Solderin is not an expert in magic technology, nor does he fully understand how the machines and mass-produced magic circles created by Gawain operate, but he is at least an experienced warrior and experienced warrior. A well-informed adventurer - he can see the huge advantages and broad prospects of those unprecedented and incredible magical weapons, and can roughly imagine what kind of environment these weapons can be used in. This is enough. .
Of course, Solderin himself also knew that the judgments he made based on past experience were definitely not enough. Those new weapons were too powerful and the concepts were too advanced. "Let every ordinary person be able to The idea of releasing magic power that destroys the world and destroys the world" is a crazy but real tendency in the Cecil Territory, so the high-ranking ranger himself is not sure to what extent those weapons will eventually develop, but one thing he is sure of Yes - he knows what he wants.
“The Steel Rangers that the lord ordered me to train are a brand new type of arms, and he also gave me the task of designing new weapons and verifying new tactics. You know, this is a very challenging task. Mission," Solderling said with a smile - because Mr. Nicholas Egg in front of him is always smiling (funny), which makes everyone who talks to him can't help but laugh, "so I have some comparisons. ...A forward-thinking idea. We can find a quiet place to discuss those design plans in detail."
"Of course, we can go to the Machinery Manufacturing Institute," Nicholas Egg said hummingly, getting up and floating. , "Well... there are too many people in the Craftsman Hall, let's go to my office."
Nicholas Egg's office is located next to the Craftsman Hall. This is both his office and the place where he usually lives. . This is a room that few people visit except Rebecca and Gawain. It is probably difficult for outsiders to imagine how a ball with a diameter of 1.3 meters lives and rests. Solderin is also curious about this. , and after entering this cylindrical room, he saw many strange-looking... things.
He saw many high and low metal columns arranged in the room, and some smooth mirror-like metal plates inlaid on the walls. There were no beds, tables and chairs needed by humans in the room, but However, there was a circular platform in the middle of the room that could just accommodate the Nicholas Egg. Next to the circular platform, Solderin also saw a three-layered shelf filled with various metals. Handicrafts, but the appearance of those handicrafts looks really... strange. Some of them look like sails with complex structures, some are like rings nested inside each other, and some are simply twisted and tangled metal clumps. Delin believed that even the best art connoisseur would not be able to see the meaning of these things here.
"Did you make all of this?" He looked at the big metal ball floating in front of him curiously, "These... decorations?"
"Use scraps to make them in your spare time. Yes,” Nicholas Egg buzzed, “My memory is incomplete., but occasionally some hazy impressions still emerge. Gawain suggested that I make models of those hazy impressions and save them, which may help me remember something. Of course, this method hasn't worked so far, but it's still fun to make these gadgets. I guess these things must be things that I came into contact with frequently back then, so they left such a deep impression on the cyclic polarizer - oh, the cyclic polarizer is my memory organ. Let’s not talk about this for now, let’s talk about your thoughts. "
Solderin's attention was immediately diverted from the "crafts" in the room. He coughed twice and said: "First of all, it is about the protective equipment currently used by Cecil combat soldiers. Tool - as far as I know, their magic armor has an 'lining' with various runes painted on it, right? ”
“That’s right. The original version of the magic armor had runes directly carved on the metal armor, but this could easily cause the runes to malfunction when the armor was shaken by impact, and was not conducive to upgrades and replacements, so we later added a tactical lining to the armor. Made of tough leather," Nicholas Egg said as he randomly took out an iron ingot from a nearby pile of metal ingots. The piece of metal floated between him and Solderin, and seemed to be liquid in mid-air. It quickly changed its shape, and within a few breaths it turned into the current standard armor of the Cecil combat soldiers, and the various parts of the armor were scattered and displayed in front of Solderin, "This part - this That's where the tactical lining is. ”
“Tactical lining is very similar to cotton armor or leather armor worn inside steel armor, but its main function is to carry runes, so the coverage and protection are lower than leather armor—— This is also to reduce costs," Nicholas Egg continued. "At present, the runes we integrate on the tactical lining are mainly weight reduction spells, which are used to reduce the overall burden of the armor on the soldiers; weak element protection, which is used to enhance the soldiers' resistance to Resistance to low-level magic; Breeze Shield, which can resist a certain degree of external attacks and can be used to resist toxic environments. In addition, we have also set up protective runes to resist high and low temperatures. Although they are weak, they are enough to allow soldiers to survive in many extreme environments for longer. "
Solderin looked at this set of armor that could almost turn ordinary people into low-level extraordinary beings. He was amazed and couldn't help but asked curiously: "These things all rely on combat." Does the backpack provide energy? "
"Yes, there is a high-power magic capacitor in the battle backpack. In addition to charging the weapon crystal, the excess energy is supplied to this set of armor," Nicholas' egg floated up and down. Body, "The largest energy-consuming unit in this armor is the weight loss technique, but that is also the most important part - without it, the soldier's physical consumption will increase exponentially. ”
Solderin thought about it carefully and said: “If we give up this layer of steel armor, or only keep the lightweight armor, and reduce the amount of combat crystals we carry, can we make the battle easier?” Has the backpack also been reduced? ”
“…TheoryThat's right," Nicholas Egg thought for a while, "but this will greatly reduce the protection..."
