Combat testing grounds-
An enormous humanoid weapon strode in.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Each step sent a dull boom through the specially reinforced concrete floor.
At nearly twenty meters tall, he was an imposing sight, like a six- or seven-story building bearing down on them.
Up close, an ordinary person could not even fit a Giant into their field of vision.
On the observation deck.
The Marine Science Unit's technicians bustled about at their respective stations.
After their little tea party, Vegapunk had brought Shining and Hina here.
Kizaru and Sentomaru, naturally, stayed close by.
"PX-1 has already passed his technical tests. The other reason I invited you here today was to see the finished product in actual combat."
That was how Vegapunk explained it to Shining, though his feelings were rather complicated.
Scientific research and exploration brought him genuine joy. When it came to making weapons, however, he could only console himself that it was for the sake of peace overall.
Before delving deeply into the Void Century and learning enough of its secrets, Vegapunk's view of the World Government was close to "even a terrible order is better than chaos."
"Oh, do you need me to give him a try?"
Through the window, Shining looked down at the "unfamiliar" Pacifista.
After all, as far as Sephiroth was used to, Pacifistas should have been clones of Kuma.
"...Don't joke about that. He's very expensive..."
Vegapunk hurried to put that idea out of Shining's head.
PX-1 cost thirty to forty percent more than a Marine capital ship.
Had he not met Kuma, Giants would have been the primary candidates for Vegapunk's original "clone soldier project."
The first-generation Pacifistas were special weapons intended for small-scale mass production. They could not be individually fine-tuned like the Seraphim.
That meant they needed stable base