The Sigma Drift was not an ordinary machine.
Its Spatial Disassociation Engine alone turned it into a genuine superdimensional mech!
Ves could easily foresee that the Sigma Drift was specifically designed to counter the native aliens!
So long as Major Jankowski broke through and became an expert pilot, then the Sigma Drift could easily be upgraded into an expert mech, allowing it to support the functioning of the SDE.
The experimental device possessed serious flaws and constantly tried to destroy itself whenever it became active.
Ves was not too unfamiliar with this setup.
The tradeoff was normally unfavorable, but as long as a high-ranking mech pilot was able to reinforce the experimental drive with true resonance, its self-destructive nature could be reined in to an extent!
This meant that Master Frederick Timpassa Roye clearly designed the Sigma Drift as an expert mech that had temporarily been downgraded into a standard mech. It probably wouldn't take too many steps for a team of mech technicians to complete the planned upgrade.
He knew that because he and his wife had adopted the same approach for the Dark Zephyr Mark III and the Riot Mark III.
Ves suddenly realized that he had underestimated the importance of the Sigma Drift.
It was not just a machine used to test a single theory.
It was a true experimental platform that was filled with cutting-edge technologies from beginning to end!
He could understand the intention behind its design. The Sigma Drift represented a departure from the old style of mechs.
The concept behind the mech was to present a bold new vision for the future of high-end mechs. It contained dozens of small technological innovations that compounded into a distinctly different style of machine that no one had ever seen before.
In order to seek the most comprehensive improvement, Master Frederick Timpassa Roye deliberate broke several standards and conventions that had defined high-end mechs for many mech generations.
Its configuration deliberately made a point by adopting such an inhuman design. The choice of adding so many tentacles to the machine was bound to evoke a lot of controversy.
While Ves could not immediately figure out why the design placed so much emphasis on the odd segmented tentacle limbs, he could vaguely deduce that they played a central role.
The masterwork mech practically took pride in its alien design. If he didn't know any better, maybe Ves would have concluded that the Sigma Drift had been designed by an alien as opposed to a human.
"Superdimensional technology represents the future." Jovy Armalon said as they examined the Sigma Drift while it was being tweaked. "This machine that you see before you is a sign of things to come. As long as superdimensional matter becomes more accessible, we can produce more mechs that incorporate light to moderate amounts of this new wonder material. We do not necessarily need the most valuable armor-grade and weapon-grade superdimensional matter to revolutionize our high-end mechs. The most ideal solution is to learn how the native aliens are able to obtain their own stock of superdimensional matter."
The Survivalist mech designer couldn't help but hint towards the important mission that he wanted to issue to Ves.
The strategic importance of finding out the source of alien-grade superdimensional matter was extremely high.
No matter whether the phase whales managed to produce it on an artificial basis or robbed the ancient graves of the so-called Elder Gods, red humanity needed it more!
As Ves continued to examine the RA masterwork mech, he carefully issued his response.
"Superdimensional technology is but one of numerous possible solutions. As powerful as it may be, it is not a material that the grassroots soldiers can easily access. I still think that the focus of the mech industry should be placed on hyper technology and E-technology. Both disciplines are derived from one of the most abundant sources of power in the current age: E energy radiation. The native aliens may have been able to copy our azure energy shields and other tech, but there are design applications that they can never replicate. With Carmine mechs and companion spirits, our race can continue to build up our technological lead. Every mech pilot benefits, not just the champions who can receive a custom mech that contains innovative superdimensional tech."
Though superdimensional technology had definitely become the next hot trend, Ves mentally categorized it into an even narrower box than phasewater technology.
When it came down to it, both technologies were limited by the scarcity of their key materials.
Although Ves had long moved past the point where he had to beg and scrape to obtain just a single handful of phasewater or superdimensional matter, he had not forgotten about the needs of the masses.
His incredibly popular Yellow Jackets were doing their jobs of giving norms a chance to fulfill their long-held dreams of piloting their own mechs, but there was only so much they could do on the battlefield.
Their economical designs severely limited their combat power. Outside of luxurious third-party variants, the Yellow Jackets were only good as cannon fodder on most large-scale battlefields.
It was not that Ves deliberately wanted to weaken the Yellow Jackets. He just considered that if he wanted to introduce the revolutionary Carmine System to red humanity, it would be best if he targeted the bottom segment of the population first.
Perhaps many entrepreneurs would have tried to milk Carmine mechs for all that they were worth and start by targeting the top segments before the others, but that did not serve the interests of human civilization.

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