Research and development

[Planet Io Research Station]

It is a fortified research facility of Alexander organization that is not seen in the Federation maps purview and within its vast complex that dwell deep beneath the planet crust research is ongoing by the Mechanicum of Mars...

The secrecy is so high that several federation agents attempted to investigate the depths of the secrets of the facilities, never to return.

A Valkyrie landed on the landing pad just outside and from its compartment is a weary Director of M.A.Rs a Entourage of Techpriests awaited him.

"++Emissary of the Machine God, Welcome to our humble abode, what brings you to this place?++" The Magos leading this welcoming party queries the Director intent..

"Show me what you have accomplished Magos. Time is of the Essence."

"++As you will, The Machine God gave us his blessings. And we would like to show you our fruits of labor++" The Magos beckon him to enter inside.

As the Entourage entered the Gates leading into the facility, they were greeted by several Combat Servitors and Several Skitarii watching the gates from the watchtowers with intent. Several Bolter Turrets on the walls aimed at the group for a few seconds until they return to their position.

And several gates was like this with each passing one is more heavily guarded than the last until the last gates was guarded by Castellan War Bots and Warhound Titans.

And as the last gate open it revealed a city bustling with life, Techpriests numbered in the hundreds of thousands went from one place to the next with research data or prototypes to be tested.

Alexander held deep thoughts about what had transpired from the message...

The Webway project was doomed from the get go...

And it gave humanity not a chance of salvation but a slow death from the neverending onslaught... And all the records he read... It wasn't enough... The only discrepancy of him and the message was that that version that failed was just a General Militant of the Imperium that was hindered by the High lords of Terra every step of the way and preventing him from completing his tasks, Not the High Lord of the League of Ten Thousand that butchers the nobles without giving a fuck, And he didn't got the technology from Yuri or the golden age making his last stand... Difficult.

So he have to improve his technology to the point that he could no rely the Webway as a last resort..

More technology must be researched, potential destructive weapon must be deployed...

They headed to a open weapons range with several Guardsmen now serving as a Test Subjects now firing new weapons at the targets.

"++Behold Emissary, behold this weapon that we managed to reverse engineering have borne fruitful of countless resources, the Phaser Rifle!++"

The Magos show his proudest work of his sect.

Through reverse engineering the Star Trek Enterprise ship they obtain some of the personnel weapons that is obtained from the deceased defenders...

"++This weapon is the pinnacle of my work, weapon Maintenance , gave stun and eradication settings and now, Emissary you shall see it in action.++" The Magos stepped aside and allowed the Guardsmen to handle it.

The Guardsman aimed the rifle and fired upon a Mammoth Tank and it is disintegrated to atoms...

"What about traitor Astartes, can it penetrate their armor?"

"++Of Course, Seeing that there might be a chance to find such heretical element to the machine god vision standing before us is mere abomination, Eradication... Here is our next test subject.++"

The group enter another testing site and find several Indominatus grade Armor that is lining in a tetsudo formations Alexander smiled wryly at the Imperial Fist armor tht is worn by rudimentary robots as a Iron Warrior awaited them...

"Greetings High Lord, I am the Warsmith Barxok, Captain of this Iron Warrior Garrison of Io and I am here to oversee the Phaser trials and I look forward to it." The Iron Warrior greeted the group.

"++Time is of the Essence, we must prepare the trials for the field testing.++"

"Of Course Magos. Beginning trial now. Starting the Droid."

The Imperial Fist Armor Helmet lighted up as they initiate their famed Tetsudo formations.

"Guardsmen open fire. Use maximum settings."

The soldier nodded as he aimed at the tetsudo formation and open fire at it. Surely he would be put to hell for firing upon the Emperor own Angels of death... But the results was clear...

In the center of the formation the robots disguise as imperial fist was disintergrated as their remain was nowhere to be seen...

Barxok was interested in the effects...

"Tell me High Lord, Could the Astartes use this.. Phaser Rifle?"

"Hmm.. upscaling it for Astartes use is viable, even Titan scale is no longer the issue... But the only main problem is the rate of fire... Magos what are the chances of improving it? How long do we managed to retrofit our soldiers?"

The Magos stood still as he calculated the chances

"++Calculating the odds of success of improving... 97.98%, acceptable within the margin of error. Calculating the time of retrofitting the Imperial Guard and Astartes of this weaponry, 2 years. Enlarging it to capital grade weaponry... 5 years++"

"Great, You have your answer Barxok and the Iron Warriors will get the first batch of it when we are done."

