"You're an honest man in a den of snakes, the only men I trust in your agency are you and Quartermain and that's why you're the only SHIELD agents I will let into my home." There was numerous projects, groups and agencies Sterling either funded, supplied or that Price oversaw personally and while it would be difficult were he not the industrial titan of the west that he was but it was the time that he was in shorter supply of these days.
"My father used to say that no amount of money could get back lost time. I'm 42, Phil. Prices tend to live a very long time on average but I worry that I will leave an incomplete legacy behind. I'm just trying to make the biggest difference in the world that I can before I die."
Seeing Coulson assess the Stinger he grinned. "That is one of many new toys, I am always innovating, always improving on what came before, but that particular piece of kit was designed for the high tier agents, I intend to outfit the lower grade operatives with a scaled down version of this using earthly alloys and a reduced output, though if SHIELD can provide me more of the alien alloys I used for this limited run I can produce many more. Expending a maximum charge with this weapon can stop a truck cold. You can plug in the clips like a cordless drill or a cellphone as well." Taking out a black and gold Stinger that matched his armor he loaded a clip, powered it up and pointed it at a block of steel that was hidden behind a secret bookcase door that slid out of the way - a shooting range.
Walking out from around the desk a series of metal targets popped out and he shot each of them right in the kill zone with a glowing orange bullet before swapping mags, planting his feet and holding down the trigger. When the gun whined and the barrel started glowing red Vic let go of the trigger and fired a bright red shot with no contained bullet that bored straight through the steel block and impacted with the back wall. Following that the gun briefly overheated, powering down and losing all glow and vents along the barrel opened up to vent the heat. Once it cooled for a few seconds it powered back up. "The charged shot is powerful but it expends all of the ionized energy in the power cell. You can still fire it without a charge but it'll act like a regular handgun until you put a power cell into it. I'm developing a hardlight variant of the Stinger that fire bullets made of ultra condensed light particles but I need field test data from these prototypes to properly calibrate it and to make sure that it's as comfortable to use as possible. Once I have a finished hardlight Stinger I plan to give you the first production model, to your person specifications of course. Oh, I also need to know what Lola's exact body color is for the finished product, I plan to make your sidearm to match her color scheme."