Cyberpunk: 2075

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In a warehouse in Heywood District, Carl listened to T-BUG's chanting in the communication, took a look at the mechanical exoskeleton in front of him, which was about two meters high, and touched it with his hands.

"Thanks to T-BUG, you were able to find the location where the exoskeleton is stored with just a little bit of whereabouts information. I thought this exoskeleton had no chance with us."

"Humans are naturally social animals. As long as they live, they will definitely leave traces."

"Is it still that famous quote from Aristotle?"

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Carl responded in the communication and glanced at Oliver, who was almost lying on the exoskeleton: "What, Oliver, do you want to try driving?"

"I'm not stupid yet."

Oliver said while looking at the mechanical structure on the exoskeleton: "This kind of exoskeleton equipped with military technology cannot be opened without a special prosthetic body. It also has a special locking program that no one has cracked. I suspect that as soon as I get on it, I will be crushed into pieces by its built-in anti-theft program.”

"And you don't know how to drive, right?"

Jack patted the exoskeleton and listened to its feedback under his palm, showing a very satisfied look: "This is such a good baby.

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"If you look at the market price outside, it's probably upwards of 100,000 euros. This kind of military technology might be more expensive, starting at around 200,000 euros?"

Karl estimated the value of this exoskeleton, but was corrected by the T-BUG in the communication.

"To be precise, it's 180,000 euros. This model of military technology has been sold to NCPD, and the transaction price was five units of 900,000 euros."

After T-BUG finished speaking, he added the price of another thing: "In comparison, the price of a light ACPA is almost this amount."

"Does a light-duty ACPA cost 900,000 euros...?"

Oliver thought about what he had heard in the past:

"When I was a child, I heard my grandfather who participated in the Second Central American War say that not long after the Second Central American War, power armor began to be developed, and in the new round of corporate conflicts that began later, my grandfather Because of his past service experience as a grassroots officer, he had contact with people from the ACPA team and learned about the prices of those power armors. "

Oliver recalled, "I still haven't forgotten that number. I remember that the price of 'Commando' power armor was about 108,000 euros, and the price of 'Model B' power armor was 89,050 euros." , at that time I was still thinking that if it was just this money, I might be able to get the full amount from Zanzan. "

"According to official information, power armor was first developed by Meta Group, and later the patent was sold to Military Technology. Considering your family's situation, your grandfather may actually be the first batch to come into contact with power armor. people.”

T-BUG said: "But now compared to when your grandfather was serving, inflation has increased a lot. Now, if you want to get an ACPA for about 100,000 euros, it is better to say it is a dream."

T-BUG said in the communication after calculation: "At that time, the power armor was relatively expensive because it was a newly developed weapon. Considering the inflation from that time to the present, if the power armor was only developed now, , then the price may increase tenfold, which is the approximate price of power armor now. "

"In other words, if power armor is developed now, then a commando will cost about 1.08 million euros.

Model B is 890,500 euros? "

Oliver's teeth were sour when he heard this: "Then it seems that the error I calculated before was not too big. Compared with spending this price, for the company, sometimes it is really better to spend some cheap lives to fill it, Si Anwei Stan It only takes about 100,000 prosthetics to take down, and it’s probably not difficult for ten trained soldiers equipped with Sian Westan to take down a light ACPA.”

"You can't say that."

When the war came up, Jack also joined in and said a few words:

"ACPA can guarantee continuous firepower and power over the enemy on the battlefield. This kind of thing can never be replaced by elite soldiers. Just think about it and you will know that you are willing to see a steel behemoth equipped with a machine gun slow down towards you. Walking slowly, you are still willing to see a few soldiers with weapons and no threat at the moment launching an attack on you. Normal people will choose the latter. At least the gun in your hand will not make you unable to resist. feeling.”

"Listening to what you said, I suddenly realized the despair that arose in the hearts of the German soldiers when they saw the tanks appearing in front of them during the Battle of the Somme in World War I."

Karl, who was listening on the sidelines, couldn't help but say: "I remember that it was the first time to use a tank.

Moreover, the technical equipment was not perfect yet, but the sudden advance achieved in a few hours was something that the British and French forces could not achieve even if they spent a month and suffered huge casualties at that time. "

"Karl, are you talking about the First World War? This is really a somewhat old word."

When Jack and Oliver were at a loss as to what Carl was talking about, T-BUG, as a rare intellectual in the team who read books, said: "When it comes to world wars nowadays, people tend to default to corporate wars. How you describe it, Carl, It's really old-school.

"Very few people mention this now..."

Is it true that the battles that almost everyone knew about in his time are now considered unknown?

"Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Carl shook his head at Jack and Oliver who were looking at him blankly: "If you are interested, we can talk about this later, but let's talk about this thing now."

Carl patted the exoskeleton: "An exoskeleton worth 180,000, military technology, with an identification lock, how to deal with it?"

Oliver asked: "The employer doesn't want it?"

"I asked, and he said I can keep it as a trophy... But you know, if there are more in the future, I can't take too much, I have to give it a face. It's okay to lose a few, but if there are too many, it won't look good on the account."

"Bullshit account, the guy who has been embezzling military funds since my grandfather's generation actually said this. ”

Oliver, who knows the nature of military technology, looked down on the so-called accounts: "It's a coward to report ten times the funding for a gun, and it's twenty times or more, and you still talk about the accounts."

"I guess they will report all of them as lost, but most of them were embezzled by their own men, so they will allow us to take a few away."

Jack shook his head, and was a little troubled by the ACPA in front of him: "So the same thing, since the employer is willing to give it, what should we do with it?"

"I don't know, take it first and talk about it."

This is Carl's answer.