"It seems like there is something more to show Magos?"

"++Ah yes, we have improved the personnel missiles and rockets to use Anti-Matter and Black hole technology, we are still currently researching to make nanoswarms ship grade weaponry to be used as infantry support.++"

Alexander sighed at the last sentence... It took time for his Mechanicus to digest the technology he "Borrowed" but it was more than enough....

"Is there anything more we would like to see the wonder of the machine god creations?"

"++Yes, Follow me Emissary++"

[Io Mech Bays]

A Vast complex of machinery gathered here to be research and manufactured, prototypes have entered and scrapped in the same place. It is constructed by Iron Warriors to assured the safety of the denizens of steel...

What the group approached is a modified vehicles that is being prepped for presentation.

"++We used the prism tank that you have given us and we have managed to create a decent support vehicle. Prism Chimera of course... ++"

The Vehicle roared to life as it headed to the Vehicle testing grounds.

"++It's strength is comparable to a multi Las Cannons combined into one without affecting the crew compartments, Furthermore-++"

The Chimera shot at a target practice that is compressed into a single formation and the light it emitted hit the main target and it shattered connected to a nearby targets hitting at the same time...

"++It has a multi-targeting ability allowing it to have swarm of enemies at bay.++"

"++Our Next prototype, Mirage Titan.++" The Magos pointed to a small hill of snow... And in a short time a Warhound titan appeared briefly as it turned back into a decorative landscape.

"++Perfect for ambushes, Radar and heat signature is voided, and still retain it's former functions++"

"Can it affect on other titans like Imperator and Castigator? And the Mech like Armor Core and Mobile suit?" Alexander smiled that making a Giant Titan simply just melded in the landscape only to appear suddenly is a more intimidating factor.

"++In due time Emissary... We are still in the trial phase..This is just a prototype++."

A Six legged walker appeared before them, it was a mixed of a Republic AT-TE and the Imperial At-AT

"++A weapon to be feared no less than the God Engines of Mars... Seeing the template you given us... We find that the AT-AT is a inadequate construct, We made it better.++"

A Derelict Barbar Mech was teleported Infront of it. And the Walker immediately opened fire.

"++Why need precision, when we eradicate anything Infront of us?++"

"I heard there is a glaring flaw of the AT-AT and it lacked shielding."

"++We are aware of the deficiency and we placed a Void Shield Making it a Siege engine, A Mobile Shield generator than a transport.++"

Several missile turrets appeared from the ground in the distance and opened fire at the walker... Missiles heading towards the direction and the Walker erected a Shield causing the attack to fail.

Alexander smiled a bit.

"++Now shall we head to the good stuff?++"

In the center of the facility is were the final phase of research was enacted.

"++Seeing that you order new technology for the sister of Battle, and we have created a new armor.++" The Magos handed Alexander a Dataslate.

It was a armor attachment that is similar to a terminator armor but it is armed with a Multi-flamer, a Missile launcher than had a inbuilt fabricator and a power sword for melee and a Conversion shield ready to defend its occupant.

A Sororitas approached the armor and it melded into her... Krak missiles popped up in the empty missile slot.

"I shall dub this... Sister of Purification."

[Sister of Purification now available to build in the Sister of battle faction.]

"But I wonder how you are able to make it possible? That is more weight than what the normal Sororitas could wield."

"++We have created two new materials. But the one that allows the Sororitas is a alloy that we called Neo-Ceramite, it is lighter than our traditional ores and much more durable, sad to say we are in a limited production. And we are planning to create Neo-Auramite in the foreseeable future. But currently we have created a fabric for the Imperial Guards. Follow me Emissary.++"

Alexander nodded as he followed the Magos.

They headed to the Armoury and a series suits of Guardsmen Flak armor...

"Magos all I see is regular armor. We need to be prepared."

"++We called the fabric Nano weave, it is able to resist bolter fire for a short time, using the technology of the the golden age, this will greatly improved the chances of survival. We sent several to a group designated as Ignis Corps and they have produced great assessment, the armor is good for distinguishing from the ones we sold to the Federation. We are aware if there is a fallout... We would be ready.++"

"I hope that one day... That will not come..."

"++Even hopefulness is a merely a doubt, we must be ready for the final twilight...++"