From a Blank-Slate Player to the God of Machines

Ron is a top player in the globally sensational game Boundless Starry Sky.

When he wakes up one day, he discovers that he has transmigrated into the game before its public beta and become an apprentice at a steam-repair shop in the Misty City's slums.

An NPC? No need to worry. Fortunately, Ron's player template came along with him. Even repairing steam engines can make him the God of All Machines, ruling the starry sky!

This is the best of times and the worst of times.

The dark matter empire threatening the cosmos, anti-universe species, higher-dimensional evil gods, and more are closing in...

On the other hand, the starry sky is vast and boundless, just as its name suggests. It is home to countless interstellar civilizations and empires, and to individuals wielding dazzling, immense power.

The mechanical school commands armies of machines that follow like shadows. The esper school explores the origins of the universe. The magic school spreads its arcane arrays across the planets. As for the psychic and martial arts schools, well... they can go wherever they want!

Armed with information from his previous life, Ron has taken up a powerful new T0 branch of the mechanical profession: the Steam Mecha Warrior.

While other mechanics are still struggling through the early game, Ron has already forged a body stronger than a martial artist's and slipped into a steam-powered battle armor of his own design. He stays strong from the early game all the way to the late game.

Players: “Something's wrong with you! Aren't mechanics supposed to be weak in the early and midgame? How are you even better at fighting than martial artists? How does your steam starship travel through space? You, you, you...”

Ron smiles. “Sorry, my early game is my power spike.”

[Tags: Amber-style, Victorian fantasy, interstellar, status panel, Fourth Calamity]