Chapter 164: Individual Thoughts
Master Smith Under Ministry of National Defense
164 – Individual Thoughts
After the Grand Canyon summit, various governments began to adopt the revised Awakener management laws as suggested by Myung-jun. The new legislation primarily transferred the management authority of Awakener clans, previously under government control for national interests, to the private sector.
Simultaneously, the Liberal Clan announced the partial release of their Awakener equipment manufacturing technology to the world, causing a seismic shift in the global Awakener industry.
「US defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are pushing to establish a joint military-industrial complex, ‘Armstech,’ for the production of new power armor.」
「Japanese corporate consortium ‘Masamune Hi-Tech,’ established for Striker production, unveils the concept for the new power armor series ‘Kabuto,’ based on technology released by the Liberal Clan.」
「Hanwha Defense and KAI (Korea Aerospace Industries) announce plans to produce the active Korean power armor ‘Plasma Guardian,’ claiming a 15% performance improvement over other power armors by applying proprietary enhancements using monster-processed materials.」
It didn’t take long for global defense companies and major corporations to announce their own power armors incorporating the technology released by the Liberal Clan. Even before the blueprints were made public, most companies had been attempting to produce power armor for gate assaults at the behest of their respective governments.
However, most of these power armors were inferior imitations, reverse-engineered from the power armors that the Liberal Clan had previously sold to the public when they were based in Sejong City. Even if they replicated the internal components by dismantling the armor, matching the durability of the frames and armor made by Myung-jun was nearly impossible. Furthermore, the core components of power armor, such as motion sensors and power packs, were equipped with safety mechanisms that caused internal components to explode if tampered with.