The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7152

Chapter 7152: The Future Treatment of Ascended Giants

Ves was happy to hear that Ketis was seriously trying to uplift the expeditionary fleet into a first-class mech force.

The expeditionary fleet had achieved amazing successes over the years. Its elite mech pilots had accrued a huge amount of experience and had become known as the top veterans operating in the middle zones.

They all deserved a shot at piloting first-class mechs. They could use their rich experience and combat skills to much better use by trying to stall the aliens as they attempted to dismantle the critical defensive lines in the Upper Zones.

The Larkinson Clan could still fill up the gap left by the expeditionary fleet by forming a new second-class fleet.

Although it wouldn’t be as good as its predecessor, this new second-class mech force could still do its job of helping to defend the middle zones so long as it was led by a strong cadre of veterans, which the Larkinsons had in abundance.

Ves would welcome the addition of Ketis and the expeditionary fleet to the upper zones.

The Larkinson Clan would gain greater importance in high society and also gained a lot of redundancy.

If the worst happened to the Premier Fleet, the Larkinsons could still rely on the other first-class fleet to protect all of their interests and deter opportunists from trying anything nefarious.

The only part that bothered Ves was that it would take an estimated 4 years to complete the uplift of the Larkinson contingent of the expeditionary fleet.

Given how many radical changes occurred in the previous 4 years, Ves fully expected the next 4 years to radically upend the Red Ocean, especially now that the mutated voribugs had exploded onto the scene.

Whether it was possible to complete the massive uplift project and whether there was still a use for the new first-class mechs remained to be seen.

There was not much Ves could do to improve the situation. Perhaps he could approach Ylvaine or the questionable prophets employed by the Red Collective to ask for glimpses of the future, but he knew that their visions could easily mislead him due their lack of reliability.

The Larkinson Clan had little choice but to take a plunge in the unknown and lock in a multi-year commitment.

Around 4 years later, Ves and the other Larkinsons would find out whether the massive investment paid off for their clan.

"I will definitely work on upgrading our staple mech models to first-class." Ves promised to Ketis. "However, I won’t be able to start on them right away. My design schedule is already packed for the remainder of the year. More specifically, the Premier Fleet needs to field first-class multipurpose mechs designed in-house. I want to complete these jobs first before I tackle your request."

Ketis nodded in understanding. "Take your time. We are not in a hurry considering that it will take more years for our second-class mech pilots to complete the necessary courses and train the required skills. Please take note that there is a limit to how much they can improve in a handful of years. Despite all of the support provided by our clan, not all of our second-class mech pilots possess the talent, the discipline or the motivation to persist. First-class mechs are faster, more powerful and more complex to operate regardless of how much you try to simplify them. The pilots who are least able to meet the elevated standards are the mech pilots who started off as third-raters. We are asking too much from this group."

Third-class mech pilots learned only a fraction of the skills and knowledge that second-class mech pilots needed to master.

Trying to make a second leap was far beyond them. They essentially had to go back to a mech academy and relearn everything but at a much higher tech level than before.

While Ves felt sympathetic towards third-raters who survived all of the previous battles and contributed so much to the rise of the Larkinson Clan, it was not viable to coddle them if they failed to keep up at this point.

The Larkinson Clan had already stepped onto a bigger stage. It urgently needed to build up more first-class forces in order to maintain a measure of security in an increasingly more dangerous dwarf galaxy.

The expeditionary fleet simply wasn’t important enough anymore. Its main role these days was to serve as a backup and a talent factory, but both responsibilities could easily be undertaken by other units.

Whatever the case, if there were Larkinsons who failed to grow any further for whatever reason, then the clan could always transfer them to one of the many second-class branches. The standards there would remain the same and they also served as good places to retire or take it easy depending on their proximity to the frontlines.

Ves did not meet with the two women in order to discuss the uplift of the expeditionary fleet.

Once they ended their discussion on Ketis’ big project, Ves briefly explained his thoughts and issues with the upcoming leadership challenge.

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