The Mech Gap and Shamelessness

"S.H.I.E.L.D. studies plenty of things. That armor of yours? S.H.I.E.L.D. has been researching the same thing, and armor isn't exactly a patent that belongs to you, Tony Stark. The armor developed by our various official agencies won't be any worse than yours!" The moment S.H.I.E.L.D.'s interests were involved, Nick Fury immediately changed tack and spoke up.

"If the Avengers are only sending out a few suits of armor for show and don't want the Avengers to personally protect the leaders, then you might as well let our major official agencies use our own armor..."

"Heh. That junk of yours deserves to be called armor? Come on, I'll give you time. Bring out every last suit of armor you've got and let me see exactly what scrap metal you people are calling armor!" Tony Stark cut Nick Fury off with a sneer, his face full of disdain.

"Good! I just hope your title as Iron Man can survive this!" Nick Fury's eyes lit up, and the eyes of the surrounding official-agency members lit up as well. They quickly began sending out the armor they had developed.

Of course Nick Fury and those official agencies knew how formidable Tony Stark's armor was. After all, Tony Stark was the founder of armor in this world, as well as a technological genius and a weapons genius. The armor he built was definitely powerful.

But no matter how powerful Tony Stark's armor was, there was only one suit here right now, while the major official agencies had far more than one suit. Even if they did not intend to send over all their armor, they could still win through sheer numbers!

And to be honest, in the eyes of these official agencies, armor technology actually was not all that difficult. It was nothing more than