An Unexpected Suprise

Fresh on the heels of my joy of being able to recreate a Drone ZR-1, I discovered late tonight that one of my old Paragon City Production Facilities had been raided by Mooks prior to the authorities. A few favours for Arachnos earnt me enough infamy to be directed to Drea the Hook, who provided vital information on their whereabouts.

Alas, the warehouse did not contain the entire ZR Series Autonomous Assault Line - it would appear they may have been sold off to higher bidders. However, I was able to retrieve a Drone ZR-2 and Equipping Hoist.

The ZR-2 is better armed than the ZR-1 and sports a Heavy Laser Cannon. I could not believe my luck, and have begun reverse-engineering my own work to better replicate it with the facilities Arachnos has kindly provided.

Field Test Alpha

Arachnos has fortuitously contacted me via the facilities they have provided me in Fort Darwin with a request that I send assistance on a raid against the "Snake" mutants plaguing their other facilities. Perfect timing for the field testing I wished to perform.

On learning that my ZR Series may not be fully ready, they provided me with a small squad of troops incase my technology or forcefields failed. They were not needed - the ZR-1 performed as expected, and the Deflection Shield I was able to generate for it held up reasonably. The forcefield technology definitely needs more work, as it still fails to stop any form of energy or elemental attacks.

Still, I am certainly on track. The resources the Rogue Isles yield are nothing short of remarkable.

So it begins again

Well, that was a lot smoother than expected. Apparently, Lord Recluse (the ruler of the island-chain demense I find myself on) is under the misaprehension I may be one of his "Chosen Ones". As such, I have been granted a small laboratory in order to continue my research into robotics and forcefield technologies.

I have free reign with the research, and this Arachnos Organisation is not bound by the stringent "morals" that the administration and so-called heroes of Paragon City adhere to.

I have already managed to reconstruct a crude copy of a Drone ZR-1, and will endeavour to field test it later today.

Escaped!

Arachnos. I owe them a debt, as today they assaulted the Zig to break out their "Chosen One" I took advantage of the commotion and escaped my cell.

I also slavaged enough components from the confiscated materials to reconstruct my multi-purpose wrist communicator. I can finally resume my field tests.

As soon as I've re-established a laboratory somewhere...

Eureka!

Idiots. It would appear that I was not stripped of all my technology. My wrist communicator (though badly damaged) is still functional - this journal being testament to such.

This means that my facilities, or at least one of them, is still functional. I need components to repair my device - the forcefield generator may yet be serviceable, and the teleport beacon to call in my creations also active.

Captured

Fools! Do they not realise that my work is crucial to the development of autonomous AI? The military applications? Indeed the sheer challenges that I faced to get to this level of field testing?

The so-called heroes were in no danger - Paragon City's Emergency Medical Transport system ensures that much. I was only field-testing a single ZR Drone, without full assault capabilities. Hell, even my forcefield technologies were barely complete - all I could generate was an intermittant Force Bolt. For this they call me a villain? For this they confiscate my reseach and imprison me?

The authorities of Paragon are too close-minded, too rigid. I need new pastures, and better support for my works.

If only I can engineer a way out of "The Ziggurat".