The Age of the 21st Century Magazine

It seems someone is calling in a confused consciousness.

As I open my eyes, I hear the voice of a strange woman through a faint mist.

“Mr. Hope”

“Who are you? ”

“I've waited a long time for you. ”

Hope was doubtful about a woman's voice without a face.

“Yes? I don't know a woman like you. ”

“Now, come here. ”

I think I have to listen to a woman's voice for some reason because of a confused spirit.

“Ah... yes... but where is this place? ”

I raised myself in a dizzy spirit.

A stranger walks one step through the fog toward the place where the stranger's voice is heard.

I walked along an inclined path.

After a little walk, the fog slowly rolls and you can see the hills at the end.

And there's....

I hear a familiar voice.

“Brother!"

I turn my head. The faint fog rolls.

Ye Jin sits right next to him holding the hand of hope.

It was a dream.

“Where is this place? ”

“Navis Medical Center. ”

“Ah!”

I realized that hope was only a dream.

The voice of a strange woman, I've waited a long time..?!!

Huff!

I realized that I still had a lot of days to live and I almost had a new look that I didn't want.

Jen, damn it, it could not have been a dream.

I feel relieved because I hold Ye Jin's warm hand.

Hope raised a body lying on a white bed holding hands.

Argh!

I feel pain all over my body.

When I look at my wrist, I see a ringer injection needle.

And it turns out that I'm wearing a patient outfit instead of a new jigsaw suit.

“How many hours have I been out? ”

“I've been out for almost half a day."

“Oh, I see... it's dinner now.

Thank you for coming when you're so busy. ”

Ye Jin, who was holding hands, shook his head without strength and replied.

“No, I'm not busy. I'm a white zone.”

“Oh! That's right. Graduated next month.

Hahaha Ye Jin should go to the graduation ceremony. Argh! "

Suddenly there is strong pain in my chest.

There seems to be a problem with breathing.

“Watch out, brother. I cracked my ribs.”

“Argh... I'll tell you! Argh! ”

“Grumpy."

Ye Jin lay in bed with a back of hope.

“Argh.. Thank you, eh? But it's weird.”

“What is it?”

“Ye Jin, are you really that strong? ”

“Huh? What are you talking about? ”

“I weighed over 80 kilograms and I was so comfortable. ”

“Huh? It's a little weird because I've been listening to you, but I've been doing breathing exercises lately, Heehee.

Is it because you eat a lot of seafood these days? ”

“Huh? Hahaha. Then we should hear about Incheon often.”

I don't know how this kind of power comes from Ye Jin's hideous body, but I thought hope was just a trick.

Dr. Nam opened the door to the room and came in.

“Hope, are you okay? ”

“Oh, yeah, except your ribs are pricked. ”

“Oh, I'm sorry.

Just thinking about the collapse of the building, I didn't attach the shock absorber...

It still hurts a lot, doesn't it? ”

“It's okay, except my chest is a little tight. ”

“Whew! Thank goodness. Thank God you stopped.

I was surprised to watch, too.

Anyway, XHR2's neuronal system was found to be very problematic, so the test was deferred indefinitely.

For now, we need to find out why the control system lost control and collapsed, but we can't figure out why. ”

“Didn't you spend more on development than you thought? ”

“You've been in a lot.

Only the development costs that have been spent so far are close to KRW 10 trillion. ”

“Wow... I've already spent more than twice as much on XHR1 development. ”

When I think of hope, I put so much money into it.

A budget of 10 trillion won will allow us to build and operate one of the newest seaplanes in the United States for three years, equivalent to the total cost of the F35 Stealth Fighter and Apache Guardian helicopters introduced into the Korean fighter business.

The budget to create the XHR1 final prototype is around KRW 450 trillion.

It's already cost more than double XHR1 to create the first prototype.

Development-led Dr. Nam also made some projections.

Still, the results are not looking good compared to the cost of progress.

“It seems that there are many parts to developing new technologies, not existing ones.

Neuronal systems as well as artificial blood vessels and biological muscles. Everything is new technology. ”

Nam talked about the challenges of developing prior art.

So far, the form of Navis has absorbed and used the technology of technology-leading companies through joint ventures or M&As, which has become impossible.

So, as in the case of XHR1, there was relatively little involvement of the fusion group in XHR2 development.

Realizing skills that have not been available so far is just as difficult.

Hope also sympathized with what Dr. Nam said.

Hope also experienced considerable difficulty in fabricating parts that included some new technologies, such as graphene charging modules or carbon bullets, while developing stratospheric aircraft.

“But there are clear limits to joining other high-tech companies.

Even if you want to join, you don't have the skills to join. ”

“I think that's the strong part.

We need to create something that doesn't exist on Earth.

