The next several hours were spent with me working up a sweat under my item box's felt weight, applying pressure all across my frame and exhausting my massive pool of stamina.
"Phew, that was a gruellingly hard session." I thought aloud as my two hearts thumped both loudly and powerfully in my chest.
Drenched in sweat practically from head to toe, I briskly departed in the direction of the locker rooms and hit the showers, removing the filth I had accumulated in my drive for ever-increasing gains. The moment I exited the shower, I went to one of the several medical cabinets mounted on the concrete walls nearby and grabbed 10 Medstim Mk IIs before inserting and dumping their contents into various sections of my body.
"Mmm, that's the stuff."
I stood there for a few seconds just simply enjoying the somewhat pleasurable feelings of the injectors' contents coursing through my veins, flesh, and organs, and rapidly healing the damage I accumulated in my training and workout sesh alongside my physique's already very strong regenerative powers.
The dense solution of chemicals and super nutrients quickly traveled throughout my frame and before long, the muscle fibers I ripped and tore in my pursuit of strength were repaired good as new and made denser and stronger than prior to this most recent session of self inflicted abuse. This also went for all the other minor damage I sustained across the rest of my body as well.
Once I was returned to tip-top shape, I grabbed a bottle of Buffmax from my item box, poured a number of the solid red gel pills into my hand, and slammed my recently upped dose of Buffmax back with a gulp of an electrolyte sports drink. I topped myself up with a few more Medstims Mk IIs following that, returned the partially depleted pill bottle to my inventory, and set off for my temporary personal workshop on the floor above, determined to expand my manufacturing capabilities by a significant level.
Moving with intent, I raced through the Cornerstone Stronghold and came strolling through a set of blast doors that had withdrawn into the recesses built for them in this gargantuan concrete and metal structure. Taking a brief glance at the space I just entered, I found myself in a large spacious and well lit room with metal industrial cabinets and rubber topped countertops running along a sizable portion of the walls.
Alongside those features, there were tons of different specialized equipment and machinery scattered all over the room, as well as a non-functioning rusted and weathered sci-fi chopper that I had my robots pull in from the parking lot.
This place will do for now.
Assured that this place would accommodate my current needs, I activated my Restorer's repair field, manipulated it, and centered it over the wrecked motorcycle, that was practically just a lump of rust, so I could have a decent base to start with.
With my focused repair field repairing the bike at an accelerated rate, I turned my attention to the task at hand and walked over to a comfy looking but heavy duty rolling chair stationed in front of an inbuilt desk and pulled it out. I then plopped my ass in the chair and got busy designing the dozens of different kinds of automated machines I would require to bring my manufacturing capabilities to the next stage.
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Working like a machine, I utilized the blueprint paper and personal desktop computer I had at my disposal for half an hour and ended up designing a few dozen kinds of automated manufacturing machines that would allow me to begin pumping out the plethora of materials and equipment to make my dreams a reality.
Those designs included new specialized machines for manufacturing weapons of the heavier variety and their associated magazines, dedicated machines for light, medium, and heavy munitions, automated machines for armor and later power armor once I've gotten my hands on some.
A design for mass manufacturing clothing which will go mostly unused till I begin producing fabrics of some sort. Maybe I should look into the traits of a few of the wasteland spiders and their silk. Perhaps there might be something of value there...
Leaving thoughts of that for another time, I created designs capable of manufacturing grenades, mines, and turrets in mass quantities. I even put together a combined line of machinery for vehicle production that will possess the ability to churn out one fully armored and decked out combat vehicle a day. I've designed a ton of other machines besides those in these last 30 minutes to produce the numerous components, parts, and materials that will be required for everything, but these are the most noteworthy ones.
I sat there with a satisfied grin plastered on my face for a handful of seconds, looking over my hard work before I sent them on their way to my robotic workforce, so they could begin the process of converting them from their digital and paper form to something of actual substance. Taking care of that in a flash, I turned my attention to the pristine sharp future looking chopper that had undergone a massive transformation from its previous rusted and pitted appearance.
"She's a beauty alright... But I'm gonna need something a bit more on the tougher side of things to handle the shitty roads I'll be traveling upon and whatever else the wasteland might decide to throw at me and whoever I got riding along."
Although saddened by the fact that I was going to destroy this bike's current attractive qualities I nonetheless began eyeing it to see what I could do to turn it from a regular sweet ride to a monster that could handle the adversity that it would no doubt face in my ventures into the wastes. I circled it round and round, coming up with all manner of ideas and eventually settled on the one that had most recently entered my mind.
Hmm, making it into a regular tough bike is cool and all, but what about if I turn this girl into one that's both hard to disable and can fire back with weapons of its own... Yeah, I can see armoring it up and throwing a couple of weapons on it working out pretty well for me. However, what would best go on it? There's room on the rear of the motorcycle, so I suppose missiles could work there.
As for how to go about aiming them, the only feasible way I can think of would be to make the ride semi autonomous, just like the other vehicles in my fleet. And if I want to go a step further, I can make my helmet a smart helmet that I can use to aim it manually if I don't want to let the chopper's A.I. handle it.
