A screen rolled on him with many and many mechs, almost all of them he hadn’t seen before. The 3 rolling slots end up on 3 mechs that he has to work with.
[Type 2 Yaman soldier MK2] A medium-weight military mech of the Yarman planet. mainly used in ground combat with its main weapon being a laser rifle YAR 15-78B. The rifle has 2 firing modes, a quick fire and a charge up for more penetrated damage.
The mech comes with its left side torn to shed. Jay could see traces of a laser sword on the Yarman soldier. The damage is critical enough that Jay could see a pilot seat from outside. The usable parts are the YAR 15-78B rifle that comes with the mech, its head, and its legs.
Jay could salvage the chassis for other use but he has to see other mech first.
The second one that he got was [Model ES2-7 - Bad company] A customized version of [Model ES2 - Crossover.] that changes a mech from a normal medium-range mech into a melee-range mech that deals damage with a chainsaw and shotgun. Its long-range capacity is a Rail gun at the back that can be shot independently. Jay could guess that it has to set up for a chainsaw that could deal devastating damage to an opponent.
An impressive change by Jay's standard. The mech almost tipped over to being a heavy-weight mech but the creator could pull it back and make it work in a medium weight.
Sadly this mech only has its upper body left. Its lower half got blown to bits by a coil gun, unrecoverable. This extends to the rail gun in the back. from its damage, Jay could guess that the [Model ES2 - Bad company] had been ambushed by a sniper and got blasted trying to evade at the last second. Its long-shaped coil gun still rests vertically and gets blown by the collateral.
It got delivered to Jay in this sorry state but he couldn’t be happier, at least he got a whole mech out of this.
lastly, he got a light mech [L2- Eagle] a custom mech made to utilize a [Aerial knight specialization.] The mech has two light machine guns and a battery that could last very long. The selling point of this mech is that it could turn into a plane. In this mode, the [L2- Eagle] gains a massive speed advantage but loses out on the flexibility of a mech. The [Aerial knight specialization.] make it so that the pilots have more speed in the air, thus pairing well with each other.
The downside to this mech is that the whole upper part has been blown off. It could not transform into a jet anymore, instead, it transformed into a pile of trash. The only thing left of it is two of its metal wings, both arms, its weapon, and its legs.
“What are we supposed to do with this!?” Sally wasn’t pleased with the mech that they got. She could not use her specialization with this kind of setup.
“We will have to work around it”
“What’s your plan?”
Jay took his thinking pose with a hand on his head. Sally prefers a medium-range mech with an aggressive style of combat. But from what he saw, She could pilot any mech, she just didn’t like getting close. Her performance on [weird arm] is 5 wins and 5 losses and her performance on [music box] is 7 wins and 6 losses. Rather a good start for a high schooler using his mech.
“I think we could go with a laser gun plus chainsaw medium build or double submachine gun medium build.”
“uh” She makes an ugly face “I don’t want a melee build. So let go with the akimbo submachine gun. or one laser, one submachine gun.”
“Sure” Jay expected the response, he had seen her antic long enough to know that she doesn’t like to get up close and personal. He started to walk to the mech wreckage to see what he could do.
“Attention to all participants, We have opened a special program where pilots could skim with each other through the system” It’s the announcer Raran talking. The skim is likely put in place for the pilot to not get bored and to have something to show when he was building mech. This event is live on their secondary channel so they ought to keep their viewer entertained.
“Should I go?” Sally turns to ask Jay.
“Just go,” Jay said “You plan on going anyway.”
“It’s to get a better understanding of our opponent!” She pouted
“Keep the excuse”
“hmp” She taps on her control panel and disappears. Leaving Jay to deal with this mech. first off he needs to start somewhere, a weapon would be a good place. Jay wants to make a Laser rifle build but a double submachine gun would work better.
He juggles two options and decides on one Laser and one submachine gun build. When thinking about lasting for a long time, a kinetic submachine isn’t going to cut it. It would run out of ammo when fighting an opponent. Meanwhile, Laer rifle YAR 15-78B could be connected to the main mech battery after its battery died down. It would be good if Sally could maintain her battery usage.
In this situation, they’re not only fighting against other opponents but also fighting the environment. From a planet scan, they gave him, the whole planet is in a horrible state. Filled with toxic gas and Lava. Trying to survive there could prove a challenge.
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Luckily, the cockpit that’s still intact was quite resistant since it’s from a melee focus build. it could endure most beating but a little reinforcement from other mechs would be good. The head he could go with [Type 2 Yaman soldier MK2]. It’s built for medium-range confrontation and has quite a good camera. Its shape has this broad circle look on it.
