Nomont: Designing the Nomont Battlesuit Mk2

To paper and quill, he took... Scribing and drawing away with expressed focus. Yet another design, covering the overall shape and sculpting of the armor plate placements. The material it'd have to be made with and from, even the methods for which to create it.

It'd have to be something new; something that both suppress the amount of impact for the wearer, but doesn't inhibit their own usage too much -- allowing for a nonmagi to wear it, to both resist magical attacks yet not be too vulnerable to them either.

Unlike before, it couldn't just be a coating of smelted tyrium, it had to have entire sections dedicated to the metal. Which parts suited the need however?

The forearms? Surely, it'd be the perfect place to maximize the design with some form of shield? Though, he certainly couldn't just make it static, nor to a single arm. Who knew what arms his men could be trained on -- the right armed populace were dominant, but what was to say left armed fighters wouldn't be ostracized?

A deployable shield would have to be the answer! How would such function? The quill was taken from the paper, prodding at the man's lips as he thought through his theory. What if...

A circuit for the mana-induced electricity coursing through the suit, enables the unveiling of a folded shield, and powers its sturdiness! Though, the introduction of such a concept introduced a new problem. How would Asura manage to come up with such, without the shields being deployed across both forearms all the time? Surely, it'd limit mobility of the arms during combative situations?

Thus, an incomplete circuitry design along the palm was devised, looping back to pass through where the folded shield would lie.

"A closed fist should allow the energy to pass back to the forearm and through the inlets that unfold and power the shield." He claimed aloud, "Thus, releasing a completed fist would break the circuit and discharge the energy in a controlled fashion, unfolding the shield back to its triangular fitted shape."
(Asura Nomont)

It could be a possible solution to the battery overcharging issue as well! Though, stronger combatants seemed to be a variable he couldn't be too sure of nowadays. He needed something more clear cut that didn't leave the room for another incident like last time. Something that kept his men from risking violent combustion.

The cogs started turning, and time crawled onward.

… What if...

The batteries could be discharged in a constant fashion? Usually, their design would simply feed into the armor, but if it proved too much? What if it could be ejected? Unfortunately, not much that a nonmagi could achieve would allow Tyrium to do that much -- but there was another option: Mechanical release.

The same methodology used to deploy and rescind arm shields on both arms could be applied to the Nomont batteries when they went critical. A smooth ejection system that allowed the wearer to complete a circuit to dispel the battery. Though, what if the user couldn't throw it far enough? The springs attached to the battery would have to be sturdy and strong -- capable of propelling the battery with bullet-likeness.

Training for ejecting the batteries would also have to be applied, enabling wearers to fire their overcharging batteries into the distance for maximum redirected damage. "Perhaps, it'll enable a possible means of alternative attack? Surely not something I'd care to encourage." There was a problem dispelling batteries had; Battery compensation. If each suit had four batteries, each batter removed put more strain on the remainder.

Did it take one battery to keep the nonmagus wearer alive? Two, perhaps? He was confident in a casual interaction, one would surfice, but in combat? Two felt as though he was already pushing it. There was no telling how potent a magi could be -- thus, testing it with the minimum protective capacity would only be unnecessarily risking nonmagus lives. Something Asura would not stand for...

"A two-time use... After that, I'll have the men trained up on tactical retreats."

Then, there was the issue of retreating in and of itself. Nonmagi didn't have all of the strength and prowess of their counterparts, thus something that enabled their ability to match them seemed paramount in both combat and escape.

"Ejection in a slow controlled fashion is impossible, but violent bursts, as unsatisfactory as they may be, are entirely possible. The arms or shoulders would likely risk bone-shattering if I put a port in either spot... But in the legs? Given adequate training? The men should be able to sustain themselves for short skirmishes."

"In a future iteration of the battlesuit, controlling this dispersion could allow for flight, however, for now? Bursts of speed will have to do."

The foldable shield would have to be pure Tyrium for maximum capability in its usage, however... Wouldn't that drain the suit's battery reserves? The quill was lifted from the paper, as Asura marveled at his architectural designs.

Now all that was left to do, was to find a magi capable of producing the heat necessary to melt down to ores he needed to mold.
(Asura Nomont)