Chapter 6758: Gradually Coming Together

Chapter 6759 Gradually Coming TogetherJust as expected, Gloriana was none too pleased with the deal.

That did not change anything, though. Ves was the one who made the decision, and he did not intend to get back on his word.

Superdimensional matter was extremely precious for now, but that was mainly because so little of it had fallen into human hands.

Once Ketis used the Dimension Blade a few more times, the shortage of dimensional matter would no longer be as acute as before.

Demand for this stuff was not going to drop anytime soon, but the Star Designers and other major powers should at least be able to obtain enough superdimensional matter to conduct re


That was not enough for them to design a living mech, though.

A Class IX design philosophy was not that easy to replicate, especially without support from the Red Kingdom.

The Terran mech designers all had to undergo the same struggles of Ketis and Alexa Streon.

In order to design a real living mech, these mech designers had to be able to shift their mentality and genuinely regard mechs as living entities that were just as smart and powerful as humans.

They also had to accept the principle that mechs deserved nearly the same respect, consideration and treatment as humans.

This was a bridge too far for many mech designers. The older ones who were more set in their ways should especially find it difficult to adopt such a subversive cognition when they clung to their own views on mechs for so many years.

"I am obligated to teach these Terran mech designers my craft, but it won't be my fault.

if they understand my theories but cannot accept my perspective and cognition on

living mechs."

Very few Terrans should be able to succeed. Ves personally believed that only younger and more open-minded mech designers should be able to attain a higher success rate.

He at least recognized that there were enough highly educated scions like Alexa in the Terran Alliance that might be able to do more than pay lip service to the idea that mechs deserved to be treated as equal partners.

The Vulcanite mech designers that were interning at the Design Department had been doing fairly well in understanding the essence of living mech design.

Ves had been a lot more earnest and attentive in teaching Trent Aaden and the other 9

Novices.

It helped a lot that they were young, impressionable and incredibly smart and studious. The Eternal Vulcan Empire had definitely sent their best candidates. Ves actually found it a pleasure to teach so many enthusiastic students. Even if his time was limited, he still tried to be earnest about helping the dwarven mech designers find their groove.

He did not want to give the Iron Emperor an excuse to suspend the deal and miss out.

on receiving a modern first-class fleet carrier!

There was no way he was willing to invest so much personal attention to teach a

bunch of random Terrans.

He would give them an honest chance, but was up to them whether they had what it took to design living mechs well enough to be able to develop their own Carmine

mechs.

Ves decided to write down his extensive warnings in a document before promptly sending it all to the Devos Ancient Clan.

He was not stupid enough to transfer the files over the galactic net. He instead transferred his information package into a secure data chip before arranging a courier to deliver it to Master Laila Rebecca Devos by hand.

It would not be devastating to his work and career if his information package got leaked anyway.

Ves would merely lament the lost opportunity to sell his knowledge to other interested

groups.

After taking care of this issue, Ves began to direct his attention towards another important matter.

"What is the state of our first-class fleet, Gavin?"

"There are currently 15 first-class combat carriers at our disposal. Each of them are capable of housing and carrying the supplies for 30 first-class multipurpose mechs each. His personal assistant reported without delay. His recent augments allowed him to call up the most current data and information at a rapid speed "Most of them are built by Starfarer Bay, so they are consistent and high in quality. The rest are second-hand vessels that we procured from other parties at considerably high costs. None of them were modern, so we had to commission repair yards to service them and update the most essential systems."

Ves grimaced. 15 combat carriers did not amount to much. The Larkinson Premier Fleet needed to become a lot bigger before he became satisfied.

"Well, I already know that the Tortuous Scream is being finished up. She will be here

within 2 months." He recalled. "What about the archeship? Have we manage to refurbish her so that actual humans can operate her controls?"

"The archeship designated as A33 has indeed completed her conversion to a human-operable scout archeship." Gavin informed Ves. "She still needs to be operated by a crew that knows what it is doing. The Premier Branch has already hired the

necessary officers and specialists. They are currently undergoing extensive training on how to operate archetech systems."

"I see. That sounds good. Has there been any updates about the first-class fleet carrier that the Eternal Vulcan Empire is supposed to build on our behalf?"

"We have received inconsistent updates on that front, boss." The assistant mentioned.

"Ever since the start of the Hyper Generation, the Eternal Vulcan Empire has been... becoming increasingly more isolated from the rest of human space. We still have intelligence that indicates that our fleet carrier is still under construction. The Vulcanites have even revised and upgraded certain pieces due to newer developments in phasewater tech and hyper tech. This has caused the delivery date to be delayed, but it should be done several months after the Tortuous Scream has arrived. She will

still have a 320-mech capacity, but this can be expanded upon if you are willing to make tradeoffs."

"That won't be necessary. The fleet carrier needs to be fast and tough enough to withstand the rigor of warfare. She also has to retain as many bunkers as possible to house our heavy artillery mechs.

"Ah, about that, sir."

"Hm?"

"We are in the process of amassing a respectable amount of carrier vessels, but we do

not have any living mechs to fill up their hangar bays and mech stables." Gavin noted. "The only first-class living mech of your design is the most expensive version of the Yellow Jacket model. I doubt that you want to rely on Yellow Jackets to fight from the Larkinson Premier Fleet."

Gavin indeed pointed out a serious flaw in Ves' short term plans.

"That is very much the case." Ves sighed. "I do not know if I can remedy this issue in

the short term. I suppose we can apply quick-and-dirty upgrades to our most popular quasi-first-class mech designs. Upgrading their power reactors, energy cells and heatsinks should at least bring them past the first-class threshold. Strengthening their energy transmission systems and other necessary adjustments will take time as well. Perhaps we are better off with ordering several hundred first-class mechs designed by other mech companies."

"That is an understandable decision, but it will paint you as incompetent if you go ahead with this move. A mech designer who cannot adequately serve his own needs is

pretty pathetic."

"You are right, but I don't think I can do much about this at the moment. I need to

think over it further."

"Very well, boss."

"Let's switch to another subject." Ves' eyes grew sharper. "Have you contacted the RF

yet on what is taking it so long to award our clan the RF Warship Tokens that we deserve for killing a bunch of orven phase lords in the last battle?"