Greer PoV
Ever since we logged back into the game, Sarah and i have made it our duty to properly teach Nova to be a proper girl. We still had to remain in character but being “princesses” we had higher education then the other NPC so though it looked weird at the start it was quickly put out of their minds.
We were thankful for that so we just went about it. It did surprise us when we entered her room and found Techno yelling loudly at her and scolding her intensely while she sat in a chair shrinking back.
The shock lasted until he noticed us and after he gave her study materials to do he said we were to give her hints but not completely help. She had to learn herself.
I don’t know what he had in his mind to ask us for help. We were considered NPC so why did he think we could help her. He did hand us two helmets at that point as well so we could “talk” with him properly now. We both complained about this thing messing up our hair which we work a lot to keep neat. Even here we have to look nice too keep the princess look.
Still it was nice to see that he was open enough to scold his sister properly. When i saw her yelling at Menthol i thought i would have a heart attack.
Anyway the days passed quickly and soon we arrived at the clockworks scrapyard.
The golem Brock was still sleeping from the race changing quest. His body at the time was at full size but soon after it became a small earth doll. There were a lot of darker spots but not many. He would take a long time to gain enough minerals to get full size again. The Earth Spirit sub race was all black iron golems. He needed to become completely compact with obsidian and iron but at least he will be able to take his whale form soon after he wakes up.
At level 67 his form would probably end up being the size of a real world whale but double its width like Menthol. The whale body is quite flat and wide but as he levels up he will get bigger. But it will take a long time before he gets to Menthol’s size even if he reaches his level someday.
After we landed, we went down and the fight with that Ogre i could only say i was afraid for my life. Ogres are a brute strength race so when Techno crushed him brutally with a single punch i can’t help feel both fear towards Techno and pity towards the Ogre.
It was even more surprising when he started fighting Gaia. Everyone at the company knows Gaia and knows of her strength as a Synthoid so when he kept her at the defensive for such a long time by pressuring her i could only feel fear of him. I called my superiors wondering what was going on but it seems they said he trained in Virtual city and formed some real skill with the sword and gained some basic martial arts forms which probably benefited in helping him push harder.
After all this happened it ended just like that after Rust appeared, stopped their fight, took control of the situation and finished the negotiation just like that i had to feel respect for the clockwork. Not only that, he scolded Gaia who we compared to a mid-level boss monster.
Right now after we left Techno trusted Annabeth and I with Nova because he had business to take care of.
We asked where she wanted to go to and strangely she asked to go to a tinker’s workshop. There she asked for various scraps and broken machinery which they didn’t want. They didn’t care and simply gave it to her. She took them and then asked us to help her carry the stuff outside of town near the scraps.
We didn’t know what she was up to but we went with her since we had to keep her safe.
Out there we placed all the iron scraps we dropped down. We both sat down on some large flat metal and watched her. She took several round metal robots that looked like spiders and ripped the legs and body off leaving only the abdomen she then removed all the circuitry from them and using the few tools she had she cut the pieces apart and then began building several gear systems that connected to each part until it made a perfect sphere a bit bigger than a basketball which opened up.
Then she took the circuits and stuff she took apart and started to building inside the ball. It lasted nearly an hour and Annabeth went into town while i watched to buy us some food.
When Nova finished the first ball, she started another and continued until five were in front of her. The final ball had a half meter in diameter and had a strangely complex yet simple build inside of it.
Nova: ‘Finally done. I can’t wait to show bro this toy.’
Greer: ‘What did you make Nova?’
Nova: ‘Mn? Oh a new toy that will help bro a lot. We need to catch bad guys so I built a toy to help bro out.’
Annabeth: ‘How does it work?’
Nova: ‘Like this!’
She turned to the big ball and pressed a button and it opened up. She then grabbed another one which had a big number two drawn on the side and in a slot that was extending up she inserted the ball in. It slid into place just right and as soon as it dropped right into place it opened up and its parts fell into place and connected into several other pipes and connections.
The first large ball opened up more. She continued in order with the balls and when she fit the last ball in. Neither of us could help but face palm. As soon as the final one was placed a small cannon barrel extended in three sections. We had seen her build it but couldn’t understand it until now. She just built a five section turret with a functioning steam engine.
Annabeth: ‘Um...Nova...h-how did y-you know how to build this?’
Nova: ‘I wanted to make something to help bro and after seeing those toys we have on the boat i thought bro would want something cooler and stronger. I then started to feel that strange hurting in my hand and couldn’t calm down until i finished this.’
