Assembling Pack-a-punch Weaponry

[Antonio]

Wolfsburg Shipyard, Omega-54
06/2/825 AS, 23:30

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Hjalmar was one of the finest researchers Hessians had. Having been part of supervising and manufacturing almost all Hessian technology throughout recent history, he's the go-to guy whenever there's a problem in regards to equipment. Since it's such a specific craft unknown to a regular person the rest of Hessians wouldn't go into details too much. They'd give him tools to work with, a deadline and an expected end product. He didn't mind it too much as their ignorance was a waste of time to deal with anyways. Sure, there were his companions who understood everything he does, but only a few could replicate what he does in a much longer time-frame.

The last shipment was no different. It was giant pile of, what looked like, scrap and debris coupled with some sheets with text written on it scrambled all over the place. Hjalmar wasn't a stranger to these things, but he did notice something strange outright - that it's no ordinary equipment. The label stated "valuable loot from deep Omegas". "Go figure", he said as he sighed audibly. He started disassembling the pile and looking at individual parts to see what can be done with it, and just as on his first look he realized this trash is no trash at all, but very valuable data. The transcripts were incomplete and shattered in parts about creating new weaponry from that loot, which didn't make the job easier but gave Hjalmar a challenge.

He and his team worked on it for an entire day, figuring out what it means and how those parts can be incorporated into actual weaponry. Making them ready-to-use wasn't the problem, it was mounting them on the ship and figuring out what their purpose is. The transcripts stated that many weapons could be made from the loot, which was accurate with the observations from the research team. They noted how "flexible" the loot is in terms of being able to make different types of weaponry that completely differ in roles, and even ships that use them.

After a week of careful analysis, Hjalmar came up with a perfect solution. The loot was to be turned into one of the weapons listed in the scripts - a very close range turret capable of dealing tremendous amount of damage to a stationary or large target over time, noticeably more than a Ragnarok. The damage he calculated they would do wasn't that impressive, but the advanced technology they got enabled the turret to consume significantly low amounts of energy, which resulted in a fantastic siege tool. The downside was very low speed and turn speed, but for the purpose they're intended it's more than enough. It was a gun made for the Hessians.

He spread the word and in no time the loot was turned into guns. Eager to try them out, they put them on two Jormungand-class vessels and started doing tests in space. Only time will tell when the weapons will be used in a real battle and how effective they'll be, but the tests looked very positive. Unfortunately all of the physical equipment was used so reproduction is impossible, but if any new similar loot comes in they know one of the weapons to build.

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