"Luxion?" I called out.
"What is it you require master?" The AI said while still pouting about his nickname, sourpuss.
"I wanted to discuss our plans for the future."
"I would be happy to assist you with the destruction of the New Humans!"
"Bad Luxion! We are not killing off all of the magic humans, that would be bad. Besides, there will be nothing for me to do if everyone else is dead, better to just make sure they don't cause the end of the world...again."
"I believe such an effort would be a waste of resources. They will continue to pollute the planet with their magic constructs, it would be more humane to end their suffering now." I couldn't help but roll my eyes at my new psychopathic robot best friend.
"We are not killing them off, and that's final. That being said, there are plenty of them who will need to die in order to avoid a second apocalypse. For now though, I need to know the status of your main body."
I then heard an emotionless Luxion call out his status. "Running diagnostics, reactor...normal, life support...normal, power delivery...normal, propulsion...normal, computer control systems...normal, matter conversion matrix...normal, onboard factory unit...normal, propulsion...normal, weapon systems...normal, secondary subsystem...normal." After the checks he switched back to his usual tone. "It would seem that all systems are fully operational, as expected of a body built by the Old Humans." He said the last part in a tone dripping with sarcasm, clearly thinking very little of New Human magitech.
"Perfect! I hope you're ready to stretch your proverbial legs because we have work to do."
"You mean that I have work to do while you do nothing?" Luxion spoke from his newly deployed assistant ball form.
"Gasp," I dramatically put my hand over my chest in mock surprise. "Of course not. I will be busy supervising your work, to insure your work is up to code. It would be a disaster if we got audited by OSHA and were forced to shutdown our operations." After that comment, Luxion just glared at me.
"Very well, what do you need?"
"So here's what I'm thinking..."
Three months later
My plans were finally coming together. I stamped Luxion on the second day I spent with the snarky AI, meaning that three days later a 120 beautiful credits were deposited in my account. After a week of letting the stamp's loyalty settle in, I revealed everything to him. He had mixed feelings about it, but seemed to perk right up when I showed him the magical supply warehouse in the pocket dimension. As such, Luxion would enter the pocket dimension every day and withdraw all 50 kgs (110.23 lbs) of resources, sent to one of the mansion's workshops, in order to supplement his limited supplies.
I used the Mansion's internet access to show Luxion several power armor designs, and the ship I want him to build for me.
The old ship hulls were fully recycled to build one of the cornerstones of my future plans, a 513 m (1683.07 ft) long battlecruiser. Clad in 25 cm (9.84 in) of advanced titanium-ceramic-carbide composite armor, the Yorktown's sleek whale-like hull was equipped with a powerful fusion reactor, had a smaller factory unit installed with its own matter conversion matrix, and a hanger capable of housing up to twelve power armor and numerous utility craft. Along the hull were three 55 cm (21.65 in) twin barrel chem-rail main guns, two smaller 48 cm (18.9 in) rapid fire twin chem-rails that could deploy from the bottom of the vessel, twenty 25 mm (0.98 mm) CIWS rotary cannons, twenty-four multipurpose missile tubes on the rear, and a large particle beam cannon running two-thirds of the ships length.
AN: Chem-rails are a 2-stage weapon that fire a normal cannon round into a magnetic accelerator rail. These guns are more power efficient, and allow you to fire them even when the rail portion can't be powered up properly. The real reason I picked them though, is that they are probably one of my favorite scifi weapons, outside of particle beams. The Matter Conversion Matrix (I'm going to refer to it as a MCM from now on) is the device that allows Luxion to quote, "turns rocks to gold." I'm having it operate by removing or adding subatomic particles to an atom in order to change what element it is. I'm aware that this would make a small scale fusion/fission reaction, but I can't think of a better way to explain this. BTW the ship design is the concept art for the SATO destroyer from Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, mediocre game, but top tier sci-fi tech designs. If you count, there are only 12 CIWS visible on the ship, the other 8 are retractable turrets below.
Inside the ship's hanger sat 4 unique power armor, and 2 transport craft. The first armor was based on the rugged GM Spartan. With a twin 50 mm (1.97 in) missile launcher on the right shoulder, a heated short sword on its back, three power armor grenades on the right hip, and a 25 mm (0.98 in) tri-barrel Gatling rifle that had an under barrel 20 mm (0.79 in) airburst grenade launcher, for anti-infantry operations. It has an air speed of around 450 kph (279.62 mph).
The second was based off the most beautiful mobile suits out there, the Jegan. This wasn't a standard Jegan though, no, this was an ECOAS type. It stood proud at 4.2 M (13.78 ft), in its ECOAS colors. The machine came armed with a 20 mm (0.79 in) assault rifle, a 40mm (1.57 in) DMR, a 120 mm (4.72 in) magazine fed recoilless rifle, a shield with six 50 mm (1.97 in) guided missiles in the left hand shield, three power armor grenades on the left hip, and a heated arming sword in its shield.
