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the kicker. It would use compressed gas to ignite, and pass an ionized gas through a small, but powerful magnetic field. This would produce a huge pulse of energy that would power the laser in the shoulder fired rifle, or the handgun. A continuous feed system would provide power for the entire facility, and was being installed to eliminate the need for the inadequate power services from the installed infrastructure.
    Lastly – a heavier weapon using the same system of power generation to power a capacitor driven, shoulder carried rail gun. This would use the same general power system yet would take a few seconds between shots to project Mach 11 aluminum sabot rounds with a depleted uranium penetrator core.
    It was building the defensive shield that would cause the most consternation because it used effects unrelated to any research currently proposed on Earth. I wanted to build a personal shield that would effectively stop, or deflect any kinetic, or energy weapons. We would need something to protect us from our own weapons. The problem with the current planned iteration would be that the system could only be powered for about twenty minutes per charge. It was a lot more energy intensive than the offensive weaponry.
     
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    Corey liked my ideas, but who wouldn’t after being held incommunicato in a cave for eighty millennia. Lowers the bar on ‘likes my ideas’ a bit. Corey can now electronically connect to the Net whenever there is any Wi-Fi signal – hell – he can connect to any electronic signal. I had him order the parts we didn’t have to fabricate prototypes from the ground up. Corey also ordered the equipment, and materials for a standalone power, and waste disposal system for our building. The building inspectors that came around a couple of weeks later, but were more interested in how the system worked than anything else, and were actually helpful.
    Helpful inspectors were a nice change from the ATF agent who came by demanding our firearms manufacturing permits. He threatened to lock us up, and padlock the place. I recorded the whole conversation on video, and posted it on the Net…instant advertising for our new business. The video showed an out-of-control Fed, and me explaining that there were no explosives, or firearms involved. I asked him if manufacturing coat hangers, or toilet seats would also be regulated, and he stormed out saying he’d be back, and he’d be checking us out.
    The ATF inspector video we posted did start the ball rolling as behind the scenes advertising, but when Sigma Max Corp got wind, that I, an ex-employee, was starting a business they were disturbed. Sigma Max thought I should have been quietly dying in a hovel of an apartment. I told Carole I had to move out, and she seemed really crushed – she said she had a great time on our date. She also said she needed a better living arrangement, and it was a pain to commute. I figured she wanted to move into a new place with me, but we weren’t at that stage of relationship. I was torn about leaving her, and I knew I’d be back for her, but she didn’t.
    My new condo was nice, and I rented some modern furniture so I wouldn’t have to haul crap around in, and out of storage. I updated my handgun carry permits, and insurance I had been intending to let lapse. Figured some nut would see I was developing weapons, and object enough to try to attack me. I still carried my vintage model 27 Glock – too hard to get ammo for my 1911. I thought a forty caliber should be enough, but I would find out how wrong I was a bit later.
    The first ‘vibrochette’ was fairly easy to put together, and was impressive. You could cut a table in half, cut off a 6” tree limb, shear a metal door, slice someone out of a car, or decapitate a person. We patented the design, and licensed manufacture to a Chinese firm. We got a lot of bad press when some Mexicans, and Nigerians got their hands on some, and went nuts hacking off heads, and hands – it