"Thanks. Maybe I'll finally get it working this time..."
Head back to the VR machine and bring up the helmet again, this time with armor layers consisting of 1 inch thick industrial plate and 1 inch thick battle suit plate, with a fused frame of industrial plate metal on the inside. Test for strength, crushing resistance, temperature resistance and weight.
Well, thats gonna be a bit heavy, and that battle plate is gonna shatter under significant crushing, but the industrial plate should hold up well against crushing and temp. Basically what you have there is a outer ballistic layer designed to survive weapons and an inner layer for things like bombs, crushing and the like.
((The shuttle in the mission won't leave and return to let those still in it recuperate, right?))
Shuttle will wait till the mission is done and then head back.
Use, mixed.
You get a book called "Principles of Modern Swordplay."
Lars studies the areas, and comes to a conclusion. It'd be better to clear this tower upward, and then head back down- that way he can know it's clear behind him once he hits the top.
Head upward, searching for workers. Demand the surrender of any encountered- return fire if fired upon.
You follow the ruined stairways up as far as they'll go, exploring several levels. There are signs of habitation, burn marks of fires, refuse and waste, even a corpse, but there's no one here now. They must have moved lower in the tower or out into the debris fields below.
((This is kind of a bullshit idea, but let's try it anyway))
Spawn two small metal pipes. Grab one, and heat the tip of that one to just below melting point. Then, grab the other pipe and cool it to just above freezing (appx 274 Kelvin). Throw the cold pipe up, and then smack it with the really hot pipe. I'm trying to create a large amount of kinetic force through inter-molecular disparity.
((I don't really know why I think this should work, I don't remember anything about molecules working like that....))
Well, that doesn't really do anything. I mean, if the metal is cold enough and you hit hard enough you can shatter things easier, so you might end up smashing the cold pipe and bending the hot one if you hit it hard enough, but it's not gonna go rocketing off or explode or something.