I connect to the helmet Annabeth was using.
Greer: ”No way! She has a Tinker’s Twitch. How the hell can a kid do something like this? Isn’t her brother supposed to have one as well?!”
Annabeth: ”Definitely, it’s definitely a twitch. Maybe it’s a family thing. The game system must have helped a lot but the idea was probably totally hers.”
We unconsciously took a step back in fear of the girl that could make a siege weapon as child's play and in such an unorthodox method.
Distracted we didn’t notice until we heard the noise but she seems to have loaded the robot with some trash and took up the handles and turned the turret away from the city and pressed the fire button. The massive release of steam sent the scrap ball easily 200 meters.
We gulped. This thing was made with trash and without much skill or stats but if we take this to Techno he would make a proper model with good metal or even alchemy metal. The power would be too destructive. This is beyond the scope we GM or anyone in the company could ever think of.
With a smile the girl jumps around with the success and after pressing a few buttons all the parts started to close up and disconnect before falling down until only five metal spheres that have a number from 1-5 remain.
She grabbed balls 4 and 5.
Nova: ‘Come on~! We need to take this to bro. Maybe he will let me have some of my toys or Proto back. Ehehehe.’
We snap out of it when she talked and with Annabeth picking up ball 2 and 3 with me pushing ball 1 which was the largest we returned to the city.
Victor PoV
We all split up after we left that comedy act Techno did with Gaia. Boy i couldn’t help laughing when it started which probably made it worst but who cares.
Anyways after we left i went my own way because i wanted to meet some friends.
When i entered the workshop in the middle of the training ground the guys looked over and soon i was assaulted by my old work mates.
Dwarf: ‘OI VICTOR! I heard the brat you went with was the one that brought that flying beast over. What the FUCK were you doing after you left?’
I laughed at them and explained what happened after i left. They all stood like idiots with their jaws hanging. I’m sure half the stuff they will think it’s a lie but then again all of them were my classmates in university so it was a simply copy of the video feed and i would prove them wrong.
Clockwork: ‘So what are you going to do now?’
Victor: ‘Came to see if anything new appeared tech wise.’
Dwarf 2: ‘Hasn’t been much time. I would guess you and that guy would think of something faster than us. I’m sure with that guys creative head he could help you make a something like a huge battle suit robot you get in and drive.’
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I make sure to take note of that for future plans. They may be saying it as a joke but i wouldn’t consider it a joke when you take Techno’s unorthodox ability to make something like that come true.
They end up not having much else left but i do buy some earth and fire golem cores since we don’t have any more but it cost me a copy of the blueprints for a minigun we use on the ship, obviously i gave them the weakest model. Like hell i would give them anything good.
I end my day by taking a walk around the robot training yard and scanning several interesting models which i would take the time to build later on.
Afterwards i return to the ship and find Techno in the workshop. In the corner i saw Asura while next to him and a new robot was the protector.
Victor: ‘Hey Techno, what'cha building?’
Techno: ”I heavily needed type of robot. It’s a new model of Protector.”
I look and see how the engine was similar but it looked a great deal stronger since it had lots of parts being made of alchemy metal. The stock we made was lasting us quite a while but to be safe i headed off and started waking up the 2 new golems and took them to train them and gather minerals we needed for the upgrades.
I really wonder what he was making. Still getting materials is just as important as building and as a dwarf i can’t neglect this unstoppable quirk i need to do at least once in a while.
Techno PoV
When i got back to the ship began thinking of some kind of weapon or gun that would help out. Though i needed cannons, there is a limit to them since we need good range and power so we needed an alternative.
When i entered my workshop i saw the locked up Proto in the corner. The words “they have fast small ships” ring in my mind and instantly i knew which weapons would cause the most destruction no matter how few i make of them.
I gathered a lot of the alchemy metal we had in the stock and with the fire steel i begin making a new protector engine but with a better design where MUCH less fuel is used but the pressure of steam builds faster but it circles around back to the tank instead of being released.
Victor returns earlier but doesn’t stay long and goes to gather ores for us. I was nearly done the engine so when i finished i moved to Earth steel. Because this is harder it's also heavier but after going through a process to make the steel lighter the earth steel is thinner and weighs less than regular steel plate but it's just as strong as normal steel.
It was important to keep this as lightweight as possible but i wasn’t too worried. This protector model wouldn’t have as much metal as the regular one anyway.
