The Armourer: An Opco Boone Adventure
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The Adventures of Opco Boone, Legal Ace™
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The Armourer is the principle munitions expert at the settlement. No one knows her name. Legend has it that she was a key protagonist in the battle for Bretton Woods, and is a dead eye sniper who could put 3 bullet swaps in a TARGET. She fits out all Opco’s bump stock GMSLAs.
Hare looked the kid up and down. His eyes were wide. He had a hunger to learn. It aggrieved him to see this undirected, crackling energy.
It was time to have some fun. Hare chuckled to himself. He rustled in the the hopper and pulled out a lightweight aluminium contraption with a non-disclosure mechanic.
What do you make of this one then, lad?
He tossed it to the boy. Barberazza took it low, with his left hand. Reflex catch. He weighed it in his hands, turned it over, and took a sighter.
Well?
Nice pick-up. Handles smoothly, though a bit front heavy.
And?
The boy deftly disassembled it and lined up the parts. His hands flew, urgently but carefully. He went through the standard confi playbook. The boy was well-drilled, he had to admit.
“Limited scope, no affiliates, need to know. It looks good, sir. Sleek, measured, nice baffle quotient in the early phases. I like the elaborate construction phase up front. Diverts a front-on attack."
Hare purred. “see? That's how you do it son."
“ — But the balance is off by quite a bit, and there are a couple of backdoor security issues.”
“What?”
“No NOM and it’s vulnerable to an DEA attack, sir.”
“Er, a —”
“Denial of Entire Agreement attack, sir.” Cloyingly submissive, the little bastard.
Hare gritted his teeth. That excellent work, soldier. You've picked all all of the issues with this one.”
But the boy hasn't finished with the side arm. There's a general indemnity. that's mad. Who the hell puts one of those in a confi?
The boy flipped a catch. What the hell ... A boc indemnity. That's positively dangerous. He carefully set the piece down on the bench and works at it with his red line. He made a couple of careful incisions and slowly, delicately, withdrew the offending mechanism and dropped it in the sterilising waste receptacle.
I —
That was close sir.
Against his better judgement have hurt himself bloat out, what is a BOC indemnity?
Indemnity for breach of contract sir Colin can create significant localised explosions. High degree of indeterminacy, chain reactions possible. Who the hell drafted —
But at that moment the b
Barberazza got back to work. “Gimme another one, sir. We got a lot to get through. The Eagle Squad needs these at the front line”
Hare snorted. “Meh. Take your time kid. Those peashooters don't need nothing.”
I done this one.
What? Give that here.
Barberazza tossed over the doc. Hare inspected it. Turned it over in his hands. The workmanship was rough, but sound. Put together with the young man’s vigour. The structure was sturdy The defs were right. The cross refs dovetailed. Hare lined up the counterparts and took a sighter. Straight. Clean.
Barberazza