As a conscientious entrepreneur, Harry certainly wouldn't just give his employees spiritual encouragement.
The Alfheim exploration team consisted of 276 people. Harry allocated 20 million USD from the accounts for bonuses, and the matter hit the news the next day.
It was clear that these explorers were very contractually loyal to Osborn; not a single detail about the Alfheim research station had leaked. Currently, the matter was only circulating among the upper echelons of Britain and the U.S.
Pressured by the airdrop of Titans, Britain didn't dare pull any stunts like leaking information. Airdropping a group of Super Soldiers was already scary enough, but those heavily armed Titans were even more terrifying.
These Titans were connected to their pilots via neural links. This technology combined Osborn's own tech with the Chitauri's neural link technology, and when paired with the propulsion technology used in the Hulkbuster armor, their agility was simply unbelievable.
The first version of the Titan was just an experimental model. Combat had already proven the reliability of the Titan system, so the next step was iteration.
In the conference room, Harry was holding a holographic meeting with Phineas.
"This design is pretty good, but the armor is too thin." Harry pulled up the Titan schematics.
"I know, but the power source carried by the Titan can hardly support both the plasma railgun and more armor at the same time." Phineas disassembled the armor, revealing the highly complex circuitry inside.
The Titan's armor wasn't just simple alloy plating; it was energized electromagnetic armor. To prevent EMPs, an anti-EMP layer was equipped on the outside of the armor.
Wanting to increase the armor wasn't just a matter of sticking two alloy plates on it. It required redesigning the entire protection system. According to Phineas's calculations, this would increase the power load, making it unable to support the plasma railgun.
The circuitry was already perfected; Harry couldn't optimize it any further.
"Then let's go with a lightweight design." Harry thought for a moment, simplified the armor further, and added a thruster to the back.
"Let's use this model for sniping. Simplify the armor system and add a set of high-power thrusters for low-altitude flight to facilitate finding sniping positions."
Phineas rubbed his chin, thinking it feasible: "In that case, it's best to design a separate EDD system, just like a tripwire mine."
Phineas understood perfectly, making Harry's job as the client very comfortable. He created a new model and continued: "This one will be specialized for heavy loads, equipped with large-caliber kinetic weapons, responsible for suppressing fire on the front lines."
"Heavy machine cannon?" Phineas thought for a moment. "How about this?"
Phineas tapped the screen, and the weapon design was uploaded to Harry.
"Predator Cannon"—that was the name of this weapon.
This thing was basically a large Gatling gun with a 40mm caliber, a firing rate of 3000 rounds per minute, and one such Titan could carry 1500 rounds of ammunition.
Through Chitauri alloy, Phineas had invented a special alloy called "Judas." It had better ductility than copper but terrifying hardness. Phineas used this alloy to make warheads, creating a lot of special ammunition.
Combined, their power was not small; they could turn a tank into scrap metal in seconds—what kind of person would privately develop such lethal weapons?
Noticing Harry's gaze, Phineas felt a bit uncomfortable: "Just a hobby. Actually, this thing isn't finalized yet."
"Fine. I originally only wanted to say equip it with a large-caliber Gauss assault rifle, but it would be a shame not to use your creation. Let's add another design."
So, the two of them scaled up the Titan design. Now, this thing was a true heavy-duty Titan, capable of carrying 3600 rounds of such Gatling ammunition.
Heavy Titans, light Titans—of course, there should also be a balanced type.
After their efforts, in the end, the second-generation Titan had a total of three models.
The lightweight Titan "Polaris," equipped with high-power thrusters and a plasma railgun; the heavyweight Titan "Legion," equipped with the Predator Cannon; and the medium-weight Titan "Monarch," which balanced armor and agility and was equipped with a large Gauss assault rifle.
Among the three Titans, the most versatile was the medium-weight Titan Monarch; this model would likely become the mainstream choice.
However, the large-caliber Gauss assault rifle still had to be developed from scratch, so Osborn could only produce the Polaris and Legion for the time being.
In the conference room, projections of the three imposing Titans slowly rotated in the air. Titans would become the mainstay of extraterrestrial exploration.
Phineas looked at these big guys, feeling great, and let out a long sigh of relief.
Harry smiled at the sight and waved his arm to swipe the Titans away: "Work isn't over yet. Now, let's talk about the civilian Titan design."
In terms of civilian applications, it was mainly focused on extraterrestrial exploration. Humanoid mechs had high adaptability and could help explorers better cope with various emergencies, but for daily production, the Titan's efficiency might not be so ideal.
For example, a Titan could dig soil, but no one would use a Titan to do the work of an excavator; after all, everyone has their own specialty.
Even in agriculture, a Titan's role would be about the same as a tractor; in the end, you'd still need to attach a plow or a seeder or something behind it.
Civilian Titans were mainly equipped with various detectors, and the onboard AI was replaced with research AI to process the various data received.
This thing could be sent to Mars; it would be much more useful than an exploration rover and would give explorers a sense of psychological reliance.
This work continued for several days. Harry only provided requirements for the general direction; the more detailed aspects and actual machine testing required Phineas's project team to continue research.
After making the final modifications, Harry sat in his chair and stretched.
"Boss, I have to say, you are really different from what I imagined." Phineas said with a smile.
"Then tell me, what did you imagine me to be like?" This piqued Harry's curiosity.
"Well, I thought you were all mysterious geniuses who could come up with inventions with a snap of your fingers and then conjure up a super company."
"Why do I feel like you're talking about Tony Stark?"
Thinking about it carefully, Tony really was like that. From Stark Industries to Iron Man, it seemed like everything was invented by him alone; he had never seen his research team.
Harry was quite different from Tony; much of Osborn's technology was not completed by Harry alone.
And the process from initially only being able to cheat and listen in, to later gradually being able to participate and conduct independent research, had cost him a lot of energy.
For instance, ever since they discovered gravitonium, he would take out the research from several Dr.s in this field every night to look at it.
"I prefer a boss like you, at least you let us have some participation—if I went to Stark Industries, I would definitely feel a bit lost." Phineas shrugged.
Harry smiled and didn't say anything.
This could be considered a stereotype people had about Tony; after all, his persona was that of an arrogant genius, and his intelligence was sufficient for him to single-handedly support a sizable company.
Harry had his own way of doing things. It wasn't a matter of who was better; it was just that each had their own development path.
However, Harry was still slightly proud: after all, Osborn was now much larger in scale than Stark Industries, and much livelier.
Just after mentioning Tony, Tony called.
"Genius kid, long time no see."
Judging by his voice, Tony's condition didn't seem too good.
"What's wrong? You sound like you've been partying with 30 Middle Eastern dancers for several weeks." Harry teased.
"In a sense, pretty much—remember our research? I've made some breakthrough progress. When do you have time? Let's meet."
"That's not bad, but I have to go to Russia again. Let's talk about it later."
"Where in Russia are you planning to go? I can come find you."
Harry was stunned for a moment, wondering why Tony was being so agreeable: "That's rare. Sure, St. Petersburg, next Friday at 14:00."
"I can't wait to run the experiment—I've never liked conducting research privately behind my collaborators' backs, but I've claimed the naming rights. I plan to call it Ultron."
Hanging up the phone, Tony looked at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent in front of him.
"Is this enough? Can you let her go now?" Tony glanced across.
"Of course not. Harry Osborn hasn't been caught yet."
Opposite Tony, a pistol was pressed against Pepper's head.
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