Warhammer: Don't Call Me the God of All Machines

Chapter 44 New Power Armor

A week passed in the blink of an eye, and a huge base complex appeared on the surface of Mustafar, connecting to the horizon.

Densely packed magnetic storm coils and high-energy light prism towers are spread across every corner of the base. Those constantly rotating towers are also responsible for refracting and transmitting energy, but when necessary, the powerful beams of light energy can also kill anyone who dares to covet them.

On the metal-covered ground, busy automatic robots move along predetermined tracks, transporting various materials and equipment to target locations under the control of intelligent computers.

The original world of death has now become a livable world with gentle breeze, warmth and comfort.

Under the regulation of artificial intelligence, this world is designed to be an environment suitable for human life.

Temperature, humidity, air composition, radiation intensity and even gravity are all under control.

The dark clouds that filled the sky had long since dissipated. Under the monitoring of the weather controller, the clouds in the sky were very sparse, and the sunlight from the Macragge star could shine on the surface of the planet without reservation.

Magnetic field generators at the planet's poles began operating, creating an invisible barrier in Mustafar's atmosphere to block dangerous cosmic rays and solar wind.

Thousands of giant mining vehicles have already penetrated deep into the planet's mantle layer, directly extracting precious minerals in a molten state. After being transmitted by beacons, they are directly gathered at the ore refining center, continuously smelting out the required basic materials.

Not only that, a large number of mining ships were also built from the tank factory. The length of these ships did not exceed 500 meters, but they were also equipped with decomposition force fields and fission rays. They penetrated into the asteroid belt at the edge of the planet and used fission rays to crush those solid asteroids and meteorites.

In terms of efficiency, these methods of directly obtaining resources from the asteroid belt are far superior to mining resources from the underground of the planet.

"Regarding the new power armor, I have calculated a preliminary model. It will be enlarged based on the MK4 Extreme model, and will look slightly smaller than the Iron Cavalry Power Armor."

Luo Xi showed the holographic projection to Hill, Nikonna and others.

"This looks different from the MK4? Did you increase the thickness of the armor on the neck, elbows, knees, etc.? And the helmet seems different too."

Hill started commenting directly. He did not have the dull and serious feeling of other Astartes, and his thought pattern was very jumpy.

Luo Xi nodded. According to his experience in Calth, most of the Astartes were killed by the enemy after being hit in weak points. The weaknesses of these power armors were not something that the designers did not want to remove, but they had to be retained in order to balance flexibility and functionality.

"No, I did not increase the thickness of the armor. On the contrary, I reduced the thickness significantly. What you see is just the appearance."

The holographic projection cut open the interior of the new power armor and showed a huge extra space inside. This design of reducing rather than increasing space immediately confused Wieland of the Iron Hands.

Tiefu questioned, "How do we ensure the protective capability of the power armor? Unless we abandon the ceramic steel material, such thin armor cannot be deployed on the battlefield."

Wieland's suspicion was very appropriate. Indeed, Roche abandoned the backward material of ceramic steel and chose another stronger metal.

Fine gold.

That’s right, it’s the super material used to make battleship keel armor and the core skeleton inside power armor.

Mithril is the most common and hardest type of material used in the human empire. The only materials that can surpass it are the golden glittering gold used by the Imperial Guards and some other extremely rare and expensive special materials.

This material is almost perfect in terms of strength, hardness, toughness and corrosion resistance. Once the refined gold is melted, it is almost impossible to deform it a second time. Even the high temperature like the sun cannot melt it.

But its shortcomings are also obvious. Apart from its high cost, the density of adamantium is extremely amazing, which also makes it extremely heavy and requires more powerful power to drive machinery made of adamantium.

Secondly, because adamantium is too hard, its manufacturing and processing is extremely difficult. The forge worlds of the Mechanicus usually melt the adamantium ore in an environment comparable to the interior of a star, and then cast it into molds in a very short time.

Therefore, common refined gold is used in battleship keels, power armor frames and other situations with lower processing complexity.

When Ironfather learned that Roche wanted to replace ceramite with adamantium, the elder Space Marine showed a look of understanding.

Of course, some people have imagined that power armor made of adamantium is almost impossible to destroy by cutting, so the survivability of the Astartes inside will be ridiculously strong.

It is even possible that one person with just one piece of armor could wipe out an entire enemy team.

Conventional weapons cannot even penetrate the defense. Power swords, chainswords, plasma and even melta cannot destroy adamantium. Such a Space Marine with an indestructible golden body will be the nightmare of all enemies.

Luo Xi naturally saw Tiefu's distrust. He curled his lips and said in a relaxed tone: "It is not difficult for me to process refined gold. My material reconstruction equipment can make the raw materials produced by the ore refining center plastic, and then reshape them at the atomic level under the control of artificial intelligence."

"In appearance, the adamantium armor can be produced just like hard-light printing. It only takes a few hours for a set of armor to be ready."

There seemed to be a sound of swallowing saliva in the room. Luo Xi turned around with some confusion, but couldn't tell who was secretly swallowing his saliva.

