The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7401

Chapter 7401: The Bastion of Earth

All of the gifts made the meeting worth it more or less.

Though Ves became burdened by a new set of secrets, the new technologies neatly outweighed any additional discomfort.

His mood improved by a noticeable degree by the time he finally exited the Resonance Smith’s lab chamber.

His mind continued to wander off as he mindlessly followed the guards back to his shielded shuttle.

Several hours passed by as his vehicle quietly brought him back to Starfarer’s Berth.

By the time he reunited with his wife and children, he finally snapped out of his daze.

"Did you hear about Jannzi’s breakthrough?! She has become the latest saint of the Larkinson Clan!"

"I heard about it. She is quite fortunate to be able to overcome her bottleneck at this time." Ves responded in a measured tone. "We still have to complete our current batch of high-ranking mech design projects before we can think about implementing a proper upgrade to the Bastion."

His wife nodded. "That is true, but it will not take too long to complete the Promethea Mark II and the Lionheart Mark II. I will begin the preparation work on my end. The Bastion has missed out on the archetech revolution, so my first task is to reimagine the entire heavy space knight as a machine made out of archemetal."

"About that, Gloriana. During my recent visit to the Resonance Smith, he has bestowed us with a number of gifts, one of which happens to be highly relevant."

Ves did not delay and immediately transferred the documents related to the new superdimensional alloy formulas.

His wife rapidly processed what she just received. Her expression bloomed as she quickly realized how much the knowledge could help her design a stronger and more resilient archemech!

"As expected of a Star Designer! You must have done particularly well in pleasing him. I will have to study these alloy formulas further, but from the brief amount of descriptions that I have read through, they are exactly what we need to reconcile the need for defense with the need for other functions. If the complexity of these new materials is not too great, we may even be able to incorporate them into the Promethea Mark II and the Lionheart Mark II, but that does not appear to be likely."

Ves thought for a moment. "It is probably too late for that. We will have to go back to the drawing board and completely overhaul the internal architecture of the two ace mechs. That is not necessary in my opinion. The Promethea Mark II is primarily a ranged mech, so it is not necessary for her to incorporate the latest technological advancements. As for the Lionheart Mark II, there is no need for us to go out of our way to provide extra services to General Ark Larkinson. The current configuration is already sufficient for his needs. We should save up all of that time and effort to design a truly impressive version of the Bastion."

His wife did not look particularly pleased, but she also could not ignore the practical issues.\

If she insisted on overhauling the two ongoing mech design projects, then she would effectively throw away a lot of prior design work. This was quite wasteful. It also delayed the development of other high-ranking mechs, which would ultimately be unfair for all of those pilots who had been waiting for new machines for at least several years.

"Bastion has always been your brainchild, Ves." Gloriana said. "Do you have any special ideas in mind to make the next iteration more remarkable than the previous version?"

Ves grinned. "It just so happens that I have a few proposals in mind. They are still fairly rudimentary, though. I still need to conduct further research and possibly contact a few potential collaborators to determine whether they are feasible. My most ambitious idea is to convert the Bastion from a regular Carmine mech into an elemental Carmine mech."

Out of the 5 classical elements, only one of them possessed a good degree of compatibility with a heavy space knight such as the Bastion.

"You want to orient the Bastion towards the earth attribute, is that correct?" His wife guessed.

"Yup. The issue is that I am not sure what aspect of the earth element that I want to emphasize. According to the current performance of the expert heavy space knight, the Bastion relies on both gravity manipulation as well as her Radiant Shield to deliver a dominant performance on the battlefield. The earth attribute has strong associations with gravity, so I believe it will not be too difficult to strengthen this particular aspect. This will hopefully make the Bastion more capable of intercepting and trapping fast-moving units. On the other hand, the earth element also has a strong connection with gems. Strengthening the Radiant Shield with the help of dozens of powerful gems will likely result in a formidable increase in defensive performance."

"The benefits of superdimensional technology already grants more than enough defense in my opinion." Gloriana voiced her opinion. "That said, when it comes to a defensive mech, more is always better. In fact, I do not see much of a conflict between the two proposals. You can incorporate a gravity-related key resonating exotic into the mech frame while also installing powerful hyper gems into the Radiant Shield. As long as the two remain separate objects, it should not be difficult to prevent them from interfering with each other. At worst, you will have to prioritize one over the other."

She may be right. Both of them would have to conduct more research, but it may very well be possible to have their cake and eat it too. It all depended on how extensively they could combine all of the new methods and technologies.

"The Bastion will likely serve as the prototype for the mass production model of earth elemental Carmine mechs." Ves said. "Whether to put the emphasis on gravity or gems will have massive implications for the future. Either way, I don’t think I will be able to design all of it myself. I will be heavily dependent on outside help, just as with the other elemental Carmine mechs."

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