The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7541

Chapter 7541: Carving Out A Path To Victory

"Hatred Crafting." Gloriana flatly said.

"Yes. That’s the one."

"You are being serious."

"I am."

"Do you know how insane this sounds?"

"Brilliance can often be found within the intersection between genius and madness." Ves retorted. "If we want to find a truly powerful solution to the problem at hand, then we need to think outside of the box. What may seem stupid at first may actually turn out to be the salvation that we have always sought. I am not asking you to love my proposal at first sight. I just want you to look past the surface and realize how much of a difference it can make."

His wife still remained skeptical. "It seems to me that you are trying to force the use of Demoncasting for your own selfish motives. I know that you have been trying to justify this choice by finding occasions where you can use it as a solution, but this matter is far too dangerous for you to let your biases overrule your judgment. Tell us why you think this will work."

Ves helplessly spread out his arms. "It’s quite simple, really. The Omega Threshers are our most formidable source of firepower at the moment. As far as I am concerned, we already have plenty of ace mechs and Ascended Giants that can defend our fleet at close range and entangle any enemy champions that the aliens might throw at us. The true battle is the one between our regular forces and the seemingly endless tide of deathborn. We need to be a lot more effective at killing the latter. The Principles of a Divine Kingdom may help with that by strengthening her Command Field, but I think it is worthwhile to focus on the mechs that benefit the most from her Commandeering and Enfeoffment."

His clever wife quickly deduced his logic. "I see. You want to increase the base strength of the Omega Threshers, so that when Casella’s Command Field acts upon them, applying the same multiplier on them will ultimately produce drastically greater output."

"Exactly. It’s a math problem as far as I am concerned. This is not just about increasing the raw power of the Omega Thresher’s ranged armaments. It is also about imbuing the power of hatred in them. This will make these weapons a lot more effective at killing the deathborn. Purely material weapons have proven to be a lot less effective than desirable. The only reason why they can kill the deathborn at all is because of the very recent adoption of hyper technology and to a lesser extent E-technology. By performing Hatred Crafting on these mechs, we are in essence increasing the weight of the latter. When these upgraded weapons benefit from the multiplicative boost of the Minerva Mark II, their firepower will reach an entirely different dimension. Think about what this means. As long as we work fast enough, we will effectively be able to deploy several hundred expert mechs that are especially good at killing deathborn and other incorporeal enemies!"

Gloriana and the other mech designers no longer thought that his proposal was nonsense anymore.

He actually made a very good argument. The Saint Commander’s overall strength and agency largely depended on the forces under her command.

The stronger the units at her disposal, the greater her impact on the battlefield!

Among these assets, warships provided a lot of hard firepower, but was not scaleable due to several reasons.

She was much more capable of amplifying the power of mechs. The degree of amplification was highly complex and depended on many different variables.

There was no need to dive too deep into this convoluted mess.

They all understood the general principle that a weak mech still remained fairly modest even after getting boosted by Casella’s Command Field.

Even if the Saint Commander managed to improve her domain field by 30 or 60 percent, the eventual output still wouldn’t raise too many eyebrows.

On the other hand, when a powerful mech enjoyed the same effect, the absolute difference in performance ended up much greater!

This was how Ves justified his proposal’s focus on the Omega Threshers. He truly could not pick better mechs to strengthen aside from maybe the Dracoloids.

However, the Dracoloids performed best at close range. Choosing them may be a viable alternative, but they would have to use them alongside the Ascended Giants if that was the case.

Due to restrictions imposed by the Command Field, it was better to strengthen their long-ranged firepower instead, allowing them to use the souped-up Omega Threshers as their most effective firepower batteries!

"We get it now." Ketis spoke with a tone of finality. "Now that we have each presented our proposals, it is time to decide which one to adopt. Before we go further, does anyone want to withdraw their proposal in case you think another one is better?"

They all looked at each other. They had invested a lot of thinking into constructing their respective plans. They did not easily wish to give up on them. They still maintained sufficient confidence in their own proposals!"

This did not make it easier for them to come to a consensus, though.

"I do not have time for this." Gloriana let out an exasperated noise. "We have worked too much already. Let us hold a vote. You can choose to favor any of the four proposals aside from your own. Hopefully, this should either lead to a clear favorite or narrow our choices at the very least."

Ves and the others nodded in agreement. "That sounds straightforward enough."

They proceeded to note down their votes without sharing any of their opinions with each other.

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