Inside of the lab, Akane was face-down on a padded lab table. AIM technicians were busy putting the finishing touches on a spinal control tap on the back of Akane's neck just below the base of her shaved skull. While it was not bulky, it was almost imossible to hide without long hair. Across from the glass-enclosed operating theatre was the Iron Maiden cybernetic battle-armor. Modeled on both the Iron Man MkVI armor and on the later Crimson Dynamo armors, the Iron Maiden used as much technology as AIM could develop or appropriate. The armor itself was about 6' tall and colored a dull silver. While it was a product of AIM, it did not look like anything else AIM had produced. Rather, it looked more like a female version of the Crimson Dynamo armor with a motorcycle helmet-like head.
"How complete is Project: Iron Maiden?" the leader of AIMJapan asked his assistant. "Almost complete," he answered. "The test subject's body has not rejected the cybernetic control apparatus, and all neurological linkages register as good. The armor itself is complete, with all systems ready to start field tests. the molecular condenser storaghe matrix reads ready and stable."
The molecular condenser storage matrix was one of the two crowning achievemnts of Project:Iron Maiden. Based on plans 'appropriated' from a Russian lab after the end of the Cold War, the storage matrix enabled a massive battlesuit to be stored in as small an object as a credit card. AIM had improved on this, making the matrix efficient and powerful enough to be stored in a ring or bracelet. The matrix could also store several add-on weapons and armor-plates to make the Iron Maiden battlearmor better able to fight higher-power opponents.
The assistant continued. "All of the modular weapons test out, including the new particle cannon. All joint tolerances and structural integrity fields are operating as intended and is ready for operations."
"Very well. When Iron Maiden is ready, test her out by operating against..."
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(Posted Tue, 24 Dec 2002 01:21)
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