The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7353

Chapter 7353: The Meaning of Senior Mech Designer

The Larkinson Clan’s attempt to create an artificial copy of the Ixith Goliath hit a wall.

It was not for lack of trying. Ves did good work when it came to developing his sentient inorganic components.

Although there was a lot of depth in the original SOCs that Ves may have overlooked, he believed that his SICs satisfied all of the basic requirements to fulfill their intended roles.

Gloriana also made decent progress. Her work was a lot more multi-disciplinary and complicated, but she was not a timid researcher by any means.

She was accustomed to working on projects that bridged the intangible with the tangible. Her experiences with working on strange and exotic technologies also helped her accelerate her comprehension of Mentalist Crystals and its potential substitutes.

Though she could only conceive of a construct that was many times larger than an authentic Mentalist Crystal, it didn’t matter so long as it could do the job.

What Ves and Gloriana had trouble with was how to fill certain gaps in their theoretical frameworks, how to bridge the enormous divide between the central willpower chamber and the SICs and how to program these devices.

The Miracle Couple enlisted the aid of numerous relevant experts in the Design Department.

Alexa Streon proved to be of considerable assistance. She possessed both depth and breath due to her impeccable education and cleverness.

She possessed a solid foundation in many relevant fields such as biotechnology and software engineering.

It was not without reason that Gloriana at one point promoted her as the vice-director of the Design Department of the LMC.

This was a major responsibility and one that invested her with a considerable amount of power.

The fact that Alexa managed to earn Gloriana’s approval said a lot about her competence and ability to overcome certain difficulties.

In any case, Alexa quickly proved herself to be an excellent assistance. She was able to provide valuable help to both Ves and Gloriana whenever they needed a second opinion or an extra hand to complete a difficult assignment.

Ariana Roux and Kelsey Ampatoch provided valuable help on the software front. Their expertise in computer systems allowed them to contribute specialized help when it came to developing brand-new software packages to fulfill functions that had no historical equivalent.

However, all of their collaborative efforts may not be enough to complete a viable proof of concept in time.

"We are mech designers." Gloriana complained during a team meeting. "Our main responsibility is to design mechs, and we have been neglecting that in favor of an experimental project with a very strict deadline. It is not even centered around developing a legitimate mech. Instead, we are attempting to bring a very poor inorganic imitation of the Ixith Goliath to life. This is an abomination that has no practical use in the short term. It involves so many new technologies and methods that we are doing the scientific version of groping in the dark. Our current work is based on so many assumptions that it can easily collapse like a house of cards."

The other Larkinson mech designers frowned, but they did not voice their disagreement with their director.

Their current project was highly ambitious, but not every promising idea was worth pursuing.

They all agreed that they were trying to reach far beyond their own competences.

It was not comfortable for them to leave their comfort zones and spend their time on completely different research.

Ves may be more accustomed to it than most due to his habit of pursuing weird side projects, but the others were much more serious mech designers than himself. They could not acclimate as well.

He knew that one of the reasons why his fellow Larkinson mech designers did not feel satisfied was because they were groping in the dark without a strong expectation of success.

They lacked optimism and did not possess enough courage to stride forward despite all of the uncertainties.

These happened to be among the handful of qualities that a mech designer needed to progress beyond the rank of Journeyman Mech Designer.

A truly qualified mech designer did not stick to following the footsteps of his predecessor, but deviated from the norm and pursued true innovation.

They already had a taste of this when they advanced to Journeyman, but that was child’s play compared to what they had to achieve going forward.

Becoming a Senior Mech Designer might be regarded as an easy challenge to most people, but it was still a hurdle that kept many Journeymen back for several decades if not a century!

This was because not every mech designer adapted to the changing needs of their profession as their seniority grew.

The reason why a Senior Mech Designer earned this name was because he truly proved his ability to be a leader and mentor among lesser mech designers.

A Senior could already be entrusted to lead independent mech design projects and supervise the work of others.

That did not mean that Apprentices and Journeymen lacked competence in these areas.

Ves had done plenty of both since the early years of his career.

It was just that earning the rank and title of a Senior Mech Designer provided a minimum guarantee that was verified by the Kingdom of Mechs or the Red Kingdom themselves!

There was no stronger guarantee in the mech industry as far as everyone was concerned.

A Senior Mech Designer could be generous, mean, petty or soft-spoken.

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