I then start building the head and arms but that is it. The reason is because around the arms that are permanently set in a 45 degree angle with the elbow part facing forward with the hands completely as miniguns that don’t return to hands i start building wings. They are a meter long on both sides and at the middle is where the arms connect and are fixed.
At the end of the exhaust pipes that were built to let out steam in case of the engine starting to overheat i built a single propeller that work like a plane’s engine. The system of the propellers is separate from the engine and it has a separate gear system that takes the steam that comes out and passes it under pressure through the system and spins the gears and propellers at a scary speed. I make a single larger one under the protector which gives it lift and finish it up by making the thin but strong earth steel armor plating. I think this was hardest part because i needed to make it aerodynamic. As i put the plates i send Asura with some robots to gather sand at the shores near the lake outside the city and then i bring a bag back and melt it and make glass which i then curve and put it just behind the head in a backwards curve shape which makes a barrier for the wind. I don’t make it too large because the rider will need to look out and fire but in all it’s all done.
I fill up both tanks and finally start it up. Most of the programming was done while i was building the body and i was installed when i built the head.
Just as i finish the sun had set. Nova and the girls return around this time and I head Nova calling so i covered the new robot before climbing upstairs. Outside Nova was smiling and around her were five spherical metal balls with numbers on them.
Nova: ‘Look bro. I made this for you because you wanted to catch bad guys.
She pressed a button on the big ball and it opened up and one by one she put the balls in place. When the last one went on and the thing finished constructing itself my jaw dropped when i saw the turret.
I then looked at the two who were taking care of her.
Annabeth: ‘She wanted to build something and didn’t tell us what.’
Greer: ‘We found out a few minutes ago as well.’
I simply sigh and walk over and crouch in front of her and pat her head.
Techno: ‘Thanks, bro likes your present. You know, bro has a present for you as well.’
Nova: ‘REALLY~!’
Techno: ‘Yes, i will show it and you can play today but since you still disobeyed you will only get to play 1 hour and then you will come back.’
Nova: ‘Mn~~!’
She nodded and I went down stairs and with Asura helping me i transported the new robot. I placed it on the deck on its three feet which were simple feet which lowered like a plane. I removed the cover and everyone looked curiously at it.
Nova: ‘What is it?’
Techno: ‘I made a new Proto but this one is a new kind so i call him Strato.’
Curiously she walked around before climbing up to the seat behind the glass. In the spot was a connection which she connects to and hooks up to Strato’s system. Also there was a small handle which was heavily welded and reinforced to handle her weight even if she did some kind of dangerous maneuver.
When she turned it on the engine roared to life and the seven propellers fell into place and slowly the steam built up and started to spin the propellers.
Annabeth: ‘HOLD ON! Is this a flying protector?!’
As the steam got to its peak the propellers spun faster. The voice of the draconian princess sounded through the sound of the propellers but is simply crossed my arms and smiled. The bottom propeller got faster and soon the protector lifted up. The bottom propeller was different in that it moved and turned. To lift off it pointed straight down as it’s doing now and when she was 2 meters up she started to giggle.
Nova: ‘Ehehehehe~~! BRO IS THE BEST!’
As she said that the three left propellers spun faster making her turn a 90 degree angle and stopping before the bottom propeller shifted to point backwards and all seven spun with even greater intensity and she flew off reaching nearly 130 km/h. The sound of the engine soon vanished in the night with only me smiling away.
Techno: ”No doubt this would be the best weapon against any pirate group. I think even the scariest of all our weapons, Nova tops them all.”
Annabeth: ‘THEN STOP MAKING THINGS WORSE!’
Greer: ‘She is scarier than you Techno. An eight year old could build such an advanced weapon.’
Techno: ”Oh right let's get this downstairs so i can make a proper weapon.”
The two of them paled but i simply smiled and after a bit of searching i found the buttons to disconnect the parts and rolled them to my workshop and started researching their build before i started improving the design to build a proper prototype.
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Take the basic armored protector. Now remove the torso and legs and have the arms fixed to the wings. Then at the end of the exhaust you add a small airplane propeller. http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/Sk6xlXKLKOI/AAAAAAABCtI/Bs1MPcudCh4/s800/567ityjfsgcvc.jpg
This is also a good method to understand somewhat how it was built
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Togekiss_(Pok%C3%A9mon)
just take the above protector picture and imagine it in togekiss form.