The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7268

Numerous important shipments arrived in the next few days.

Ves eagerly welcomed the supply of superdimensional matter from the expeditionary fleet.

He also felt enthusiastic to reunite with Jovy, who accompanied the crucial supply fleet dispatched by the Red Association.

Ves wondered multiple times why Jovy had to be recalled for a time. The reasons must have been special. There was no need to go through so much trouble just to file a report.

As the Tarrasque and other starships began to load in additional supplies and materials, a sizable amount of hull-grade superdimensional matter got shipped to the surface. Although the local workshops and factories were not rated to work with superdimensional materials, the Rubarthans had implemented a few hasty upgrades. This should allow them to create superdimensional alloys which they could subsequently forge into armor plating.

Ves did not set too much expectations on the quality. So long as the new superdimensional raiments held up under moderate pressure, then that was enough.

He had spent the last few days diving into his mech design projects.

He remotely coordinated with his new collaborators on the first steps of his elemental Carmine mech design projects.

The mechers were eager to make their mark on the Polymetal mech design concept. The meek designers working on behalf of the Hunting Association were considerably more reserved, but they sounded cooperative enough.

All Ves cared about was that both projects finally received proper attention and backing from major institutions. The difference was substantial, especially in the case of the Red Association.

The other mech design projects did not proceed as smoothly.

For example, Ves and Gloriana began to argue about whether the mech concepts for the Promethea Mark Il Project and the Lionheart Mark Il Project had become outdated.

"We need to change things up." Ves argued to his wife. "We devised the mech concepts of both projects with the assumption that they only needed to fight against the native aliens. The Promethea Mark Il was designed to burn enemy warfleets and alien phase leaders with hot and inextinguishable purple flames. She can be a great machine when employed against the mutated voribugs, but we need to give her a more efficient means of setting lots of voribugs on fire."

Gloriana crossed her arms and fell into thought for a moment. "I see no need to go back to the drawing boards. It may be true that the firepower of the Promethea Mark Il is excessive against massed voribug swarms, but do not forget her purpose. She is an ace mech. Her foremost responsibility is to counter enemy champions. Her secondary responsibility is to destroy the enemy's warships, fortifications and other megastructures. Clearing out the cannon fodder comes third. We can rely on other units to clear the ordinary swarms."

"Oh, come on, Gloriana! I have a handful of new ideas that can massively increase the Promethea’s swarm-clearing efficiency. So long as we equip her mech frame with weak but highly efficient energy projectors, they can be used to set a huge number of voribugs on fire, especially if she uses them in conjunction with her Saint Kingdom."

"I see no need to implement such a drastic change to the mech frame of the Promethea Mark II, Ves. Turning her into a hybrid mech or a multipurpose mech will weaken her original identity and introduce multiple weak points into the mech frame. Superdimensional protection works best if there are as few holes as possible. If we want the Promethea Mark Il to last long enough to conclude the current wars, then we need to take her armor integrity seriously. Besides, if you want to give Saint Isobel more offensive options, then why not design a second gun for her? The upgraded version of the Ignitron Assault Rifle can be reserved for battles against native alien forces."

Ves paused for a moment. Her idea had a lot of merit. He hadn't thought about designing a second handheld weapon for the Promethea Mark Ii, but now that Gloriana mentioned it, he developed an appreciation for this simple solution.

It was not as if this was the first time that Ves designed alternative weapons for a high- ranking mech.

The Amaranto had access to both the Instrument of Vengeance and the Instrument of Doom, though the latter had yet to be upgraded to modern standards.

The Everchanger built up a small arsenal of weapons, granting Venerable Joshua even greater flexibility when it came to choosing his loadout for the next battle.

Pairing the Promethea Mark II with just a single weapon seemed inappropriate now that she was slated to become a junior ace mech.

Perhaps Ves should design a sidearm for her as well in order to increase her attack options even further.

Or maybe not. He did not want to spend too much time on this project. His workload was already hefty enough.

"I like your idea." He said with a smile. "Let's go for it. According to our new plan, the ignitron Assault Rifle will be designated as the Promethea's high-powered energy weapon solution. We will optimize its performance so that it can effectively burn and vaporize native alien assets. As for the second weapon, it will have to be an energy weapon that is primarily centered around clearing away massive amounts of voribugs. Preferably, the Promethea will be able to make use of this new weapon to burn the bodies of the voribugs so that our enemies will not be able to recover as much biomass as they wished."

Killing the voribugs was often not good enough. To deny the mutated voribugs of the resources they needed to replenish their fallen quickly, vaporizing the carcasses was the best solution.

The output of the Promethea Mark II's new weapon needed to be strong enough to produce this result.

This should not be a challenge so long as they designed it according to first-class standards.

Ves and Gloriana proceeded to work behind their terminals for half an hour.

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