Chapter 6798: Preparing the Clan

Chapter 6797  Preparing the ClanWhen Ves closed the deal with the Red Fleet and departed from the Babylon Excavator, he quickly sought out his wife and explained what he had done.

Different from what he predicted, his wife did not look too upset.

"There you go again making life-changing decisions that affect my work and the rest of our clan without consulting other people's opinions, most notably mine." The woman said in an exasperated voice. "Let me state that the choices you have made do not exactly align with my own preferences. It is much more beneficial to us if you chose to select 5 smart AIs that excel in re


The Larkinson Clan needed to get ready for the next era.

Once the Premier Branch was able to launch its own first-class fleet, his clan would definitely gain a huge amount of power as well as responsibility.

Whether red humanity managed to beat back the native aliens or not, his fleet would definitely play an integral part in the fighting to come.

"Do you have any other helpful suggestions?" Ves asked.

"We should think about designing a first-class multipurpose mech of our own." Alexa suggested next. "This has been a glaring absence in our mech roster for too long. Right now, the only native first-class living mech of our own design that we can place in our first-class carriers is the Yellow Jacket Version A. No offense to your revolutionary Carmine mech, but we can do much better than that. If we do not have an appropriate design ready, then we may have to resort to using third-party mechs."

Ves briefly thought for a few seconds. "The addition of the SF-02 will reduce the time it takes to design a first-class multipurpose mech, but I don't think we can get it done in less than half a year. This is a large and complex undertaking. I do not think we have the time to design such an ambitious mech design project right now. I at least want to finish the Final Glory Project and the Minerva Mark II Project before I consider this job. For now, I am not in much of a hurry to design a first-class multipurpose mech. I am perfectly okay with using market products as a stopgap solution."

He wanted to pay close attention to how well first-class multipurpose mechs published by well-regarded mech companies performed in the hands of the Larkinsons.

Once he figured out their advantages and shortcomings, he could design his own first-class multipurpose mechs that promised to be a better fit for his clan.

"Do you already have an idea in mind, sir?"

Ves nodded. "I do, Alexa. Several of them, in fact. While I prefer to design specialized mechs, that doesn't mean I look down on first-class multipurpose mechs. They exist and have become popular for good reasons. I just find it a little difficult to give them a unique character and set of advantages. You have to go out of your way to give the mech design strong advantages and disadvantages. Right now, I am especially interested in designing first-class multipurpose mechs that can serve as all-round Commandeering vessels for our Saint Commander. Strong firepower is essential, but it also needs to be good enough in melee combat to shred enemy transphasic energy shields."

Mechs did not exist in isolation.

Ves needed to design his first-class multipurpose mech to synergize well with the Minerva Mark II, the Tortuous Scream and the warships of the Bluejay Fleet. There was no reason for it to exist otherwise.