Flight 3- Skills and the Test

Shanks spent three weeks studying under Donavan and learned a variety of New Skills; today Donavan let him have a day off.

Sitting in the ‘library’, for lack of a better word, he checked his skills for the first time since he spawned in.

Skill Name:Skill Rank: Skill Level:Skill Experience:RepairBeginner968.2%You can repair Complex and Simple Machines and Equipment.

Your Skill gives you the slight chance to raise the maximum durability of what you are repairing.

Skill Name:Skill Rank: Skill Level:Skill Experience:SmithingBeginner697.6%The Ability to Craft Medals to create complex parts for machines.

The Ability to create simple Weapons like Swords and Pistols

Skill Name:Skill Rank: Skill Level:Skill Experience:ObserveIntermedite201.4%You can Observe objects to determine their stats and composition.

You can determine the way things work to recreate them.

Skill Name:Skill Rank: Skill Level:Skill Experience:Mana WeldingBeginner635.9%Can alter the Flow of Mana in objects to Refine Complex Machines,

Can Create Mana weapons.

Skill Name:Skill Rank: Skill Level:Skill Experience:Workingman’s HandsBeginner345.5%(passive)

Thick skin lets you absorb damage better.

Skill Name:Skill Rank: Skill Level:Skill Experience:HandicraftsBeginner868.6%Increase familiarity with Skills that involve your hands.

While working his Logical Mind Skill leveled up as well,

Skill Name:Skill Rank: Skill Level:Skill Experience:Logical MindBeginner998.3%(passive)

The Ability to keep calm in unfamiliar situations.

Leveled by pushing yourself past your limits.

Thinking back on it, he hasn’t checked his stats yet,

Status WindowName:ShanksAlignment:NeutralLevel:1Class:UndecidedRace:HumanGender:MaleTitlesDonavan’s ApprenticeFame:20Infamy:5-Health:640 / 640Health Regen:15.7 / SecMana:800 / 800Mana Regen:20.0 / SecStamina:400 / 400Stamina Regen:10.0 / Sec-Strenght:35Agility:19Vitality:52 Dexterity: 53Intelligence:62Wisdom:56Leadership:0Luck:1-Attack:13Defense:9Physical ResistancesSlashing:5Piercing:5Crushing:10Gunshots2

Shanks was surprised, all the work he did probably boosted his stats. When he was in the beta, a character of these stats was around level 30, but at level one he was just as strong.

The fame and infamy was strange, it was probably from his title Donavan’s Apprentice (Donavan isn’t too popular in Zevis after all). While he admired his stats he returned to the warehouse.

When he returned, he went to Donavan who was sitting on a reconstructed engine in a little clearing they made in the junk.

“Hey Donavan.”

“Oh, Shanks. Good you arrived just in time.”

An ominous feeling rose within me; Every time Donavan said good, something far from it happened, mostly to me.

“Just in time for what?” I asked cautiously

“Your final test; It’s real easy, just turn this junk into something new, and you pass.”

*Ting*

Donavan’s Final TestThe Master Engineer Donavan made you his Apprentice. He now sees you as ready to take his final test

Difficulty: Unknown

Requirements:

Donavan’s Apprentice:

Rewards:

Donavan’s Story.

Hidden Class.

Present from Donavan.Restrictions

Must be finished before the time runs out.

Time left: 7 Days

Must be something unique.

You can only use the junk in the warehouse to build it.This Quest Cannot be Refused.

If failed Donavan will kill you,

You will have to create a new Character.

“I’ll be back in a week to see how it goes,” Donavan said with a smile as he looked at my shocked face, “Kahahaa—Best of luck!”

Ignoring the alert that logical mind leveled to intermediate, Shanks started brainstorming ideas of what to create.