The fast and versatile frame of the M1 Astray was far more breathtaking than I could've ever imagined. The sleek black and white armor covering the 3.9 M (12.80 ft without the Aile Striker equipped) red frame is absolutely gorgeous! With the ability to hot-swop mission packs, the Astray is both my fastest unit, and the most versatile. The knockoff Aile Striker Luxion built has powerful thrusters and additional guide wings to make this unit far faster than anything built by the current world. Armed with a sturdy shield, a 25 mm (0.98 in) rifle, and twin straight swords, the is able to reach supersonic air speeds, making it the fastest armor I have and is completely unmatched by anything built today.
The last machine is Luxion's preferred armor, the classic Arroganz. With thick black armor, powerful oversized limbs, turret drones, and a massive thruster pack, Arroganz is a force of nature. The typical weapons are a 30 mm (1.18 in) assault rifle , a heated great sword, or a massive heated battle axe. Standing at an impressive 5.1 M (16.73 ft), its the biggest suit I have by far. Despite its great size, Arroganz is my second fastest flyer, able to break the sound barrier, if barely, at full thrust.
Next to these machine sat a pair of copied MV-29 Wyvern dropships. They are large craft at 20 M (66.4 ft) long by 22.2 M (72.9 ft) wide. With a nose mounted 25 mm (0.98 in) autocannon, four twin barreled 12.7 mm (0.50 in) chem-rail HMG turrets, and eight hardpoints on the wings, the Wyvern certainly lived up to its name. It can also carry a substantial cargo, or twenty passengers. They can reach a top speed of up to 1263.34 kph (785 mph), allowing them to outrun all armors built in the current world.
Luxion wasn't the only one working hard though. As the months flew by, I had racked up nearly 138 hours on the power armor simulators inside of his main body. I also spent a lot of time improving my marksmenship and swordsman ship. Reading through Luxion's scientific library, giving me insight on how power armor and airships came to be the norm.
You see, as fossil fuels began to dry up humanity sought an economical way to continue international trade. Vessels began to be retrofitted with fission reactors, but this was expensive and rather time consuming endeavor. Eventually, someone decided to build a large airship that used a large number of solar panels to support turbofans that worked in conjunction with multiple small gas filled blimps to act as a shipping vessel. The design was successful and cost effective enough to become quite common. When fusion reactors became viable, airships could finally be used in a military roll, as they could now support much greater weight, without the assistance of vulnerable.
Once airships became the primary means of military deployment, the armies of the world sought a lighter weight and more economical replacement for their heavy armored vehicles. The USA's solution was to build power armor. The first power armor were rather small, usually being just up armored exoskeleton. Paired with HMGs and multitube missile launchers, power armor could provide the support infantry needed, while costing a fraction of a similarly armed vehicle, and it could go where they could not. As time went on, however, Power armor became larger and more powerful. This change allowed them to take over many roles that other AFVs (armored fighting vehicle) used to perform. That being said, power armor wasn't perfect. Being slower than most wheeled vehicles, they still required transport to the engagement zone, until they became capable of independent flight. With a flight pack, a power armor could deploy from a mothership, fly to a hot zone, engage the enemy, outmaneuver conventional forces, complete their objective, and zip back to the mothership for resupply.
Looking at the beautiful hull inside the crumbling hanger brought me a level of excitement I've never had before. Seeing the imposing ship ready for war, ready for the coming storm. A single ship to break the enemy. A single ship to protect that which I love. A single ship to forge a bright future for me, and the world.
I won't be facing the Principality yet, for now I prepare. I won't turn 15 until next week, so I will have to remain on the islands until then. Once I'm 15, I can use to guild to protect my claim of possessions, then I can start gathering information for the future. Less then a week and I will be free.
AN2: Firstly, I apologize for the late chapter guys. I ended up taking almost a week to figure out how closely the MC will follow the original story, and when he will say f*ck it. After that, I spent a week rewriting the second half and still I'm barely satisfied with it. I'll try to get the next chapter out sooner, but I'm in the process of starting a new job, and also picked up Fallout 4 again.
I don't have many ending notes to put here, most of them were covered in the AN after the ship description, that said I do have some. I tried to figure out a logical reason why technology in the Mobuseka world progressed as it did, and this is the best I could come up with. I'll be adding more tidbits in future chapters. Some people will question why the Power Armor are so small, but you need to remember that Mobuseka is more in scale with Knightmare Frames from Code Geass. Anyway, I hope you guys like the chapter! I'll see you in the next one.