Cyberpunk: 2075

"ACPA?! Are you sure this is ACPA?"

Jack was quite surprised after hearing what Oliver said, because everyone knew what the ACPA was.

ACPA, its full name is 'Assisted Combat Personnel Armor', which is the so-called combat auxiliary armor. If you want to give an exact description of this kind of thing, it can be understood as a armor that has the firepower and protection of an armored vehicle or even a tank, and can be worn by people. Armor.

To use the terminology in the current Mewtwo game, it can also be called ‘power armor’.

"I'm pretty sure, Jack, that the Sixth Street Gang has three sets of small-scale riot control ACPAs secretly hidden. I didn't expect that after the truce agreement was signed between Huangban and Military Technology, the ACPAs would not be allowed to appear in Night City. , I can actually see relevant information in the scavenger’s lair, it’s really strange.”

“Isn’t it necessary for ACPA to appear above board?”

Karl recalled the scene he seemed to have seen: "But I remember that the NCPD police officers who intercepted the road sometimes had a mecha with live ammunition next to the intercepted vehicle. Isn't that ACPA?"

"Then Dingtian is just an exoskeleton equipped with an ACPA weapon platform."

Oliver explained: "The real ACPA is completely outclassed in terms of firepower, armor thickness, and personnel safety. What we see is just an ACPA mecha-shaped exoskeleton, and it feels like it's moving." You know, like a tank, it can plow through anything.”

"Then I suddenly had a doubt."

Karl curled his hair on his forehead: "Since power armor is so powerful, why do companies now like to do research on prosthetics? Is it possible that prosthetics are better than power armor on the battlefield?"

"Karl, you really are a young master who doesn't understand much."

Jack helped Oliver answer the question: "Prosthetics are related to the lives of the company dogs above. They can still look like humans by changing their hearts and lungs. But if they get into power armor and let machines replace their The body only relies on nutrient solution to survive, and the appearance of the whole person is an iron shell. Isn't that like canned meat? "

I always feel like the Dreadnought veterans in some stories have been dissed.

"And it's more than that."

Oliver explained: "To control the mecha in the ACPA by relying solely on the body, the G force during movement is too great. The fragile human body may not be able to withstand such force. ACPA should pay more attention to the prosthetic body than the ACPA." , rather, only if the human body foundation loaded with the prosthetic body is strong enough, can it withstand ACPA."

"I see...but what does G-force mean?"

"Didn't you read the aviation guide Mewtwo I recommended? Simply put, it is the acceleration of gravity experienced when moving at high speeds."

"Well, I haven't finished reading it, so I don't really understand."

Karl said that, but he also roughly understood a little bit about the prosthetic body and the ACPA.

The two are not things that need to be distinguished, but are more similar to complementary existences, just like a wooden stick and an iron spear tip attached to it. The two will become stronger when combined.

After this doubt was answered, new doubts arose.

"But speaking of it, military technology and wasteland do not allow the ACPA to appear openly in Night City. Aren't they afraid that a certain company or a gang like the Sixth Street Gang will hide the ACPA and harm their people in Night City? Important personnel launch a raid?"

Oliver also explained this to Carl:

"That's because, although ACPA is strong, it is not invincible against prosthetics. Do you know how much a good ACPA costs, Carl? Take the small ACPAs from the Sixth Street Gang. Those are relatively cheap. One It’s only about 1.4 million euros, but do you know how much it would cost to dispose of an ACPA like this on the battlefield?”

"money?"

"After all, for the company, human life is nothing, money is important, and it must be measured by money. I once heard a veteran of the Six Street Gang who participated in the war say that on the battlefield, let alone such a value To deal with the 1.4 million light ACPA, even the medium and heavy ones, you only need to send out a few veterans with Sian Westan and technical weapons. As for those veterans who are consumables, you Do you know how much it will cost?”

[Sian Westan]: A prosthetic body that can enhance human muscles and reflex nerves in a short period of time, bringing them to their extreme state. It can slow down the external time felt by the user.

To solve the high-value ACPA, all the prosthetic veterans need to do is to work hard...

Karl understood and said:

"In other words, the values ​​are not equal."

"That's pretty much it. The company only cares about money."

After understanding, Carl was no longer stupid enough to ask a veteran who owned a Sean Westan what it would be like to wear an ACPA again, because according to Oliver, the driver who wants to use the ACPA has to install a considerable part of the prosthetic body, and then Equipped with the Sianwestan, which few people can afford, the driver may have cyberpsychosis and kill teammates and enemies indiscriminately if it wasn't for the last battlefield or halfway through the battle.

Every street gangster knows the consequences of wearing a prosthetic body indiscriminately.

The time for discussing the ACPA armor was almost up. Carl looked at the message sent by the client. There was still one minute before the vehicle arrived downstairs. It was almost time to move the target downstairs. So he copied a picture of the ACPA armor from the scavenger's computer, raised his pistol and shot the computer to pieces.

"We will talk about this later while we eat and drink. Let's settle this order first."

It is certainly strange that the ACPA armor information appeared in the scavenger's nest, but Carl and others did not have more information. Even if they knew, they only knew it, and there was nothing to explore more deeply.

"Okay, we can talk about this when we get back, but before that..."

Jack glanced at the messy prosthesis: "I have to call NCPD first. I should be thankful that there are not many bodies here, but there are more prostheses that have been stripped off, otherwise I will have a nightmare today."

Jack was joking, of course. He was a man who had been helped by Valentino, and he would not be scared by a few bodies.

Oliver raised his eyebrows when Jack said to call NCPD.

"Call NCPD, I'm afraid they will come and confiscate these prostheses and sell them to prostheses doctors who buy second-hand prostheses."

Having said that, Oliver still dialed NCPD's number.

Because compared to scum like the scavenger, NCPD still has some bottom line.

Although not much.