The air still tasted of ozone and iron.
Orion crouched beside the creature's ruined body, the dagger in his hand slowly receded into him and he placed the hand on the corpse and his fingers began pulsing faintly as the Omni-Scan initiated its boot sequence.
Blue light spread out across the corpse in slow, uncertain waves.
'Omni-Scan, full biological analysis', he thought.
The HUD immediately popped up in his iris.
{PROCESSING…}
{Lifeform not registered in biological database.}
{Estimated scan duration: 29674 hours, 32 minutes.}
{Estimated energy cost: 148374% total reserve.}
{Risk: Potential immobilization during deep-data synchronization.}
'81 years, 3 months... Yeah not happening.'
Although he expected the time taken would be long he didn't expect something so ridiculous but he could understand why.
There where several reasons to this, first X-core had absolutely no information on this lifeform meaning it would have to start from the base.
Not to mention that X-core had barely any information on gene theory and other basic building block of life so that would have to be do that first.
Yes, the database was no longer empty but the memory bank that was copied was that of a battle suit and most of the information was also corrupt.
'Cancel function.'
{Command Aborted.}
{Note: Database lacks genetic and metabolic reference for target class.}
He looked at the corpse in reluctance... it was obvious that the ancient beings that created the X-Core most likely also created this lifeforms which meant that what ever information he got would most definitely be of help to him in further upgrading the X-core.
And then it clicked.
'Helix Corp.'
He remembered that a few creatures similar to this lifeform had been killed previously and their corpse frozen to be dissected and studied after safely returning to base since the technology they had here was not sophisticated enough to study it without issues occurring.
This simply gave him another reason to find his way back to the Landing Zone for evacuation.
However, that didn't mean he was going to leave with nothing.
He switched to a basic physical scan instead, letting the X-core's sensors run a minimal sweep over the carcass.
The results came in fragmented, a mosaic of numbers and skeletal overlays building across his HUD.
***
{OMNISCAN BASIC OUTPUT}
{Lifeform ID: Unknown}
{Class: Predatory Class}
{Mass: 217.4 kg}
{Height: 2.31 m}
{Muscle Density: 5.2x human average}
{Bone Composition: Carbon-enriched calcium lattice}
{Dermal Layer: Dual-density plating, semi-organic, reactive to kinetic impact}
{Internal Temperature: 19.6°C (post-mortem decay)}
{Neural Activity: None detected}
{Weakness Indicators: Cervical spine joint; ocular cluster; sub-pectoral gap (suspected organ access)}
{Additional Notes: Traces of synthetic binding agents found within bloodstream. Possible genetic modification or cybernetic hybridization.}
***
Orion frowned as the last line flickered.
"Synthetic binding agents," he repeated quietly.
That meant the ancient beings most likely combined several creatures to create this thing by splicing their DNAs which would make it very complex.
He cut the scan short and stood, brushing dust from his armour.
The creature's blood had started to crystallize into faint, glassy shards on the ground and thankfully it didn't stick to him.
He marked the corpse's location although he wasn't sure he would be back here and even if he did come back the corpse would still be here.
He grabbed his guns and bag and immediately made his way out of there.
On the way he checked his status.
***
{Name: Orion
Vitals:
Health: 79%
Stamina: 70%
X-Core Reactor: 65% (3 MW)
Recharge Rate: Passive 15 kW/min (≈0.5% per min equivalent)
External Recharge: Available
******** (Processing Function…)
Environmental Filter: 75% efficiency
Energy Cloaking: Active
Overdrive Availability: Locked (Reactor >70%)
Physical Enhancements (Passive):
Class: Beta (High)
Strength: +200%
Reflexes: +480%
Durability: +200%
Regeneration: +200%
HUD Neural Link: Active
Deployable / Battle Mode:
Combat module: Active
Adaptive Bio-Armour: Active
Weapon Morphing: Ready
Mobility Boost: Ready
Life Support: Active
Analytical / Tactical Systems
Tactical Scan: Online
Omni-Scan DB: Online
Tech Interface (Remote): Online
Direct Connection (Hard-link Jack): Online
Adaptive Morph Understanding: Active
Scanned Weapons
Small dagger
EN-2 "Courier"
Combat machete
Wrist Blade }
***
Yes, his HUD system and done through an update after absorbing the data from that broken data bank.
He scanned the Combat machete from one of the dead mercenary while the wrist blade was from the data bank... unfortunately the battle armour it came from was a low grade one so most of it weapons were Projectile Class and the other energy class was corrupt.
One of the other major information he got was on human grade classes, there are a lot of things to be taken into account when putting someone in a class but the major ones are Strength, Agility, Durability and Reflex.
There are several ways to improve them from new organs to neural implants to enhancement drugs to cybernetic implants and many more.
So far he only had information on the first four classes, Baseline which was just a fully trained human, Beta Class where basic enhancement takes place, Gamma Class and delta class... He knew there was going to be an Alpha class but he just wasn't sure what level would be.
(AN: Sorry for the past few days... I have been relatively busy and I know this chapter is a bit short, I just had to upload something not to keep you guys waiting but I will make it up to you guys soon.
Thank you very much for your support... It really means a lot to me. )