SSS-Class Profession: The Path to Mastery

I stood before the workstation, staring at the disassembled mechanical components scattered across the table. Cables, circuit boards, metal plating—all waiting to be assembled into a functional system.

This was the practical portion of the Robotics and Mechanical Skills test.

The written portion had been easy enough. My system had the integrated database, so it allowed me to pull up any form of public knowledge with just a thought. What's more is that nobody could see my eyes shifting beneath the mask, and I made sure to keep my posture relaxed, like I already knew everything they were asking.

But now?

Now I had to actually build something.

And that was a problem.

I had some experience with construction, sure. My Precision Engineering and On-Sight Adaptability skills let me understand when something was poorly built or when a structure was unstable. But that wasn't the same as assembling delicate mechanical systems.

I couldn't brute-force my way through this.

I needed precision.

I needed expertise.

And worst of all—I needed it fast.