The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7125

Chapter 7125: A New Strategic Partnership

The mood in the garden courtyard had grown warmer.

Both sides were satisfied with the initial promises they obtained from each other.

Although they still had to hammer out the details in a formal agreement, they had already completed the most important steps. The lawyers and the other bureaucrats only had to follow the lead of their principals and make sure the legal terms aligned with the verbal commitments.

Ves knew that as long as both sides completed the contract and signed it, the Larkinson Clan would become a lot more aligned to the Red Fleet than before.

The nature of their relationship would change. Ves and the Larkinsons had long maintained a special relationship with the Red Association for obvious reasons.

Now, their relationship with the Red Fleet was bound to catch up in a massive way.

The fleeters wanted living dreadnoughts badly in order to make up for the heartbreaking loss of the Dominion of Man.

In order to satisfy this priority goal, the fleeters were finally willing to drop their caution and suspend many of the annoying rules that used to play a useful role but had now become impediments to their recovery.

The fleeters were generally a lot more hesitant about cooperating with third parties than the mechers.

Ves applauded their willingness to change this stance and gather the courage to entrust vital responsibilities to external parties.

Naturally, the Larkinson Clan was not willing to do all of this for free. Even though he and Astrid did not go into the specifics during this conversation, the negotiators from the Larkinson Clan would definitely fight hard to secure as many concessions on the wish list as possible.

High technology, warship designs, super-class materials, RF Warship Tokens and training quotas were all up for grabs.

Since the Larkinson Clan lacked a naval tradition, then why not remedy that and build one from scratch?

It was probably impossible to ever catch up to the Red Fleet or one of the major players, but that was way too extravagant of a goal.

Ves would already be happy if the Larkinsons were able to field a single proper warfleet!

What was more important was that his daughter could be the one that led this initiative.

It might take a few decades to realize this grand plan, but once it bore fruit, Aurelia would effectively be in control of one of the military arms of the Larkinson Clan!

That could serve as her springboard to become the next matriarch of the clan, though it was not strictly necessary for her to take over leadership.

If the Larkinson Clan failed to maintain its impressive growth rate, then it may be better for Aurelia to stick with the Red Fleet and rise up the ranks by serving on its warships.

It would be great if she could find a way to get assigned to a living dreadnought.

Out of the 7 that still remained in the hands of the Red Fleet, Ves believed that the Grail of Eternity fit her best. She could make excellent use of her talents and extraordinary capabilities so long as she occupied a high enough position.

The Grail of Eternity was the ultimate flagship. The dreadnought was such a powerful command and support vessel that any fleet could win extremely lopsided battles, just like the Premier Fleet!

Was it possible for Aurelia to become the high captain of this precious warship one day?

Ves did not dare to dream about this possibility. He knew that it would take many decades for her to earn consistent merits and climb up the ranks.

Besides, there were many other RF officers whose qualifications were vastly superior. None of them wanted to give up on this precious opportunity. They never stopped investing in themselves. They took extra courses, studied in their free time and made significant contributions that placed them higher on the list of candidates.

It was unrealistic to expect his daughter to be able to overtake all of these seasoned fleeters.

The only way she could beat all of them while she was still relatively young was to become more competent than all of them. If she truly wanted to take over command of the powerful dreadnought, then she needed to develop a special skill or ability that synergized extremely well with the massive vessel in question.

If she mastered a unique ability that could increase the combat effectiveness of a dreadnought by 50 percent or more, then that would definitely be a compelling reason to put her in charge!

This was not an impossible scheme. Even if Ves had no clue how to accomplish this goal, he still had plenty of years to think about it. As far as he knew, the RF should not have a rule that prevented him from giving his daughter additional aid.

A better way to approach this problem was to persuade his mother to lend her formidable expertise.

So long as she agreed to work with him to develop a special solution, Aurelia would definitely be able to develop a powerful ability that could secure her place within the ranks of the fleeters!

Of course, that was assuming that she had any desire to join the RF.

Ves turned back to his daughter. She appeared enthused about the prospects of attending a naval academy.

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