Steel Waste Chapter 290
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Afton rolls his shoulder while adjusting the collar of the armour, he certainly felt more comfortable than his Recon armour had. Much more flexible too. "Not bad." he mutters to himself, not expecting a response...
"Thank you!" a feminine voice says, causing him to jump backwards, almost completely destroying the terminal behind him.
"WHA!" he shouts in surprise, spinning around to try and find the intruder. "Who was that!?"
"Hello! It's nice to meet you. Who can I hide you from today?" the voice asks, and Afton still isn't sure where it was coming from...
"Er, hello? Who am I speaking to?" he asks with furrowed brows, not liking being in the disadvantaged position.
"I am the X-13 Research Facilities Experimental Stealth suit Mk 2. I am designed for all of your sneaking needs, proximity readings, sneaking tips and techniques, and health maintenance."
"Proximity readings?" He asks, confused at what that might mean.
"I am able to detect potential enemies at a limited range, I will seek to warn you should I detect them before you are able to." it explains.
"And 'health maintenance?'" He asks, not wanting to be surprised by anything.
"Health Maintenance mode activated, attempting integration." the feminine voice states, and before Afton's able to object he feels sharp pricks all across his body, as if needles were being jabbed into him... Though, if he had to guess, that'd probably what it was.
He was about to draw the line and take the suit off when he felt a couple pricks on either side of his neck, but relented when he heard the suit speak again. "Integration complete, vitals signs nominal, body condition... Attractive." it states causing Afton's eyes to widen slightly, that didn't sound like any health check-up he'd ever heard of before!
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"Oi, what're you checking you perverted suit?" he quickly retorts.
...
"Body condition, healthy." it corrects before continuing, "Testing for medicinal allergies. Med X... Effective. Stimpacks... Effective. All readings green, user can proceed with whatever incredibly dangerous task they have." the robot states.
...
Afton sighs and rubs his face, was there nothing normal in this god-forsaken crater? He shakes his head, "So, 'stealth suit', what do you actually do?"
"That was already explained." it states in a mocking tone.
"Yeah, I heard. But I just want to confirm..." he feels around and notices the pricks across his body had disappeared. Though, he could still feel himself connected to the suit in some way. "Do you automatically introduce drugs depending on my health?" he asks, slightly worried at the fact.
"That is one of my functions, yes."
"And when do you deem it acceptable to inject Med X or Stimpacks into me?"
"When the user's life signs see a significant decrease in overall health, a stimpack will be introduced into the most heavily damaged area. If the user's pain receptors are firing at an unusual rate, Med X will be used to suppress them." it explains.
"I see... And am I able to disable these functions?" he asks, not having decided if he wanted the suit to have that kind of control yet.
"The user can. All you need to do is command my Health stabilisation functions to be disabled."
Afton nods, "Alright. I'll keep them for now and see how it goes... Do you have a name I can call you? I'd rather not call you 'Stealth suit' if I can help it." he says.
"User can designate a name for me."
Mmm. Afton wasn't all that good with names, as could be observed from the way he'd called the sink AI Alfred. He taps his foot while going over short, suitable names that could fit the suit. Clara, no. Mary? No... Night? No... Hmm, "How about, Nyx?" he mutters, it was short, relevant to the suit's functions, and had some history behind it.
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"Affirmative, my name is Nyx." it states, and Afton wasn't sure, but the voice sounded somewhat excited with its new name. Were all AI's like this? Or maybe it was just his imagination.
"Checking inventory... Med X, stocked. Stimpacks, stocked. A number of psychogenic, hallucinogenic, carcinogenic, substances were also found. Does user wish to dispose of them?" Nyx offers, and Afton quickly shakes his head, "No! Do not do that!"
"Affirmative, I will ignore the dangerous substances... For now."
Afton breathes a sigh of relief, he definitely wouldn't be happy if Nyx just dumped off of his chems without his permission. Sure, most of them were incredibly dangerous if misused, most were useful in certain situations. As he had shown during his fight against Violet and her dogs.
Afton flexes his body a couple more times to get used to the suit before walking into the next room, inside he finds many pens below blocked off by forcefields. There are doors on each side of the room and many terminals and desks lying around the place.
He skims through a couple of the terminals and finds that the Stealth suit test area is nearby, as well as some kind of VR test area? Though, while all of these were interesting, they weren't dangerous. Of course, this wouldn't be a madman's laboratory without something out to kill you inside.
The terminals stated that they were using Night Stalkers for something and that there were pens someone in the facility. It also mentioned the fact that they'd somehow mutated after chewing on a stealth boy, obtaining the ability to go invisible like you would if you used the device... Scary stuff.
Afton ignores the other doors and test area, for now, instead, seeking to gain access to the 'VR test area' Yeah, he was excited to see what was inside... Already he was imagining a Holo-deck sort of set up.
Unfortunately, the door was locked. But that wasn't going to stop Afton. He took out a Proton axe and started hacking away at the door, the light blade cutting through it with ease. Though, the door appeared to be somewhat electrical, as the EMP properties of the weapon caused great sparks to shoot out from the cuts.
"Hm, I hope this doesn't damage the room..." he mutters.
"Oh, it most certainly has." Nyx states, causing him to grimace.
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