Chapter 595: The Forge Ignites
However, time could not be wasted.
Almost at the instant the synchronization was completed, several encrypted commands were issued from the main body:
One command was sent to the Death World base, authorizing the mobilization of a batch of pre-stocked high-energy units and basic construction materials to serve as the first installment of a potential "advance payment" to WILLE, and requiring them to be ready for dimensional teleportation at any time.
Another, weightier command arrived directly at the Nexxam Forge World, the forge under his control.
The content of the command was clear: immediately initiate the preparatory production process for the non-biological structural components of the EVA-Titans, including raw material procurement, production line adjustments, and the preparation of initial molds.
The order had been issued; the response was yet to be confirmed.
But in Ryo's planning, waiting and taking action had to proceed simultaneously.
The entire system began to quietly adjust according to the new goals, laying the initial foundation for a potentially unprecedented cross-dimensional manufacturing task.
Nexxam Forge World, the core forge area belonging to Ryo's faction.
Unlike Mars or other traditional Forge Worlds, the architectural style of this area retained the basic aesthetics of the Adeptus Mechanicus while placing a greater emphasis on efficiency and modularity.
The massive factories were like cold metallic mountain ranges. Their interiors did not rely entirely on ancient traditions and rituals, but integrated the automated production processes and data management systems optimized by Ryo.
When the production command from the main body, marked [Collegia Titanica Order - EVA-Titan - Highest Priority] and accompanied by technical parameter packets, arrived, the entire forge was as if injected with abundant energy, instantly operating at a rhythm far exceeding the norm.
Thick energy conduits hummed, transmitting massive amounts of power to the various production lines.
Swarms of servo-skulls flew back and forth in the air like a disturbed swarm of bees, relaying commands and initial data.
Tech-Priests clad in red robes and low-level servitors busied themselves among the massive machinery. In their chants, alongside prayers to the Machine God, there was an added emphasis on precise data and time nodes.
The production supervisor, a senior Tech-Priest named Cassius-7, stood on the main control gantry, his mechanical oculars rapidly scanning the massive production lines starting up below.
His logic core was processing the newly received structural blueprints for the so-called "EVA-Titan" (limited to the non-biological parts approved for production).
"Analysis complete. Structural complexity rating: High. Material requirements: Exceeds standard STC template scope, involves multiple special alloys and composite materials. Manufacturing precision requirement: Extreme." Cassius-7's synthesized voice carried a trace of imperceptible excitement (perhaps a fluctuation caused by increased processor load). "Activate heavy structural forging lines one through seven, prioritize the manufacturing of the main framework and joint structures."
"Deploy precision machining centers three, five, and nine to handle armor plate molding and weapon platform component production."
The orders were swiftly issued.
In the heavy structural forging area, blazing molten metal churned in anti-gravity crucibles before being poured into massive molds engraved with complex cooling runes.
Heavy forging presses, driven by hydraulic systems, repeatedly hammered the massive, nascent components with the force of thousands of tons. Every impact made the ground tremble slightly, and sparks flew like waterfalls.
These components were the EVA-Titans' metallic skeletons, load-bearing structures, and movable joints; they needed to withstand the immense stress generated during the mechs' high-speed maneuvers.
In the precision machining centers, the situation was completely different.
The environment was relatively clean, and the temperature remained constant.
High-energy laser cutters traced along preset paths on the heavy composite armor plates, leaving cuts as smooth as mirrors.
Multi-axis CNC machines cut and polished the weapon hardpoints, sensor mounts, and internal conduit channels with micron-level precision.
Servo-arms assembled the precision parts one by one, forming the barrel structures of Volcano Cannons, the focusing arrays of energy weapons, and complex hydraulic transmission systems.
"Internal stress anomaly detected in forging line three's mold, a deviation of 0.05%," a monitoring Tech-Priest reported.
"Adjust coolant flow rate immediately and inject stress reliever. The deviation must be within 0.01%," Cassius-7 responded without hesitation.
For Titan-class equipment, any minute flaw could be infinitely magnified on the battlefield, leading to disastrous consequences.
The entire production process was accompanied by massive data streams.
The dimensions, weight, material density, and internal flaw detection results of every part were recorded in real-time and uploaded to the central database to be compared against standard parameters.
Any part exceeding tolerances would be automatically marked, removed, and trigger an alarm, prompting intervention by a Tech-Priest to investigate the cause.
Meanwhile, in the dedicated energy system assembly area, Tech-Priests were carefully installing and calibrating high-energy plasma reactors.
These reactors would provide surging power to the non-biological parts of the EVA-Titans. Their output stability and energy density far exceeded standard Imperial power sources of the same volume, but they also introduced more complex safety and control challenges.
"Energy conduit laying complete; conducting primary circuit pressure test."
"Main control logic unit implantation complete; initiating basic instruction set burning."
"Armor plate composite lamination complete; preparing for impact and energy resistance testing."
The reports from various areas merged like streams into the sea, consolidating within Cassius-7's processing core.
He looked at the massive components gradually taking shape on the virtual screens, scattered across the various production lines—leg skeletons thousands of meters long, chest plates as thick as city walls, and energy distribution units as complex as mazes. Although not yet assembled, one could already feel the terrifying power and industrial aesthetics they contained.
This was only the beginning.
An order for ten units meant the same process needed to be repeated ten times, and the quality of every single unit had to be strictly uniform.
More importantly, what they were producing were merely "empty shells".
According to the information transmitted by Lord Magos Ryo, these powerful war machines still needed mysterious "souls" from another world—those biological cores—before they could be truly awakened.
Cassius-7's mechanical fingers tapped lightly on the control panel, pulling up the material requirements list and sending it to the Collegia Titanica's Department of Materiel Munitorum, as well as to the work terminal of Ryo's main body.
The list detailed massive quantities of adamantium, plasteel, ceramite, conductive crystals, superconducting materials, and various rare elements.
Producing the "empty shells" for ten EVA-Titans was an extremely heavy burden, even for a medium-sized Forge World. It would nearly hollow out the recent strategic reserves of Ryo's faction and required a massive injection of external resources.
The roaring of the forge was a promise, but also a price.
Whether they could deliver on time depended on whether the resources could be secured, and whether that otherworldly organization known as WILLE would accept that cross-dimensional order.