"It can be replaced by adding stone skin runes to the inner lining - although its effect is better than The current steel armor forged by the Cecil Territory is weaker, but it can also provide soldiers with protection against ordinary light swords. Moreover, as a basic set of runes, the stone skin rune consumes less energy than the weight loss spell. There are far fewer formal spells," Solderin said of his thoughts. "According to my conception, the Iron Rangers are not a unit that needs to confront the enemy head-on. Even if we have to attack the enemy, we will immediately attack them immediately. Away - So why not save the weight of the armor and combat backpack and use it elsewhere. "
"Understood, I will consider the plan," Nicholas Egg said while using another metal ingot to start "kneading" the model of the item Solderin needed, "Other than that ? "
"In terms of weapons, in addition to being equipped with a magic terminal equipped with a thermal ray gun and a force field shield, I hope that the Steel Rangers will also have some more powerful offensive weapons..." Suo As Delin spoke, his mind couldn't help but think of the dangerous encounter on the Typhon border last winter, thinking of the mysterious cultist of the death of all things, and his battle with him.
"In actual combat, I discovered one thing, that is, traditional magic skills have limits. Personal talents, battlefield environment, and the physical condition of the caster. There are too many factors that can affect a spell. The effect is different, but the magic weapon is different... As long as you still have the strength to pull the trigger, it will definitely exert a trustworthy power... and it is impossible to guard against." Solderin showed a serious look on his face, " This is what the crystal grenade told me..."
Nicholas Egg was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but ask: "So what do you want to say? "
"What I want to say is...those things that explode when you pull a ring and press a button, they are awesome! A bright smile appeared on Solderin's face, "They will loyally achieve your goals under any circumstances. I hope that every soldier of the Iron Rangers can use these loyal weapons... I will say it clearly." Okay, how small can the magic crystal rail gun be made? "
Nicholas was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted: "What? ! "
"I have seen the original version of the 'Justice-I' magic crystal rail gun, and I have also seen the lightweight 'Persuader-I' acceleration cannon," Solderlin said, " The 'Persuader' is almost one-fifth the size of the 'Justice' and can be pulled by a carriage, but it is said that it can still collapse the city wall - according to Miss Rebecca, the acceleration track can actually be further reduced. , if energy storage crystals are used to supply energy, the heavy overload device and energy gathering base can also be omitted. She once told me about a plan to extremely lighten the accelerated rail gun. I think this plan is feasible..."
Nicholas Dan listened to Solderin in a daze, and it took him a long time to say something:"...You just said you wanted to reduce the weight of the armor. I thought you were going to let the Steel Rangers go the lightweight route...but now you say you want them to carry small magic crystal rail guns?! Do you know? Even if that thing loses weight, it will still be a big guy?"
"I have to emphasize two points. First of all, the Iron Ranger does not have to carry all the weapons with him on every mission. I hope Design an 'arsenal' for them that contains a variety of weapons. This arsenal is used by the entire ranger team. According to mission requirements, each soldier will carry different equipment. The miniaturized magic crystal rail gun is just one of their backup weapons. Secondly, there is no contradiction between light armor and heavy weapons. In the Silver Empire, there is a kind of heavy spear thrower among the Elf Ranger Guards. The weapon they use is heavy disposable spear throwers. They are lightly armored soldiers. In order to carry throwing spears, It's easy to move when spearing and throwing, and they even only have leather chest protectors on their upper bodies - but they are the most dangerous hunters in the forest. I hope the Iron Rangers can achieve this effect."
"… ...Okay, okay, anyway, you are knowledgeable in this area, I will go back and find the people from the Magical Technology Research Institute to study together," Nicholas Egg was persuaded and said while recording Solderin's request, "Then in addition to the light individual rail gun , what else do you need?"
"Tactical eyepiece with detection distortion effect - I know this has been made, but it has not been installed yet. I hope to try it out first."< /p>
"Okay."
"A small blade that is easy to carry and can be flexibly wielded. I have a design for this. It is an Elf dagger - but I hope you can transform it into a molten sword." Like the cutting sword. The melting sword can be miniaturized, right?"
"It's a bit difficult, but it may be at the expense of the continuous use time."
" Acceptable. In addition, I also hope to increase the amount of grenades carried by soldiers, preferably by adding additional grenade slots to their protective gear - but not affecting mobility."
"...I just want to increase the number of grenades that can be carried by soldiers. You know...do you have this fighting style?"
"That's not true," Solderin curled his lips in disdain, "How can they have my knowledge?"
Mr. Dan: "..."