Bronze door through time and space

Chapter 801 The Birth of Iron Overlord
Tony Stark had not paid much attention to the powered exoskeleton launched by Richter Corporation before, because in his opinion it was no different from a toy, and was not even as technologically advanced as the mechanical arm robot he had built. It was not until he saw its effect on the battlefield that the arrogant Tony Stark understood the positioning of this equipment.

If the iron armor of the future is a high-end fighter that most soldiers cannot reach, then the power armor exoskeleton is the soldier's most reliable cheap rifle. It is the fastest and most convenient way to narrow the distance between humans and enemies such as demons. Of course, the most important thing is that it is cheap.

The basic model of the exoskeleton costs only a few thousand dollars. After adding some functions for police and military use, the price is only tens of thousands of dollars. However, it allows the user to dual-wield machine guns and fire like Rambo, so that he will not be completely defenseless when facing the devil.

So no matter how many shortcomings there are, easy production and low price can make up for everything.

As the biggest highlight of the mold on this battlefield, Richter Company became famous, and struck while the iron was hot to launch multiple series, such as police type, rescue type, military type and other more professional mechanical modules, which were immediately sought after. Not only did the military place a large order, but the New York police also purchased a batch. After all, New York is now no different from a powder keg, and it is necessary to have sufficient force to maintain peace. Now there is no police more deterrent than RoboCop.

"Money is not a problem. I want all the series, the sooner the better."

With Tony Stark's previous personality, he would definitely not spend money to buy these toys which he thought were similar to Wheeljack, but the inexplicable anxiety in his heart made him compromise because he lacked time.

Instead of starting from scratch, it is better to learn from more mature products. Even if they become outdated soon after they are launched, it can still save a lot of time.

Pepper Potts is still an intern and cannot handle things on her own, so the person in charge of this matter is the future Iron Monger, Iron Man’s uncle, Obadiah.

He is a typical businessman who will not do anything without profit. So when he learned that his golden goose had taken a fancy to the currently popular power armor exoskeleton, his head was flashing with excitement. He immediately used some connections to obtain all the power exoskeleton models produced by Richter Company so far, including a hidden model, which was a special power armor specially prepared for the military's super soldier program.

This power armor already has the prototype of an iron suit. It can be loaded with various types of weapons and can adapt to various environments and battlefields after targeted modifications. The military is very satisfied with this.

According to the signed terms, this special model of power armor is not allowed to be transferred to a third party for use, let alone disassembled and studied.

But the military also has its own little thoughts. They don't want to see such an important project entrusted to the Richter Company with Hans background.

Especially the style of that mysterious army. Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle. I'm afraid that one day when I open my eyes, I will see a little mustache man raising his hand to say hello to the world on TV, and then the shadow of the Berlin airship will block the glory of the Statue of Liberty.

However, Richter Company has already achieved the ultimate based on the existing technology and built a high wall of patents. If it wants to jump over the other party, it must either break through the other party's blockade in technology, or, like the White Elephant Country, use its butt to introduce targeted laws and plunder in an unreasonable but legal way.

The problem is that Richter's product is stuck at a point. They are unwilling to give up, but it is not worth it to break up with the military. Therefore, using Tony Stark to achieve the military's goal becomes the best option.

Of course, this takes time, because no company will sell the most advanced products, which means that Richter has at least one generation of products that are more advanced than what they have, so they have to be secretive.

However, the military has more confidence in Tony Stark. As long as he is willing, he can definitely produce better products than Richter's company. So when they knew that he wanted a powered armor exoskeleton, they immediately delivered it to his door.

Tony Stark personally disassembled one powered exoskeleton after another, from the most rudimentary first generation to the secretly developed special warfare type, which continuously brought him surprises, especially the latter, which brought him endless inspiration.

In his eyes, the technical content of these powered armor exoskeletons is not high, but each one has been perfected to the extreme. Even if he personally takes action, under the same conditions and technology, he cannot make any improvements unless the cost is increased.

This is an extremely rare situation. As proud as he is, he couldn't help but take a keen interest in Richter Company's scientific research group.

After hearing the news, not only Obadiah, but even the military was unhappy. Even military scientists could improve a certain performance of the power armor exoskeleton, but they could not balance the overall function and cost.

When it comes to weapons that are deployed in large quantities, the first thing to consider is never performance, but rather cost and adaptability.

High cost means that it cannot be mass-produced, and low adaptability means a narrow range of applications, which is unacceptable to the military in any way.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Obadiah immediately showed his businessman nature and painted a big pie for the military.

Just kidding, the whole world combined can't make as many empty promises as the American military. If the money hadn't been in place, they would have slapped the other side in the face long ago.

The problem is that the Stark Group's reputation was built by two generations of Tony and his son. They may not trust Obadiah, but they cannot help but trust Stark.

But Tony Stark did not intend to plagiarize the work of Richter Company, which was simply an insult to him. However, under Obadiah's soft and hard persuasion and the emotional appeal of the military, and thinking of the humans who died at the hands of the devil, he still compromised and reluctantly designed a special mecha according to the other party's requirements, named Iron Monger.

The reason why Tony Stark later insisted on the compact and expensive iron man suit instead of a bigger, stronger mecha with more room was mainly because he didn't want to manufacture weapons anymore. The Iron Monger did not have high technical content and could be mass-produced as a special vehicle to change the existing war mode.

This can be seen from the fact that Obadiah found a group of scientific researchers and was able to create a new generation of Iron Overlord by imitating the wreckage of Mark 1.

But Tony Stark has not yet achieved this realization. Although he was full of disgust, he still made a qualified weapon, and it was completely aimed at demons.

When the military saw the design drawings and theoretical data that Obadiah brought, they were immediately excited.

This thing is completely beyond the scope of mechanical exoskeletons. Its heavy armor, powerful power, and fierce firepower make it the military's dream lover. So they immediately waved handfuls of US dollars and asked the Stark Group to speed up and produce the finished product as soon as possible.

Obadiah seemed to see the soaring Stark Group stock, as well as huge dividends and benefits. The only problem now was that the energy problem had not been solved.

The overall weight of the power armor exoskeleton, even with the load added, rarely exceeds one hundred kilograms, and it can also rely on the exoskeleton bracket and the user's own physical strength, so with the addition of a battery backpack, it is enough to support three to five hours of intense combat. If it is a defensive battle, the support time will be even longer.

Although it still cannot meet the needs of long-distance special operations, it is sufficient for use on the front battlefield, because the soldiers' physical strength and the ammunition they carry can only support the battle for a few hours at most before they need to rest and resupply, so they will not be separated from logistics at all. If the supply is really cut off, it is time to surrender.

Iron Monger can't do that. No matter how much it reduces its weight, it still weighs tons, and its fighting time is not much longer than Ultraman.

Obadiah tried to have someone install a huge battery backpack, but the battery pack made with their technology was just a huge incendiary bomb, and they had no patent for Richter's batteries, which meant that they could only do it for their own amusement, and if they sold it to the military they would face lawsuits.

In the end, the military found a way to order a batch of large battery packs from Richter Corporation to meet Iron Overlord's needs, but this only deepened its dependence on Richter Corporation.

(End of this chapter)