Chapter 88: Spatial Leap
At this moment, Omega stood on the power armor maintenance device and gradually removed his original power armor.
The Tech-Priests happily fitted him with the heavy Terminator power armor, the whole process proceeding smoothly.
Thud!
With a heavy impact, Omega, now about 2.8 meters tall, found the Terminator-style power armor to be heavy but surprisingly well-designed and very comfortable to wear.
He felt that the weight had little effect on his Primarch physiology. After taking a dozen steps and moving his limbs, he was delighted.
Omega was an expert in all the structures and principles of power armor and quickly mastered the Terminator-type suit. He activated the operating device of the space jump mechanism, checked the code at high speed, and nodded.
After reading it, Omega looked at the Tech-Priest Prit and smiled.
"Is it all right if I teleport directly from here to the surface of a nearby planet?"
"I guarantee there won't be any problems. We've been preparing for so long, we won't let you down, sir!" Tech-Priest Prit's mechanical tentacles moved and rotated nimbly before stopping and stating firmly.
Apothecary Russell reminded, "The distance and location must be set in advance. All these things need to be calculated before a spatial jump!"
Alpharius didn't switch to power armor. He had already tested the space transfer function of the armor back in the palace. Omega quickly connected to the bridge data and calculated the distance to the planet's surface.
The distance was nearly five hundred kilometers, not the horizontal distance on the ground, but the altitude from the surface to space.
As a Primarch, Omega rarely experienced any sensory stimulation or excitement.
Unlike jumping from a tall building, where you could still see yourself falling from a height. Most people had a fear of heights, let alone jumping from space.
Spatial jump was a direct transfer from one location to another, without any visible distance.
With a gentle grip on the mechanical arm, Omega's highly sensitive neural signals triggered the spatial teleportation device, causing the surrounding space to appear to warp and blur.
Whoosh!
In an instant, he vanished from before the six people's eyes, even though they were in a highly confidential power armor repair room, surrounded by thick metal walls that were clearly visible to the naked eye.
But Omega vanished without a trace under the light. At Julius's gesture, a display screen was lowered from the roof.
On the other side, Omega, who was teleported through space, thought he would experience the magical process of spatial leap, but he found that the process was not like that at all. He opened his eyes and saw a large plain and grassland in front of him.
Omega appeared three or four meters above the ground, seemingly appearing out of thin air. He tried to step on something but missed and fell straight to the ground.
Thud!
A loud impact echoed through the ground, sending up a cloud of dust. A heavily armored warrior, half-kneeling and supporting himself with his hands on the ground, landed steadily in a shallow crater in the grass.
He slowly stood up, revealing Omega's features through the front of his heavy power armor.
Looking up at the blue sky, white clouds, and surrounding trees and grass, he clenched his hands, feeling them intact, and assessed himself.
"I left a little too much margin, and the landing posture was a bit inelegant!"
This was understandable, as he had been psychologically worried that, due to errors, he would be spatially transported into the soil. Naturally, he allowed more lead time. In fact, the cogitator array on the bridge had exact calculation accuracy.
A glance revealed a large tree over a hundred meters away. With a flick of his right hand, he raised his weapon, which was equipped with three small cannons, one of which was focused with an energy beam.
Whoosh!
The cannon flashed and struck a tree a hundred meters away, blasting a tree more than thirty meters tall into pieces that flew to the ground amidst flames.
The tiny flames quickly ignited the surrounding grass. The small flames burned visibly on the grass. Omega estimated that the power of the small cannon was equivalent to that of a regular tank shell.
Behind his shoulder was a large energy laser cannon barrel, which rapidly filled with dazzling light.
Boom!
The laser cannon fired a straight energy spear that instantly struck the burning grass a hundred meters away, creating a huge crater hundreds of meters deep, with a deafening explosion that sent countless bits of dirt flying.
After testing each of the equipped weapons, Omega was quite satisfied, as it clearly drew inspiration from the multi-firepower configurations of the Ork war machines.
At this moment, he raised his left hand and looked at the somewhat bulging arm device. This was a gravity hammer weapon cleverly configured by several Tech-Priests, capable of amplifying the power of an ordinary blow to the point of destroying heavy armor.
Tanks, cannons, and assault personnel carriers could be destroyed in a single blow, and even Space Marines' power armor could be penetrated through both force field defenses and armor plating.
Integrating such a powerful gravity weapon into the power armor arm did have an impact.
Because gravity weapons affected both the target and the user, only those with the superhuman physical abilities of Primarchs could withstand them.
Otherwise, they could only be equipped with battle-automata, made of special metal materials that could withstand the effects of gravity hammers.
Replacing the gravity hammer with a single-soldier weapon would also mitigate the impact, but it would occupy one hand during combat.
Judging from the various functions and uses of this Terminator-type power armor, it was clear that the five Tech-Priests put a lot of effort into designing such a powerful suit for him. It was indeed a carefully prepared gift.
The data was reconnected, coordinates and distances were calculated, and Omega, clad in Terminator-style power armor, vanished into the grassland in a flash.
When he reappeared, he had returned to the previous mechanical repair warehouse.
The altitude of over five hundred kilometers was crossed in an instant, and he felt a rare excitement.
Omega had become even more passionate about space technology. This kind of mobility was just too impressive.
The Tech-Priests were relieved to see that Omega had returned safely. They were assured that the equipment was fine. Their only concern had been that Omega might injure himself on his first attempt.
Omega, well-versed in space technology, raised a question.
"This spatial teleportation device doesn't seem like it can move freely at will, especially considering how compact it is!"
Seeing that Omega still had this demand, Julius explained, "This was originally designed to facilitate the rapid transfer of significant figures like you from space to the ground!"
"A single spatial transfer spanning hundreds of kilometers is somewhat similar to a heavy mortar firing one shell at a time. The space jump device itself is a heavy weapon!"
Omega understood what the other party meant and said with some anticipation, "Miniaturization is definitely possible. Is it possible to create a space jump device that can move freely within a kilometer range?"
Albert asked, puzzled. "Miniaturization is more complex and sophisticated. It's possible to do it, but is it really necessary? The speed of a Primarch is already astonishing!"
Manufacturing various high-tech weapons was often relatively straightforward in terms of miniaturization. For example, gravity guns could be manufactured with ease.
Free-space movement within a kilometer range was unnecessary for a Primarch to move hundreds of meters in an instant, which was why space jump devices were only used to facilitate transfer from space to the ground.
But Omega was very much looking forward to this kind of flexible spatial transfer device within a small area, and the Tech-Priests silently joined in the discussion.
Alpharius remained silent for a while without saying a word, then turned and left, saying goodbye.
"You guys take your time studying it, I'm leaving now!"
Seeing that the other party had left, Omega didn't care that the six people present were all at the level of Tech-Priests, and quickly carried out a miniaturized design based on the space transfer device of the Terminator-type power armor.
This was equivalent to designing a small conventional weapon based on the principles of heavy weapons.
The miniaturization research progressed smoothly because a smaller size meant less energy consumption, and the nuclear battery of the powered armor could support more space transfers.
In the eyes of the Tech-Priests, this miniaturized space weapon was completely meaningless for a Primarch's combat support. They only produced it because Omega showed great interest and was willing to cooperate in its creation.
Taking advantage of the Tech-Priests' research, Omega practiced space jumps multiple times before the fleet's warp jump.
Just before the massive fleet was about to leap, Alpharius explained the destination of their expedition: the star system had no humans, only billions of intelligent robots.
The leader of such a massive organization was an AI master, possessing immense computing power and intelligence far exceeding that of ordinary people.
[End of Chapter]
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