Weapons, guns, vehicles, engines, everything he could think of rushed through his head. And after an hour of deep thought he decided between two things. There were a lot of engine parts and plating in the junk so the easiest thing to make would be a vehicle. Things like cars wouldn’t really be ‘unique’ so he needed something else. Then he remembered the map he saw in the book, so he decided to make a vehicle that could travel over land without having to stay on road. That narrowed it down to either a plane or a helicopter. Without choosing between them he gathered some of the bigger plates and melted them down in the forge. Pressing and remaking the plates into a lighter thinner panel then started bending them into a rough shape for the body of his vehicle.

For the first two days he made the body of the vehicle and then looked around for a suitable Mana Generator. He spent the remainder of the third day looking until he found a light generator that seemed powerful enough. Securing it in the chassis Shanks started using Mana Welding to hook the generator up to a Small control panel he had in the cockpit. Double checking his work he went to the piles again to try and find a propulsion system.

‘It doesn’t need to be powerful’ he thought, ‘just enough to move it slightly.’

Suddenly something caught his eye. It was a small dirty statue, and it looked disturbingly similar to what he was trying to make.

Holding it up he decided to inspect it: “Observe”

Model of an old vehicle Type:SculptureDurability:4/6A Memento from Donavan’s childhood, it’s something he could recognize at first glance.

Shanks was appalled, his last 4 days of work were wasted. He was sure that it was only a coincidence that what he was making and this statue looked similar, but he wasn’t going to risk it. Returning to his now useless build he sat himself down in front of it and started to redesign the entire build in his head for an entire day.

At dawn of the 6th day, as the light cut though the dusty windows of the Warehouse, Shanks started work again. He striped all the plates off the chassis and thickened them. Replacing them he then removed the engine and turbo powered it. Spending half the day doing that Shanks spent the rest looking for extremely powerful propulsion systems. He gathered three of these and put them over in a pile next to the machine. He then melted down rubber into a tar, and sealed the cockpit area. Christian then logged out, ate a meal, and logged in again after a short nap.

It was morning on the 7th day when he logged back in, so he about half a day to finish up. Luckily all he had to do was put in the Propulsion system and he was done, but it still took him half his remaining time. The rest he spent testing the various parts on the machine best he could in the confines of the Warehouse.

Just as he finished his last check Donavan walked in and he received a message.

*Ting*

Time has run out, and Donavan is here to check your work.

“Well than, let’s see what you got!” Donavan said,

He lit his pipe and walked around my build examining all the parts before getting inside and turning it on and checking all the basic functions. The build Shanks had first planned on doing was a hover plane so he could get around the vast deserts, mountains, and minefields that surrounded the town of Zevis; but when he saw the statue he had to change up what he was building. Eventually getting his inspiration from the name of the game, Shanks decided to build a Spaceship, his own Spaceship that he could use as he pleased. The body was very similar to the previous build, but the inside was made airtight and it was theoretically powerful enough to get into space, but has never been tested. Donavan seemed amused with the design, the entire time he was checking it out he was chuckling to himself.

“Spectacular! It’s a death trap, but still spectacular.”

Quest Complete! You passed Donavan’s Test and he will reward you suitablyYou have Leveled up…

You have Leveled up…

Your get to keep your life and all skills, which is a good enough reward.

+10 all stats

More Rewards will be given by Donavan.

Your 4 weeks of Confinement in your Spawn City has ended, you can leave at your free will.

“So how did you like that little surprise I added in?” Donavan asked

“Surprise?” I though back and realized what he was insinuating “So you put that statue there!”

“Yup!” he said with a smug look, “I built it the day before you found it.”

“Gahh, why did you do that?!?!”

“It was to test your ability to respond to emergency situations, if you just ignored the statue than I doubt you would have passed.”

“Sir can I ask a Question?”

Sure thing my boy, ask away.”

“What do you mean a death trap?” These words were troubling Shanks greatly,

“Well, Starting with the Mana Generator…”

Donavan and Shanks discussed the Problems with the ship for many hours until the sun set,

“Now then I have some things to give you!” Donavan went into a back room and came back with several books, some clothes, old tools, and a small wooden box. He set them down on the hood of Failed Space ship and started with the books.