What's the fuss about?

"Then how will you solve the power supply problem? A suit of adamantium power armor weighs at least two to three times more than ceramic steel. Our power packs can't supply that much energy." Weyland was so excited that his iron hands almost reached out to Roshi. "Iron Father, remain calm," Nikonna intervened.

"Power? Is that a problem?"

The power source of the Astartes' power armor comes from the power backpack behind him. This miniature cold nuclear fusion backpack can supply electrical energy to the power armor for a long time and drive the internal electronic muscle bundles to respond.

"Cold nuclear fusion is a good energy source, but it's not enough. I integrated the antimatter furnace into various locations of the power armor and dispersed them, eliminating bulky components like the power backpack."

Part of the surplus space in the adamantine armor is reserved for the antimatter furnace. This energy empire is not without applications, but it only exists in some extremely rare or even irreproducible relic weapons.

Although the empire's equipment may look extremely simple and barbaric, the technology contained in it is not weak at all.

"And I will replace the electronic muscle bundles with extremely fine adamantium polymers. Its tensile strength will be able to bear the energy output of the antimatter furnace. The Astartes with the new power will crush the current warriors in terms of strength."

The new type of power armor conceived by Luo Xi surpasses the original style in almost every aspect.

The nearly indestructible defense of adamantium, and power three to four times greater than older warframes, will create a new type of warrior that transcends traditional Astartes.

Weiland and others looked at each other in surprise. They found that this new type of armor, which was still only on the blueprint, was actually not as far away as they had imagined.

Although they don't know whether mass production is possible, a certain number of experimental models should be able to be produced.

"In addition to these standard features, the new power armor will also be equipped with complete buffer components, heat insulation components, and more powerful scanning equipment and communication equipment. Of course, I have also added the deflection position equipped by the Iron Knight Terminator. The energy shield will also protect the user from damage by energy weapons."

Adamantite armor is difficult to destroy, but it does not mean that it will not be damaged by vibration and high temperature. The power armor is fine, but the body of the warrior inside may be destroyed by the aftermath of the battle.

Nikona and others were simply numb. Luo Xi had taken into account almost all common battlefield situations. Even a new recruit wearing adamantium armor could almost survive in an apocalypse-level battlefield.

Not to mention those veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles and possess extraordinary martial arts skills. When equipped with adamantium armor, they will be the most deadly group of fighters.

"I suppose we must have priority in getting such equipment, my Lord?"

Hill shook his head, then tapped Nikona's power armor with his finger: "Yes, your power armor is indeed rubbish."

"In addition, I have designed a more advanced power armor: the Iron Cavalry Terminator Armor used by Astartes warriors. Only the strongest warriors can use it, and in addition to dealing with infantry, it will also contend with all ground vehicles, even Titan God Machines."

Is there more powerful equipment coming? The Iron Hands felt that their nerves had become numb after being shocked so many times. What other armor could surpass the adamantium power armor?

Next to the original adamantium armor, an even larger armor revealed its true appearance.

It was modeled after the Iron Cavalry power armor, but its height reached four meters. It did not have sharp outlines, but instead had a soft, smooth and simple texture, which was completely different from the style of the human empire's equipment.

"Unlike the adamantium armor, the technology level of this power armor is several levels higher. I used strong interaction force materials. Every atom will be firmly nailed in the corresponding position. Except for the joints and other parts that use deformable materials, most of the armor will use this truly indestructible material."

"This strong interaction force power armor is not very heavy, so I equipped it with an anti-gravity engine and a jet pack for use in the atmosphere. Astartes warriors can use it to completely leave the surface of the earth, an effect that a jump jet pack cannot achieve."

"The weapons it carries will also have more terrifying destructive power, and the specific situation can be determined by the specific situation."

After Luo Xi's proud introduction, everyone looked at each other and suddenly felt that the power armor they were wearing was no longer useful.

They also understood a little bit why Luo Xi always looked at them as if they were garbage. Compared with such technological creations, their power armor was indeed no different from children's toys.

Roche led these space warriors to the laboratory of the tank factory. Next, these creations that currently only exist in blueprints will truly come into this world.

A batch of shaped refined gold materials were delivered to the ore refining center. They were cast into gold bricks for easy storage and transportation. These precious materials, which are far stronger than gold, are about to be sent to the material reconstruction equipment for further processing.

Under the irradiation of the instrument beam, pieces of fine gold turned into liquid and flowed into the casting equipment through the pipes.

The intelligent computer controls the parameter information of the hard light printer and moves the refined gold to the predetermined position according to the input data.

Before everyone's eyes, a layer of glittering gold began to take shape, starting from the magnetic boots of the power armor. The printing speed was not fast, and after about an hour, the power armor was barely formed at the knees.

Although the prototype has not even been completed, the results achieved so far are still exciting.

This is a piece of adamantium armor, which is invincible on the battlefield.

Equipped with it, loyalists will easily drown traitors in their own blood.

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