Adding more to the mech, Jay decides to use the CPC chip from [Type 2 Yaman soldier MK2]. It answers all their need and has a nice UI that tracks how much energy the Laser rifle has left.
The arm has to be from the [L2- Eagle], the whole arm would teter on being a heavyweight if he used [Type 2 Yaman soldier MK2] legs. The booster system came from [Model ES2-7 - Bad company] A quick use could escape any fight but prolonged use could spell trouble for them. Since the original mech is built for ambush operations.
Lastly, the battery came from [Type 2 Yaman soldier MK2], the only possible option, the [L2- Eagle] got blown into bit and piece and [Model ES2-7 - Bad company] battery was not compatible with a Laser rifle.
With that plan, he went to work dismantling the mech one by one and discovered that it took more time than getting a normal mech part and slapping them together. He has to get the parts out in such a way that they would stay intact. Parts that come from a different mech vary in how they were built and how they connect. It's like trying to fit 3 wires into a 2 wire port.
The outcome is a mish-mash of mech, more so than his last two projects. It features a silver circular head, a large yellow body, two normal silver arms, and bipedal legs that are on the leaner side.
It was holding a laser rifle on its right arm and a submachine gun on the left. Jay also attaches another submachine gun to its torso for easy swapping. The Laser gun has its battery, the wreckage came with 5 of them and each one could launch about 5 shots or one change shot. If it runs of out battery it could use the main mech battery by connecting the but of the gun to the mech hand.
When they all connect he could finally say that it’s finished.
[Please name your creation…]
“Let's wait for Sally…..”
[Would you like to name your mech ‘Let wait for Sally?’]
“What are you talking about?” Sally pops out from behind when he finishes putting the legs together.
“Nothing, I just want your input on the mech name” Caught out of position, Jay tried to keep his straight face face.
“Umm… Let’s go with Dual dangers!”
“That’s not much better than mine name”
“What yours?” Sally asks sarcastically, believing that she has the better name.
“Sub Laser mix mech” And she was right.
“Abh” She’s visibly disappointed “Just go with my name, yours just sound lame.”
“Dual dangers it is.” Hay would like to argue any further and the name still tells you what the mech is about.
[Would you like to name your mech ‘Dual dangers?’]
“Yes”
“What?”
“Nothing”
[Dual dangers]
[Class: Medium weight]
[Grade: D]
[Build by Jay Rolona]
[A mix-up of many different mechs. design to survive the first round of Scrapping Forge. Rather heavy for a medium mech but have very study bodies. Have poor control scheme]
“Not your best work”
Sally comments openly, this is a mech that she’s going to pilot so she needs it to be the best. And from what she saw it doesn’t look good. The mech looks like it could fall over at any time, if not for all the tools locking it in place.
“Not much of a choice” Jay shrugs, she was right, even the system agrees. “Moreover, are the battles done?”
“Yeah, they went out for a meal,” She said “You’re the only freak that does 12 hours of work without a break”
“And why are you here?”
“Well..” She paused a bit “I was waiting for you so we could eat together!”
Jay looks at her smiling and feels a bit of warmth. Since his parents had gone missing, he didn’t have anyone to talk to. The debt collectors weren't good company.
“Ok, then where do we eat?”
“The UCN's restaurant on the lower level! it is directly below this place and they have a buffet free of charge for the person participating in this competition.”
“Alright, let’s go then.”
They both exit the simulation box. The first thing he sees is an all-white room in the preparation hall. He steps out to find the shorty waiting for him. She looks very excited to eat at the UCN restaurant.
“You’re too slow, beggar”
“I’m coming, shorty”
They travel to the elevator with the guidance of a smartwatch. After a quick descent, they finally arrive at a lavish restaurant filled with many high-class people. Normally, Jay and Sally have no chance of visiting a place like this, their C ranks are beyond this palace. But today it’s their special day.
“Identity confirm please enjoy the buffet.”
A soft robotic voice sounds when he taps his ID on the door. It let Him and Sally into the restaurant. The place is filled to the brim with people, different hairstyles, and different attire but all of them exude this air of elegance. Jay couldn’t care less about them but Sally is a little different.
“Um…” She hides half her body behind Jay “Should we eat outside?”
“Why?”
“Don’t you have eyes? Everyone here will laugh at us.”
“They couldn’t kick us out”
“I mean..”
“You can wait at the table and I will get the food for you OK?” Jay couldn’t care less, a brush with death is a more potent feeling than any shame could measure up to. The only feeling that could be potent is a feeling of dread before his demise followed by how the world made him feel insignificant.
Sally nods slowly and uses her smartwatch to navigate to her table. Jay on the other hand uses his smart watch to guide him to where gets the food.