I was just about to head towards the kitchen with Lea and Amber when I heard footsteps thundering from behind .
Turning back, I saw Ries running towards with an excited look on her face.
"Boss! Boss!! I need you! Quickly! Quickly!"
Eh? Err… Ok?
I turned back to look at Lea and Amber and both girls gave a nod to show that I should follow her.
"You two go ahead then," I instructed before turning back to follow Ries, the Maochatte leading back to her workshop.
Ries seed to really be in a hurry because she wasn't willing to waste anymore ti and grabbed my hand before she started running in the direction of the workshop, pulling along behind her.
I was wondering what she needed for since I'm not really sure if I could be of any help in her workshop… Unless she wanted to bend her over on the desk again since she seed to like that position…
When the doors slid open, I realised why she wanted here.
Ries skipped over to the assembled power armour and gestured towards it with a flourish, "Tadah! What do you think, Boss?! I think I did a pretty good job even if I do say so myself!"
Truth be told, it was… Aweso.
The imposing look of the armour… The sleek design… The nacing look of the helt… So cool.
"It…. Looks a little different as compared to the ones we saw though?" I pointed out.
The ones I rember those guys were using seed to be a little more on the bulkier side while this one seed to be a little slimr?
Ries grinned at , "I'm so glad you asked, Boss! I did so upgrades of my own!"
She then beckoned to and I could see her tail swaying excitedly behind her and I think I know what I was going to be subjected to in a few monts…
She patted the side of the armour, "They made this with cost efficiency and modability in mind so that the military can cut down on the need for specialised power armour when they can just take the base and equip it with the mods they need for their mission. The idea was so that they can be deployed in any scenario and also minimise the chances where their power armour cannot be deployed for any reason! But obviously, they can't just spend all their money on just one power armour so they have to spread the money out on each unit to make a general model~"
She then gestured towards the side and I realised the leftover power armour parts that we had salvaged were left in a pile there. But compared to before there were significantly fewer parts than what we salvaged.
"For us, we don't have that requirent so I went ahead to take all the parts that I could combine together to make them more effective!"
I raised an eyebrow at her, "Ok… So what exactly did you change?"
"Ehehe~ Boss must be wondering why the armour seems smaller than before right?"
I nodded.
"The equipnt those guards sent by the nobles were much better compared to the power armour ironically so I replaced what I could with those instead. So we don't need those heavy armour plates anymore! Additionally, I also revamped the shield systems to make use of the ones we took from the noble guards as well so this shield is much stronger than before! Plus… Ehehehe~ I have so plans for the future as well so look forward to it, Boss!!"
Oh~ That certainly sounds nice~
I turned back to look at the power armour.
Hmm? That's odd…
I feel like there was sothing missing but I couldn't put my finger on what exactly was missing…
Wait! I know!
"Where's all the weapons, Ries? Didn't you buy a lot of weapons from the weapons store the other day?" I asked.
Ries scratched her cheek sheepishly, "Umm… About that… Because I went to overhaul the armour… I'll need so ti to update the weapons systems to allow it to control all of the weapons I have brought back… That might take a while I'm afraid…"
Ah… Ok…
The Maochatte quickly added, "But! Everything else is working, Boss! That's why I wanted you to test it out first!"
"Test it out? Err… Sure I guess… What do I need to do?"
"Just step into the power armour, Boss!"
"Yeah… Err… This is my first ti wearing one… So how do I put that on?"
Ries gasped, "Really?! Then… I get to be your first, Boss!"
… You should reconsider your words, Ries… And wasn't I your first?
Ah whatever, she looks so happy right now so I'll just keep my mouth shut.
She took my hand and pulled closer to the power armour, positioning behind it.
"Just walk up to it, Boss~" She instructed cheerfully.
Ok… I'm assuming it's supposed to open up or sothing?
I did as she asked and walked up to the back of the power armour.
Sure enough, when I got close to it, the back of the armour popped open, sliding upwards to give space to climb in.
Just the back though, so the legs were still closed up but I can see handles inside the torso portion which I assu was there to aid in climbing in. I guess I need to slide myself in there?
It looks like the interior of the armour was padded as well and not tallic so it shouldn't feel that uncomfortable to be inside so that's nice.
I turned back to Ries, "Do I need to wear sothing special before going in?"
Ries blinked at , "Umm… You're not wearing any really baggy clothes so that's fine Boss. There are specialised suits for this but… Well… We don't have them…"
"Does the station sell them?"
"I'll take a look on the GalNet to see if there is any. Or else we might need to go find a store that sells them."
I turned back to the power armour. Since she said that it's fine…
I grabbed onto them and pulled myself up before sticking one foot through the leg armour and then putting my other foot in the other one.
Dropping into it, I bent my arms in to give them space to slide inside the arms of the power armour and the machine seed to co to life at that point.
The back armour slid down over my back to close over and the helt slid back down to cover my face, encasing in darkness.
It seems like it was doing an adjustnt of so sorts as the pad squeezed over my body to check my size before it pulled back, making it comfortably snug.
The area in front of then lit up and the words 'Calibrating' appeared.
"--an you hear now?" Ries's voice ca from the side.
"Ah, yes. I can hear you."
"Perfect~ Sound controls are working perfectly… Calibrations are also working fine… Is the HUD working?"
The screen in front of suddenly changed and a few windows popped up before moving to the edges of my vision, like it was so kind of ga UI.
Focusing on them, it seems like it was showing the status of the power armour and myself.
"Seems like it's working?" I told her.
"Great! The information displayed on them can be changed however you want so if there's sothing you want to know, you can just bring it up."
"How do I do that?"
"Ah! Just talk to the AI!"
Err… Ok?
"AI?" I tried.
"I am at your service, pilot," A monotonous voice replied from within the helt.
Ok, that's cool.
"What can you do?"
"I can monitor the status of the suit and the pilot as well as perform autonomous functions using the suit."
"Does that an you can pilot the suit yourself?"
"Incorrect. It is against my protocol to take direct control over the suit. I can, however, make use of the suit's functions to aid the pilot in preserving their safety while using the suit."
Ries spoke up right then, "There's automatic stims and also sensors built into the suit so the AI can control that and warn you about nearby threats~"
Ohhhh~ Wait a minute…
"AI, are you able to display like… A minimap or sothing?"
"Please hold. Creating minimap."
A new screen popped up at the top right hand corner of my vision and I realised that it was sothing like a radar where it showed obstacles in the form of solid colours with being in the centre.
There was a white dot behind which I believe was the suit's sensors detecting Ries.
Ries giggled, "Ehehehe~ I knew Boss would be able to adapt to it easily! The calibration should be done now! Try moving!"
I did as she suggested and tried to move myself, first trying to turn back to face Ries.
I was expecting the armour to be slow and clunky but… Wow… It just feels like I'm wearing really thick winter clothes with a helt covering my face. There was barely any lag in my movents and my freedom of movent isn't that compromised either.
…
Hey… Can I test this out sowhere?
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