Chapter 180: Veronica
This Hulk's rampage was unexpected for everyone of the Avengers, and caused unexpectedly huge losses. Upon careful reflection, Tony felt that in addition to the Hulk being too strong to stop, their lack of preparation was one of the main reasons for the incident.
Tony's previous thinking was a bit too optimistic. He felt that it was not unstoppable for so many extraordinary Avengers to come together, even a terrifying monster like Hulk, but now he realized his mistake. This kind of mistake is like his naivety thinking that his steel armor alone can solve all the disputes in the world and achieve world peace, and he can't make this kind of mistake again.
Veronica is a project designed for this purpose. After the actual fight, Tony discovered that none of the weapons on his armor had any effect on the Hulk, even the recoil cluster gun with the highest output of the arc reactor only blew him up. As a result, his armor was torn apart by Hulk's desperate efforts.
To make sure that the next time this happens, Tony decided to develop the most special suit of all the current models, like the heavy firepower in the steel suit, specifically designed to fight heavyweights like Hulk.
According to his concept, this armor must have a defense that can resist the Hulk's punches and kicks head-on, and it must also have at least a long and short power output with the Hulk, at least it can't be dismantled by the Hulk as soon as it is caught, like the regular armor. However, this will inevitably make the armor very bulky, and it is inevitable that flexibility will suffer. Veronica, on the other hand, is a satellite that can provide support for armor at any time, and it should be equipped with parts that can replace all parts of the armor, and have an autonomous energy system and instant communication system.
Since this armor is currently designed to fight the Hulk, Tony named it "Anti-Hulk Armor", designated MK44.
If Hulkhead armor is compared to a field agent on a front-line counter-attack mission, then Veronica is a logistics base that can provide immediate support to it.
But Hulk's terrifying physique, Tony had already experienced it firsthand, and it was impossible to compete with the power of his existing armor. In fact, it would be too difficult to reach that level with existing technology, and it would be unimaginable to provide that level of power to one of the arm's arms.
But after all, he is Tony Stark, the genius of the "scientist of the future", and he can always go further than the times. He also quickly came up with a solution to this problem.
The most fundamental difference in the design of the Hulkhead armor from the previous model is that Tony is prepared to use a decentralized energy supply. In the past, all the functions of Iron Man's armor were powered by the arc-shaped reactor on the chest, and in addition to the main reactor on the chest, every part of the Hulk-hulk's body will also have at least one arc-shaped reactor. The reactors operate autonomously, powering the operation of their respective components, which is equivalent to the hands and feet of the Hulkhammer armor, as well as the main armor, each equivalent to a set of normal-sized Iron Man armor in the past. But they are not completely separated, and in the event that one component is damaged, the reactor of all the remaining components is able to allocate a portion of its energy to the damaged part.
In this way, the Hulkhawk should theoretically be able to obtain horsepower comparable to that of the Hulk, and because of the multiple arc reactors operating together and the energy is abundant, the repulsion cannon on the Hulkhead armor can also be many times more powerful than the normal model.
Of course, whether it is the satellite "Veronica" or the Hulkhead armor itself with a curved reactor, the cost of it is absolutely astronomical. But as we all know, for Tony Stark, the problems that can be solved with money are not problems.
Tony spent almost a full day in the lab completing the basic framework for the satellite and armor design. When he was done, he saved the design, rubbed the bridge of his nose, and asked, "Jarvis, I asked you to decipher the source of the message...... Is there any progress? ”
"No, sir. The other party's encryption is seamless, and the source cannot be cracked. Jarvis said.
Tony was silent.
"Beware of Bruce Banner", just before Hulk went out of control, someone sent him this message, and it was sent to his private mailbox, the identity of the sender is unknown.
If even his technology can't be traced back to the source, it means that the other party's technical means must be quite clever.
Regardless of how the other party learned that Banner might get out of control, at least this message shows one thing - Hulk's rampage was not accidental, it was premeditated. And if you find the person who sent the warning, you may be able to know more details.
Now the question is, who is he (or she)?
***
"Mr. Stark's team doesn't seem to be doing much better lately, sir."
As Shirley spoke, the open TV screen in the lab happened to be playing a debate on the Avengers accident from last week.
Michael, who was tinkering with a complex structure diagram in the projection interface, didn't look back: "People standing on high places will always be remembered, and this kind of thing will happen sooner or later." ”
Michael actually has a crush on superhero groups like the Avengers, believing that such a group is necessary — to stand up when necessary, so that people always have a goal to hope in difficult times, and can give people the belief that "everything will be okay".
A faith, this is what the Avenger means, a symbol of the guardian of light and hope.
But even so, Michael didn't feel that this style suited him. The world needs bright superheroes to show people the way, but it also needs people who don't mind doing what bright heroes can't. Michael is more inclined to be the latter.
"Gear ready for upgrading, sir?" Shirley asked.
Michael finished modifying the drawing in his hand, checked it twice more and clicked save.
"The Kree technology has given us a lot of good ideas, and thanks to them, there's a huge room for improvement in the performance of the new armor."
Michael paused for a moment and asked, "That Divine Domain Witch, has the magic search yielded any results?" ”
"Not yet, sir. Maybe she's already off Earth? ”
"Maybe." Michael shrugged his shoulders. He hadn't expected to be able to find Amora with such a massive magical scan, and if she could be found so easily, she wouldn't be worthy of being called one of the most powerful witches in Asgard.
"Contact Dr. Strange." He said, "Tell him that there might be a Witch of the Divine Domain on Earth, and that's their job, and let them pay attention." ”
"Yes, sir." Shirley changed her words, "Also, sir, I did a check on all aspects of the Avengers' Mansion data before the incident as you requested, and then I did make some discoveries. Ten minutes before Mr. Banner went out of control, an encrypted message was sent to Tony Stark's personal mailbox, stating 'Beware of Bruce Banner'. ”
"Oh? What about the sender? ”
"Unknown, the source can't be cracked."
"Got it. Keep this in mind and keep an eye out for other similar messages. ”