“This book,” he said picking up a silver book “Is a skill that you need to learn.” He handed it to Shanks and he then said “Learn”

You have learned a new skill: Drawing and DesignSkill Name:Skill Rank: Skill Level:Skill Experience:Drawing and DesignBeginner100.0%You can draw detailed sketches and Blueprints to help indentify errors in a build.

“Wow…”

“That should help you fix errors before you spend time building.” Donavan then took out three old notebooks. “These are my old designs; they should help you learn some tricks you can use.”

He took these and looked through some of the pages; they were filled with notes and sketches that were genius, the amazed Shanks closed the books and looked back at Donavan, mouth agape. But it wasn’t over yet,

“Now you have all the skills necessary to follow in my profession,” he handed Shanks the last book, it was glowing gold and shined brightly in the dark room, “Please Accept it.”

Taking the book a message appeared in front of him.

*Ting*

Hidden Class You have been offered the Hidden Class

Inventor

Will you accept?

|Yes/No|

“I will accept”, and Shanks took the book.

Your Profession has been changed to InventorAll starts +25

Mana +200

New Skill: Invention

New Skill: Spaceship Production

For possessing Forbidden knowledge:

Infamy +15,000

However this will not come into effect until people discover your ability

New Stat: Intellect

“What the..?” His new class concerned him so he checked out the new skills and stats he got.

“Check Skills: Invention, Spaceship Production”

Skill Name:Skill Rank: Skill Level:Skill Experience:InventionBeginner000.0%Allows you to better create objects.

Every new type of object you create will create a new Skill.

Skill Name:Skill Rank: Skill Level:Skill Experience:Spaceship ProductionBeginner000.0%A skill gained from Invention,

Allows you to create more efficient Spaceships.

The creation of Space Ships not approved and owned by the United Space Ship Corporation will earn you infamy, The infamy will not be applied until the U.S.S.C discover who the creator was.

‘Ok, that’s interesting.’ This probably explains the 15,000 infamy he had gained when he choose his profession. Forbidden Skills, the idea Amused Shanks and he was interested in getting to know his new U.S.S.C ‘Friends’.

“Check Stat: Intellect

IntellectMakes you less likely to make mistakes.

Increase in critical strike chance.

Decrease in failure of skill activation.

You can’t distribute points to this stat.

“Now for the next gift,” Donavan shook Shanks from his surprise over his new Skills, and handed him the clothes and tools.

“These are some basic traveler’s clothes; they are durable and should last you for a while. And these are some assorted tools that you’ll need for all of your building and crafting.”

Shanks took them both and put them in his inventory; all that remained now was the small wooden box.

“This Last thing is a little present from me to you.” Donavan said as he handed me the box.

Shanks opened the box and inside was a beautiful pipe, which shined a dark light from its black polished body. (ChrisCap does not endorse Smoking)

“But, I don’t smoke.” Shanks said,

“It’s fine even if you don’t, I noticed you have the habit of putting something in your mouth while you think, so this is more for that.”

“Well, thanks,” Shanks was glad that Donavan noticed something so small, it was actually a habit carried over from real life so this would be useful, “Observe”

Inventor’s Pipe of Wisdom Type:PipeDurability:145/145Attack:2-5A Pipe made by a Godly Craftsman. You can bump people on the head with it.

When Equipped:

+25% INT

+25% WIS

+25% Intellect

The stats on this were incredible, when equipped it raised all of Shanks’ main Inventor class stats by a significant amount.

“This is Amazing Donavan!”

“Kaahahaha! Shanks you remind me a lot of myself when I was younger.”

“Really?” Shanks was wondering what Donavan was like when he was younger.

“Yup, I was a Real Scoundrel when I was young, People used to call me ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’. Ah, this will take a while, have a seat.”

** So this is the end of Chapter 3, and I tried to make it longer like you all suggested. Next chapter will introduce IRL, Backstories, and a New Character. So get hyped. As always thanks for reading this far and make sure to leave any suggestions you want**