"What the hell is happening to you?!"
Yup. Ghira will have the same reaction as Illia. Well, I don't blame him.
And Sienna has her jaw hanging loose at the sight of me. Yup. There it is. The expression that says 'Are you doing something stupid again?' on her face.
"A little genetic experimentation and this is the result. However, just like I was saying to Ilia, this is not safe. I am lucky to be alive, and the process is excruciating. That means I will not do this enchantment anytime soon or ever."
I can see disappointment in Sienna's eyes, but Ghira nods in satisfaction for some reason. He looks at me and says.
"The reason why we call you here is to ask you something."
"Shoot."
"What is your next project? We need to know your project to make sure we can prepare to implement your creation right away. Lately, we have not been prepared to use your creation, and we need to put haste into putting it to good use. We wonder if you can give us the list of things you want to make so we can prepare efficiently. Can you write what you want to make?"
Ah, they cannot keep up with what I make, huh? I understand that.
"Well, I cannot promise what I write will be the same as what I made. I make something that catches my mood. However, I will try to follow what I will write. As for the next creation… I want to create a better vehicle for us. It will not use any dust. Our vehicles are what prevent us from making Menagerie a non-dust continent."
"Oh? What will this thing do?"
"I am thinking of making something big enough to carry all our goods outside of Menagerie. This will be our transport vehicle. Don't worry. I will also put weapons on the thing to ensure it can defend against flying Grimm."
I explain to them what kind of things I will be making and how many of them I will make. When I am done, Sienna looks at me and says.
"Can I make a request, Orin?"
"Hmmm? Sure."
"Can you make something that is stealthy and fast? I need them to rescue the Faunus who were enslaved by the SDC in the mine and rescue the Faunus who were enslaved by the underground slaver."
"I can do that. After I finish the first transport vehicle, I will make the stealth vehicle. It should be done in a month or two after careful testing and such."
Sienna nods her head and says.
"Thank you. If you need anything, please let us know. We will give you anything you need, Orin."
"More people to handle the smaller things will be helpful. The middle management needs more help as well."
"What are they needed for?"
"Another farm. With more people entering Kuo Kuana, we need more food to feed them, and to do that, I need to expand the farm. That means we need more workers. I also need people to help me with my future project."
"What is it?"
"It is a Sea Mining operation. Don't worry. It is a year or two before I can start this one."
They look at me with a weird expression, something that I don't know about.
"What? What is wrong with your expressions?"
Ghira only shakes his head and says.
"Nothing, Orin. Just be yourself and make sure not to blow our city."
"Right. Anyway, I need to return and continue my tinkering."
Without saying anything, I leave the building and return to my workshop.
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I smile a little as my creation safely lands in the hangar I made. It takes me a month and a half to make this bad boy. It is an airship that uses anti-gravity technology to float and uses the core I made to power the thruster.
This airship is 400 meters long and its wingspan is 280 meters. It is a massive ship that can carry up to 2000 tons of cargo. The core can take this ship flying across the globe and still have some energy left in the core.
However, I make sure the ship has three emergency cores it can use to power it through any journey.
This airship is equipped with 10 Laser Cannons, 4 of 240mm Vulcan Cannons, and 6 of Plasma Turrets. The cannons are explosive weapons that can be used for long-range and mid-range purposes. It is destructive, but it requires time to recharge. The Vulcan Cannons are effective in short to mid-range combat. It can shred any Grimm coming. In fact, it is already seeing action as we are testing the airship. Plasma turrets are used for short-combat situations, as they are ineffective after a certain ranges.
However, I am not done.
This bad boy has a thick hull that can take a lot of damage, but it is not the main defence this thing has. It has two shields that it can deploy at once or one by one. The first is the Kinetic Shield, which uses a repulsive Mass Effect Field from the Mass Effect Series. Its job is to repel incoming projectile attacks. Sadly, it is not effective against close combat attacks.
However, that is where the Hard-Light barrier comes into play. It can block anything coming its way. While it is still effective against Projectile attacks, its biggest strength is protecting the ship from anyone who wants to do close combat.
I want to make a barrier from Star Wars, but it requires something I currently don't have. Not only that, but it also requires a higher energy consumption than these two combined. I need to create a better energy reactor before I make that one.
"It is a war airship."
I look to the side and frown at what Ghira is saying.
"What are you saying, Ghira? You want cargo ships, and you get one. This Arvus Lightcruiser is a transport and cargo ship that is used to take goods from one place to another."
"But the weapons will make this ship into a warship, you know?"
"What do you mean? I read the regulation rule, and I am within the limit."
"Yes. You are within the limit of the number of weapons a ship can have, but when people know how powerful your weapons are, they will write a new rule."
I shrug and say.
"Then it will be a problem for the future or not at all."
"What do you mean by that?"
"The powerful are the ones who make the rules. We only need to be the most powerful to make the rules for ourselves. They cannot enforce their rule on us when we are so powerful. They might be a powerful faction now, but it will change soon."
Ghira stays silent and only looks at the airship. However, after a few seconds, he says.
"Maybe you are right. However, I am someone who will not change my way of thinking anytime soon. I don't want us to act aggressively because I've done that before, which has resulted in failure. However, I will completely support you if you can prove me wrong. At least you are not attacking people openly like how Sienna and her people did in the past."
"Then I will try even harder to make sure this path is the best one for our people."