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Jul 6, 2024 16:27:39 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jul 6, 2024 16:27:39 GMT -5
By now the school holidays has started so she would have plenty of time to work on this. “I won’t be doing that. I just need to get information on historical armour and its detailed measurements. Then figure out how much I can fit onto the suit. The rocket and jet engine power would need to be increased in turn but the engineers could figure that much out” she replied. A solid plan and she figured she wouldn’t need that long. Avery Ashford
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Jul 7, 2024 8:06:34 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jul 7, 2024 8:06:34 GMT -5
She nodded as she listened. "Take as little or as much time as you need. I find that once a person starts working on something it is best not to rush them in the end." She herself went overboard with too many projects but luckily a lot of them were taking off and being completed. Sophie Chang
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Jul 7, 2024 13:18:17 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jul 7, 2024 13:18:17 GMT -5
Knowing there was others who could fill in the gaps was helpful. It just wasn’t the engineers but military people who knew about current small arms and existing body armour who could contribute. So with it looking like a version of this suit would have military applications Sophie smiled back and replied “leave it to me Avery. I’ll also consult with the engineering team but what you’d need after that is a way of making the design modular. There’s more than just combat applications”. Avery Ashford
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Jul 9, 2024 7:27:30 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jul 9, 2024 7:27:30 GMT -5
"That is fine that is why I have people who work for me. They can give you all you need," she said as she took one more corner into quite a shady area and then stopped, looked twice to the left and once to the right and crossed the street. "Come on, we need to rush past this part of town." Sophie Chang
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Jul 9, 2024 10:35:25 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jul 9, 2024 10:35:25 GMT -5
Sophie was so used to shady parts of town growing up she would notice the signs of approaching one and know to be careful; also to take the right action. Combat wasn't always the way out. "Will do Avery" she replied as she upped the pace while being watchful. She stopped on occasion to have a quick all round look but so far she couldn't see any trouble. A concrete jungle could hide trouble quite easily. Avery Ashford
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Jul 10, 2024 7:21:44 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jul 10, 2024 7:21:44 GMT -5
She knew that some things any other kid should not be dragged into but Sophie was smart and Avery gained nothing by treating her like a kid so she treated her like a person which she did not know if that was necessarily good or either but as she made sure they got across good she came to a building and split herself. The other her went over to the scanner and the building opened and Avery turned and spoke. "My favorite hiding spot, come on you can do your computer work here a little bit while I find some paper work I need." Sophie Chang
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Jul 10, 2024 8:11:52 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jul 10, 2024 8:11:52 GMT -5
Cutting across the shady part of town led to this building that looked so ordinary even Sophie would have passed it by. So Avery had a hiding spot which wouldn't have looked out of place in James Bond movie. That was cool. So able to get to work she started by looking at Spanish armour she'd remembered from a museum trip a few years ago. It was made not to keep out firearm projectiles but a melee weapon. That was a starting point as she could add an inner layer of protection under it. The curve of this breast and back plate would deflect hits and she cheerfully worked away copying and pasting photos on website screens into a power point presentation. She could add notes to these later on. The helmet armour would be next to figure out but slightly curved armour could work on arms and legs. Avery Ashford
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Jul 11, 2024 11:29:30 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jul 11, 2024 11:29:30 GMT -5
She knew that this probably looked shady but it honestly was quiet and Avery really could get more business done here than somewhere around where people might be looking for her. It was true she had to drag a body through here once or twice but only because they were here illegally but now that was mostly fixed. "Are you going to put in splashes of color in your design?" Sophie Chang
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Jul 11, 2024 14:16:23 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jul 11, 2024 14:16:23 GMT -5
Avery was able to see some of her ideas on screen now. The final version wouldn’t have the look of antiquity but a modern design and she replied “I think the colours would depend on what function this was being used for. Black and silver if used by Security Services, red and silver for Search and Rescue and blue for Police. Search and Rescue wouldn’t need the armour but the others would along with weapons. When armoured up the suit becomes a vehicle and they could come up with their own ideas and requirements. There will be contact points for what needs added on as well as for the armour”. She’d also added to her presentation the outside of the suit as it was at present. So using the tools to add red dots to show where the plates would join up at the front at back of the suit it was coming together. “So you’d have a mark 1, mark 2 and mark 3 suit over time. Perhaps more as further developments happen but this idea can be built on”. Avery Ashford