By the way, I had no idea XHR2 was going to go so fast.

I can't seem to find a cause. "

Hope reminded me of a scene that was raging.

The moment I focused on the neuron system, XHR2 suddenly started to bounce off fiercely.

“Well, I didn't have a lot of trouble controlling the motion followers.

The neuron system is terribly unstable to use.

The rapid acceleration has taken place.. ”

“Neuron systems.

Let's focus on the neuron system for now.

There was nothing wrong with the simulator, but why would a prototype maneuver be a problem? ”

Nam didn't understand that.

Staging Site, Arizona, USA.

This will be followed by performance testing of the new two-armed walking stages of the United States, the Titan spacecraft.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Four metal giants with defensive digital camouflage paintings are walking side-by-side over the snow-covered desert.

The driver in a locust-shaped HMD helmet moves Titan as he looks at the tactical data screen unfolding in front of his eyes.

Titan, the first second-rate walking weapon in the U.S. Army.

It weighs 22 tons at a height of 6.5 meters compared to Navis' XHR1, with a lower weight and a trunk in the shape of the front of the fighter.

“Defeat Lieutenant Wright, stationary target number 2, 5. ”

“Very well, Colonel. I will attack once I have the target. ”

Beep, beep, beep!

Wheeeeeeeeeeee!

A 40-millimeter electrothermochemical high-speed rifle on Titan's right arm pushes the helmet towards the target.

Titan's homemaker uses a 40-millimeter electrothermochemical high-speed rifle.

So instead of the K15 coil gun's half tantalum condenser, it contains a plasma combustion unit and a liquid propellant gunpowder cartridge.

When the powerful plasma combustor opened, the liquid propellant fully burned and fired a 40-millimeter blade.

Quuuuuuuuuuuu!

Two 40-millimeter blades that fly at a fast rate instantly powder fixed targets that are targets.

“Very good. Very good. One firepower is burning.”

Watching the test scene in the bunker, Colonel Swain was very satisfied with the power of the 40-millimeter electrothermal chemical artillery.

“All right, Lieutenant Wright, next time, target Titan 2, 3, 4."

“Got it.

Squadron Titans, attack the targets on the right. ”

Jiaying! Jiaying!

When Lieutenant Wright, who was riding in 1st period, sets an attack target, the red light illuminates in the cockpit of 2nd, 3rd and 4th stage gases.

When Lieutenant Wright's voice command dropped, three unmanned Titan gases with artificial intelligence united loaded an electrothermal chemical cannon and focused fire power on the target.

Qaaaaaaaah!

Once the three unmanned vehicles have completely overcome the target, the red light in the cockpit turns off again.

“Very good. Very good. The following are designed to proceed with missile firing against mobile targets: ”

“Very well, Commander. Squadrons engage autonomously with mobile targets. ”

Bigwig!

The unmanned Titans return to the target with a red light and a Hellfire missile on their left arm.

And a total of four missiles were fired at the target.

Hellfire missiles have turned helicopter unmanned humvee vehicles into incendiary launchers with flames.

“Well, that's very satisfying. Now it's time to test the AMZ 9 Chainsaw.

Engage melee for enemy targets. ”

“Very well, Commander. Squadrons, engage in melee combat against the target in front of you.”

Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

Once again, red light comes in from the unmanned Titan's cockpit.

The AMZ9 high-speed chainsaw, which had been hidden in its right arm, popped out and returned at a fierce speed.

The four Titans who ran out over the desert thumping swung the AMZ9 high-speed chainsaw towards the tungsten rod set in front.

Device logging ~ ~

The thick tungsten rod is cut out and gradually tilts.

Quuuuuuuuuuuu!

Desert dust occurs.

“What do you think, Minister?”

The minister who was watching in the bunker answered with a satisfied face.

“I'm very satisfied with Titan's performance for now. Can you explain this to me again? ”

“Yes, the XM3 Titan, which will be the new weapon for the US Ground Force, is 6.5 meters tall, weighs 22 tons and has a top speed of 39 kilometers.

Weapons include an AMZ 9 chain saw, a 40-millimeter electrothermochemical gun, and two Hellfire missiles.

Additionally, missiles or auxiliary weapons can be mounted in the upper tactical slot. ”

“Very good. Very good. How long will it take to get to mass production? ”

“General Atoms says mass production can start in a year. ”

“Okay, now we can finally have the stables. ”

Colonel Tackles the Secretary of State as he recalls Navis' HR1 stables.

“Minister, it's not Magog, it's Titan. ”

“Okay, Navis HR1 is the stables and our XM3 is called Titan. ”

After seeing the performance test of the new weapon, M3A1, the minister swelled his expectations of improving the ground forces' power.

However, it is hard to see if Titan will really play his part in the war.