As they listened to the Machine Body's faintly regretful explanation, everyone present went from bewilderment to horror.
1720%?
A seventeenfold improvement?
Was this thing supposed to compete with a Warlord Titan?
Iax had no idea what the Adeptus Mechanicus personnel were thinking. Using some materials left over from the reconstruction, he casually produced a small data projector through Quantum Printing, then loaded it with the improved specifications, modifications, and a series of annotations.
He then placed the projector on the vehicle's frontal armour.
This modified Bane Blade did not even have a name. It was simply labeled Bane Blade Improved Type 1.
Having finished modifying his first technological specimen, the Machine Body turned its alloy head toward another equally massive war machine.
It was a Stormblade Super-heavy Tank.
The Stormblade Super-heavy Tank was a variant of the Shadowsword, developed by the Forge World Ryza, renowned for its expertise in plasma weapons. It was a viable alternative for Forge Worlds that lacked the STC data needed to manufacture Shadowswords.
However, the Stormblade before him also had a massive launch rack mounted atop the rear of its turret, packed with Hunter-Killer Missiles.
Its equally staggering weight and sluggish speed led Iax to classify it as inferior machinery without the slightest hesitation.
In particular, his scans and analysis revealed that the vehicle's Ryza-pattern Plasma Blastgun not only had a rather limited range, but also relied on an independent Photonic Fuel Cell for power.
The outdated power source and inadequate optimization meant that this enormously power-hungry main gun could fire only sixteen times.
Iax soon reconstructed this cumbersome vehicle using a similar approach.
An Arc Reactor replaced the M507 V18 multifuel engine and supplied power directly to the weapons.
The crew was also reduced from six to three.
The reconstructed Stormblade's hull was likewise