Crassus turned away from the monitors he had been examining and looked towards the volunteer that the Equiis doctors had implanted with the device he had created. He had implanted the new device into two of them, and one of them had died already... Tragic, but expected for a first attempt. The tuning on the device had been wrong, he had tweaked it for the second subject and it appeared to be working. He approached the, his eyes lighting bright orange as he examined the energy flow. The Anaesthetic had worn off now, all that was required was for the subject to awake. His eyes intensity increased, and the Asari awoke as the energy flow through her brain was changed at Crassus command "Apologies for abruptly waking you, it is required that we check the energy flow now." Crassus said as his aide placed a single object, a small chunk of wood at the foot of the bed "Project the field and change the mass of the object... make it float." The Umbrae Populus aide said, and the Asari sat up, nodding weakly. The Asari extended her arm, and there was a flow of bluish energy as the 'Eezo' nodules synchronised, projecting the field around the piece of wood, which hovered into the air as it's mass was changed. The Asari let it fall a moment later, and the Triarian Aides eyes lit up as the object floated into the air again as the Triarian examined it "No permanent change" He reported "I would call this a success" "The devices require improvements, the amplification is minor, I assume they could definitely affect heavier objects with the correct training and implementation" Crassus said, and the aide nodded in agreement. The suspended piece of wood burst into flames as the Triarian aide turned to Crassus "Test two" The aide replied replied, as the ash from the burnt up wood fell to the floor, turning back to the Asari "Use the field to raise all the particles of ash at once" The Asari nodded again and once more the energy flowed around her from the Eezo nodules. The ash raised from the floor slowly, before hovering in the air. The Asari looked to the aide, who held a dish under the ash so that when the effect ended it would not dirty the floor "The basics are completed then. I think with some improvements the device will be more useful than it is now." Crassus said, turning away from the Asari and moving back to the monitors, reviewing them New Synths Synth Sharpshooter The Synth sharpshooter is a heavily augmented Aru'Shumi carnivores. It's natural features, when augmented, make it extremely accurate, their birdlike eyes perfect for sharpshooting. On top of this, they are fairly quick and strong, although not to the level of many other synths. They are armed with the Hardlight Rifle, making them extremely deadly and they fill the role of designated marksman. Synth Skirmisher The Synth Skirmisher is a heavily augmented Aru'Shumi Runner. It's natural features, when augmented, make it perfect for a fast attack unit, being quick and agile. They would be armed with a light plasma rifle as they dash around their enemies, leaping to heights and scouting out terrain. They fill the role of a scout and, along with the hunter, fast attack unit Synth Guardian The Synth Guardian is a heavily augmented Aru'Shumi Carnivore. It is the strongest of the three Aru'Shumi Synths, though they are not as strong as the Saeva Simius, and they are equipped with a handgun and a point defense gauntlet, which is a wrist mounted directional shield, large enough for them to hide behind. They are used for holding positions, creating phalanxes with their point defense gauntlets, and are often used to support Stalkers, guarding them from flanking enemies so that the Stalkers can snipe Crab Synth: The Crab Synth has many spiked protrusions and various mechanical systems on its front and rear. It can charge at targets to do large amounts of impact damage due to it's size, crushing bones and damaging targets as it does. It is equipped with a heavy plasma machine gun which is stored under its belly when not in use, hidden behind a plate. Mortar Synth: The Mortar Synth consists of a fleshy, triangular body with a mortar located on its back. Its front end features many spiked protrusions and various mechanical systems. Hovering low above the ground, it uses its mortar to hit far away targets, blowing up enemies before they can get close to the main forces. It acts as a sort of support unit, softening up enemy targets or supressing them while the main force moves into position New Mech Unit The Triarian let out a wide grin as he watched the newly designed tank. The Phasing Generator had taken a long time to create, but now it was working and the Phase Assault Platform was finally completed. Phase Assault Platform: The Phase Assault Platform, sometimes refereed to as Phase Tanks are a half-saucer shaped craft with a single warp cannon mounted on the it's underside, and dual heavy plasma machine guns on each of it's 'wings'. On the top of the tank is what appears to be a lone optical sensor built into the vehicle's "head". Phase Assault Platforms are able to traverse almost any terrain and cross deep water with no difficulties as they are hovering. On top of this, Phase Assault Platforms are equipped with a phasing generator, which works in a similar way to the trans-dimensional drive, only instead of fully taking them to the other dimension it leaves them in a sort of limbo, half in this dimension and half in the other, allowing them to pass through solid objects (such as structures and even the ground) and rendering them immune to any sort of damage while the Phasing generator is active. They cannot, however, do any damage while phased as their weaponry is also between worlds and cannot be fired as a result. If they shut off their phasing generator while inside a solid object, the results are disasterous for both the object and the Phase Assault Platform. The Phasing Generator can remain active for periods of up to six hours at a time, after which it will shut it's self off, forcing the Phase Assault Platform back into this universe. The Phasing Generator takes a thirty seconds to activate, so it cannot be used to phase in and out to avoid enemy fire. The Phase Assault Platform is also able to hover up off the ground to reach high places, and it can rotate its 'wings' to enable it to act as an fighter air craft, soaring across the skies to assist in air combat.