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Jul 12, 2024 7:19:47 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jul 12, 2024 7:19:47 GMT -5
"I will put the proper patent names on it as you need," she said as she removed a part of the floor and then a third. She did love her secret science lairs no matter where she was. She then climbed down the ladder and found herself a seat in the room. It was a strange way to relax but everyone had their own way. She pressed a few buttons and various things began to buzz up but Avery's favorite was her nail polish. Colors and collections that some people had and some did not. She did this to relax and create new colors for herself and not others. Today she was looking for an autumn yellow mix she hoped she could find as she put a mask on her face and began to slowly mix. It was not what anyone would expect but no one knew all she did and that was good. Sophie Chang
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Jul 12, 2024 11:54:42 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jul 12, 2024 11:54:42 GMT -5
Seeing Avery head down through a hole in the floor she made by taking some floor sections away was another surprise but she did seem to have a purpose going down there. Actual names would come later on as each mark of suit was getting its own PowerPoint folder. So this curious and driven girl kept going with the mark one suit being sketched out with the art tools. She’d come up with something resembling modern Kevlar body armour just bigger if that proved to be needed and a matching modern looking helmet. You could still be under fire even with Red Cross on your helmet and there was plenty who wouldn’t care even if they seen it and keep shooting at you. The sketches were coloured in with red and silver panels Which led to her adding on molle sections to the hips and arms. Medical kits could be strapped into these. The mark two was a soldier’s suit. Something to give the islands defence forces something to hit hard with and give protection under fire. She marked out sections where guns could be mounted. Mainly on the shoulders and forearms. Control of these guns were made with the internal suit controls. So it’s colours would be black and silver. The mark three she figured could be used for police and coastguard use. She borrowed the molle panels idea to make a modular armoured suit where the operator could carry what they needed in pouches and with modification to the area round her hands allow the user to access things with their own hands. Dark blue would be the colour for this. This took nearly an hour and time did fly by when you were having fun. Her iced tea was now just colder tea and draining this she did get curious and look down the hole in the floor. “Can I come down?” she asked. It was important to ask permission but at times you still had to be sneaky. The latter was a case of doing it at the right time. Avery Ashford
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Jul 13, 2024 8:03:50 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jul 13, 2024 8:03:50 GMT -5
"You need to grab a mask first don't need the fumes getting inside the head and making you foggy," she said. She hated the masks really but colors she guessed she did have a thing for those. "I am trying out new nail polish colors. I know this sounds stupid but I have a lot of women who work for me and i need to make them feel special. The men they are easy give them pizza and they are happy but those women, not so much." It was easier to bill that she was doing it for someone else and not herself for she did have an image to keep up. Sophie Chang
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Jul 13, 2024 10:39:00 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jul 13, 2024 10:39:00 GMT -5
So taking a mask and putting it on she descended down the ladder. The idea sounded good to her as she knew about nail polish but hadn’t ever done it herself. “That sounds interesting. When did you come up with this idea?” she asked. Avery Ashford
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Jul 14, 2024 6:47:00 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jul 14, 2024 6:47:00 GMT -5
"It's a bit of a collective idea among me and my hybrid selves," she said. "Sometimes you have to let their ideas flow or they tend to want to take over control and that would be bad for anyone." Sophie Chang
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Jul 14, 2024 10:33:39 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jul 14, 2024 10:33:39 GMT -5
Sophie had seen the older girls painting their nails from time to time. She supposed it was to look pretty but makeup and fancy nails were a mystery she’d yet to want to figure out. She was more mature than her twelve years on this planet but the mystery of boys did remain. Certainly smarter for sure than some of them as she replied “I’ve seen the older girls paint their nails. I doubt boys notice things like that but they pick up on other things like girls being pretty”. She knew that for a fact. As to what preference she would have was something to figure out later. Right now she was an ideas person, a big sister and a pilot of an experimental vehicle. It could lead to other things given her bravery and sense of duty. Avery Ashford
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