If you recruit a small band of engine electro weapon warriers

Then you see crazy ol Phil Lectrum and Bark Hensill. They are walking along the road and talking to each other. You call them over and show them your new weapon. You say you know how to make this powerful new eletro-death ray and you all can be a part of a new army, they seem skeptical about the power of your weapon, they demand a demonstration of it.