The ARROW

[MikDaTv]

Dr. Black sat at his console, working on an engineering problem one of his techs had brought to him. They were designing a mini concussion rocket with the destructive ordinance of a full sized missile and they were having trouble miniaturizing the payload.

A light came on over his console informing him he had an incoming hypercom transmission. He saved his work and answered the call. The image of Dr. White materialized over his work station.

"Dr. White. How good to see you. What warrants the call?" Dr. Black said.

"Good to see you as well Dr. Black. I'm looking for the latests status report on project Chrysalis."

Dr. Black accessed the information he had on the chrysalis armor and put it up on a separate holo projector next to Dr. White. "The basic armor is nearly 95% complete. All the test subjects we've used in it however have sustained serious injury from it's speed and strength enhancing properties. So far, only Gammorieans have come out of the suit with little to no severe injury, simply because their bodies are better built for the kind of strength the suit has."

Dr. White nodded. "You've had no successful human trials?"

"Unfortunately no. Although i'm sure that with cybernetic enhancements and a direct neural uplink to the suit, a human could use it effectively without injury. As it stands now however, it just pulverizes the muscles and bones of whoever puts it on. I'm working on the cybernetic enhancements required but i'm afraid it will require some serious neural modifications. the kind of modifications that are normally lethal in humans."

Dr. White smiled. "I might be able to help you out there. please send me all the relevant data on the subject and let me know of any updates to it. I might be able to make a subject with an enhanced nervous system that can take the enhancements."

Dr. Black thanked Dr. White for the information and closed the hyperlink. He turned his console back on and started working again on the mini concussion rocket. This time, he added a new engineering goal to his list. Make the mini concussion rocket launcher modular to the chrysalis armor.

[MikDaTv]

Dr. Black viewed the chrysalis armor through the glass. It was a tremendous piece of work, even if no one could use i yet. He turned from the armor and walked down the hall to the robotics facility. The small factory was busy with workers dissecting robots and reconstructing them. Dr. Black walked to the back of the facility and pulled the curtan off his pride and joy.

The remains of one LQ-R31 combat assassin droid stood on it's recharge rack. Its droid brain was damaged, but enough of its behavioral core remained that they could examine it. He had techs working for weeks trying to discover what various malfunctions had developed in the droids spontaneous self awareness. They'd used LQ-R31's template for the basis of several AI's but none compared to the self motivated consciousness of the original droid.

"Any new developments?" Dr. Black asked.

A tech turned from his console. "Actually yes. damage that we thought was done by it's last battle was actual previous to any combat the droid engaged in. It's a shorted behavioral circuit, a minor one, that shorted out."

"Shorted out?" Dr. Black asked. "I thought the droids circuits were rated for direct energy?"

"They are." The tech responded. "Something heavy duty burned this sucker out. Like a bolt of lightning."

That made sense. Dr. Black had seen lightning damage on droids before and it often shorted out the weekend circuits in the behavioral core. but could this damage be the cause for the droid going rogue.

"Find out what that circuit judged and get back to me. this could be the secret to unlocking the droids self awareness."

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"It's finally done" Dr. Black said. "What are the final results?"

The tech looking over the power readouts to the Chrysalis armor turned around. "The suit, by itself can lift nearly 4 tons of weight unassisted. the carbon nanotubes are extraordinarily durable. they're nearly a layer of armor in themselves."

"What about the armor" Dr. Black asked. "We can't have the carbon nanotubes exposed like that."

"We're getting some Mandalorian Iron being shipped in but i was thinking that instead we should use Laminanium which we have plenty of in storage. Make the outer coating 1/8th inch laminanium with a 1/4th inch inner layer of Mandalorian iron." The tech explained.

Another tech who was working on storing the armor in it's tube turned his head. "I think we can get strands of Mandalorian Iron and mix them about in the suits carbon nanotube artificial muscles. increased durability and resistance to over strain."

Dr. Black nodded. "Good idea, implement them both. what about the nanobots?"

"The injector system is fully functional" the first tech said. "Upon registering significant damage the suit will automatically begin the injection sequence and the bots will be flash programmed to repair that particular area of damage. once they're finished, they deactivate and fall away from the armor."

"Whats the capacity?" Dr. Black asked.

"right now its 300cc's but with the new tank that will increase to 500cc's. thats enough to nearly rebuild an entire limb. They're resources are coming up tight though. Instead of storing replacement elements in a tank we've taken to just leaving deposits of them throughout the armor that the nanobots can take from. much more efficient."

"Very good. the neural uplink?"

"Its set and ready. all it needs now is something to link to. We've also added the crystalline computer memory matrix like you asked. not sure what for though, we have all the data storage the suit needs. Adding something like that is overkill. a lot of overkill."

Dr. Black smiled. "You let me worry about that. What about the medical systems?"

"Bacta injectors are set and ready. When it registers a fatal injury the suit will inject a dose of bacta directly into the subjects heart for distribution as well as apply a small does to the surface of the wound as well as liquid bandage. The adrenal injectors are also ready. don't understand why they'd need it though. when wearing the suit your pretty much impervious to harm anyway... if the suit doesn't pulverize your bones first."

"I like to be prepared." Dr. Black said. "Get to work on the weapons systems. I want the blaster system installed by 0800 tomorrow. Once thats in place install the personal shield."

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The next day, Dr. Black walked back into the Chrysalis Project chamber. the Techs were just finished installing the personal shield. "How were the installations?"

The lead tech climbed down from his ladder. "Both the wrist blasters and their power source are in place. The personal shield is also installed and connected to the neural interface, just like you asked. We also installed the point blank sonic cannons ahead of schedual."

Dr. Black frowned. "I thought we scrapped the sonic weapon idea?"

"We did until i did the math and realized that with the sonic weapons installed in both the palms of the hands and the heels of the feet, we could generate enough of a blast to launch the armor into a propelled jump." The tech answered. "The repulsor pack we were going to install would make takeoff's slow. the sonic blasts will get it in the air much quicker."

"Not to mention their use as a weapon. Very well, begin installing the retractable viborblades. once thats all done, mold, form and install the armor plating."