literally have to massacre thousands of people.
He glances over at his companions who were both gaping at the result of the weapon, and Afton couldn't help but feel smug at how much damage he'd just done...
However, it seems that he hadn't taken one thing into account...
*BOOOOOM!*
Something explodes from under the crater, and from the plumes of thick mushroom cloud-shaped smoke, it seems that there was a cache of Mini-Nukes buried underneath the camp... Though, he quickly found himself corrected when a new notification made itself known...
[Find the mystery bomb maker from Vault 11 Quest Failed!]
Yeah... Apparently, the man was working for the Legion... And also happened to be in the camp the one time he decides to use the Orbital Laser... Shit.
"The fuck was that?" Karl mutters, still glaring at the now larger crater before them.
Afton shrugs, "Legion must've been stockpiling explosives for something... Good thing we destroyed it, they might've been waiting to use it on Novac." he says, not giving any indication he knew the actual answer. "Plus, if anyone comes to investigate it'll just look like an accident, instead of an Orbital Laser attack... Even if some people did see the laser, they might just confused it with multiple nuke detonations... Come on, let's get going before anyone spots us." he says, standing up and quickly leaving the hill.
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