That honestly sounds pretty sweet, not gonna lie, so I'll go with that. Now what should I throw on the front of the bike... Regular ballistic weapons would take up way too much room and weigh the vehicle down with their limited ammunition supply, so that leaves energy weapons as the only realistic option. I can't install anything too ridiculous since I'm not looking to make the bike cumbersome, so I guess I'll just install a couple of cutdown FBLMG-18 Laser Machine Guns and call it a day.
Content with the design I had envisioned in my head, I planned several more things out and got to work on the chrome plated beaut.
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Around an hour and a half later, I took a step back and stared at my newest creation, proud as can be.
What stood before me was a large jet black chopper with crimson red accents that had its frame enlarged to accommodate the larger fusion breeder power plant I installed and to fit my large frame as well as one of my female companions comfortably.
| Black Mamba |
Armament: 2 x Cutdown FBLMG-18 Laser Machine Guns, 2 x Swarmer-9 Missile Pods
Carry Capacity: 1,350
Power: Fusion Breeder
Value: 8,350,000
Description: The Black Mamba is a large heavily armed jet black armored chopper with crimson red accents. This vehicle is stylized as a mix of old world combustion motorcycle meets pre-war futuristic and comes equipped with an onboard A.I. that can take over driving and all other operations of itself if the owner wishes it to.
-It also comes armed with two shortened FBLMG-18 Laser Machine Guns that can be controlled and fired together, independently, as well as several other ways, and two saddle mounted 9 tubed missile pods on its rear that launch their ordnance upwards before having them seek out their designated target or targets.
-Adding on to its built in A.I. and impressive suite of armaments for its size, this particular vehicle also features emp shielding all across its body just like the rest of its creator's designs, making it immune to emp weaponry of all types. Designed by Dom Mason Woods.
| Heavy Trooper Helmet |
Resistances: DT 65, Radiation Resistance 5
Attributes: Perception +1
Skills: Ballistic Weapons +3, Energy Weapons +3, Explosives +3, Heavy Weapons +3, Stealth +5
Weight: 19
Class: Heavy
Value: 60,000
Item Description: A jet-black heavy-duty fully encapsulated helmet. The helmet features two protected eye slots that have built in night and thermal vision, a built-in gas mask, and provides ballistic protection up to 30-06 ap. This model also had encrypted communication equipment, screens, and smart tech installed to allow easier communication between personnel and intuitive aiming of weapons and other such things on many platforms.
Looking my newest mode of transportation over, I couldn't help but vocalize my thoughts. "She's a venomous one alright."
I remained there examining my bike for a couple moments longer before calling my Multibots over to move her to the loading area, so I can dip out of here quickly once that wild flower wakes up and gets some sustenance in her.
Now that that's being dealt with, I see I got a good bit of time left, meaning I'll be designing weapons for the next hour.
With about an hour left before everyone starts to wake, I backtracked to my desk and restarted my brainstorming.
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After an hour, I had two new armaments sitting in front of me atop the rubber mats laying on the long counters that ran across a decent portion of this workshop.
I planned on making another, but this was all I was able to accomplish in this limited time frame I had to work with.
| Chimera-80 Missile Launcher |
Damage: 280
DPS: Variable
Fire rate: 350 Fully-Automatic, Semi-Automatic, Tri-Shot
Capacity: 3
Reload: 23
Weight: 40
Class: Heavy
Ammo Type: 80mm Missile
Value: 610,000
Description: A three tubed missile launcher that is effective against both ground and air targets and has the ability to track and hunt down designated targets. This particular launcher can deliver its payload one at a time like any normal weapon, but it can also launch all 3 missiles at the same time for incredible destruction. Designed by Dom Mason Woods.
| Model 2187 Lever-Action Shotgun |
Damage: 25x8
DPS: Variable
Fire rate: Lever-Action
Capacity: 5
Reload: 6.7
Weight: 20
Class: Heavy
Ammo Type: 1 Gauge Shotgun Shell
Value: 21,870
Attachments: Laser Sight, Red Dot Sight
Description: The Model 2187 is the newest take on the legendary Winchester Model 1887 lever-action shotgun and has undergone quite the transformation from its predecessor. This transformation includes a cartridge swap to the far larger 1 gauge shotgun shell, a more than doubling in the weight and scale of the weapon to handle the destructive and violent forces that are produced when this monstrosity is fired, modern features like a quad rail for mounting all kinds of attachments and a black and dark metal color scheme, and the removal of its stock. That last modification makes it so only the strongest and bravest of individuals can make use of this unruly beast... Somewhat. Designed by Dom Mason Woods.
Overall happy with how they turned out, I loaded the launcher with a few missiles and deposited it into my item box along with my new empty shotgun that I didn't possess a lick of ammo for thanks to it requiring a round I just designed in this last hour.
Alright, time to head upstairs and wake the girls up.
About to head off to wrestle my romantic partners from bed, I found myself stopping in place because of my robots informing me they had just finished the last of the upgrades they needed to perform on the robot manufacturing machines.
Sweet, that's another task I can mark off my checklist.
Even more pleased than before, I marched off in the direction of the elevator as my many mechanical men began ushering materials and components to the 10 machines.
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