The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7596

Chapter 7596: Enduring Assets

Ves and Gloriana entered a quiet office in order to continue their discussion in a more private setting.

The married couple made themselves comfortable on their self-adjusting hovering chairs and began to talk about subjects that held their interest the most.

Mechs.

"You have kept an eye on my Woodsap mechs while I was deployed in the field." Ves said. "I wasn’t able to keep an eye on them while I was guiding the Dark Apostle in battle. I hope you can fill me in on the performance of my creations. How did they fare? Did the prototypes succeed in their jobs, or did they fail in an unacceptable manner?"

Gloriana knew that this was a subject that had been lingering in Ves’ mind throughout the entire battle and beyond.

Just because he could not devote enough attention to this issue did not mean he cared little about it. He was forced to focus on immediate concerns due to the limitations he was subjected to. Only now that he had taken care of all of the immediate issues was he finally able to allocate his attention to his primary work.

His wife offered him a smile. "Your prototype Woodsap mechs have endured the greatest test of their short lifespans so far. I can confidently say that they have acquitted themselves well. Sure, not all of them made it back to their motherships intact or alive, but almost any other standard mech would have definitely fared worse under the same circumstances. I am quite certain in this assessment. Your biomechs are not invincible, but the fight has proven that their resilience and endurance are great assets. Your organic machines are practically unkillable. They have suffered crippling damage, yet as long as they have access to enough organic matter, they can restore their functionality back to an acceptable level in a matter of seconds or minutes."

She waved her hand, activating a projection that displayed short highlights that portrayed the Woodsap mechs in action.

The biomechs predominantly made out of TE Wood suffered hit after hit. From transphasic laser beams to powerful kinetic rounds, all of the Woodsap mechs in question suffered blows that would have put any other first-class multipurpose mech out of commission.

Yet the prototype machines endured despite their newness. Each of them cautiously drew upon the power of life energy that saturated the entire battlefield at the time to supplement their energy consumption and generate new matter out of the blue.

The Woodsap mechs that still enjoyed access to a nearby Gaia Tree regenerated even faster. They directly pulled TE Wood and other organic matter from the artificial growths and managed to shape entirely new parts in record time.

The sight of these wooden mechs taking so many hits yet regenerating back up to full strength moments later had a very profound impact on the enemy.

The native alien soldiers had never seen anything like it. Phasefighter pilots and warship personnel increasingly found that their attacks produced no effect. No matter how many times they directed their fire towards the Woodsap mechs, the latter proved as persistent as cockroaches!

Ves was certainly gratified by the performance of his Woodsap mechs. He had to admit that his works just happened to have found themselves in an environment that closely matched their ideal conditions.

As long as his Woodsap mechs locked their adversaries in a contest of attrition, they would always enjoy a considerable advantage!

Still, the highlight reel did not blind Ves to the fact that his works had ultimately faltered during this engagement.

"All of this looks great, but they do not teach me as much as the failure cases." He said in a measured tone. He tried his best not to let his excitement override his good sense. "I know my latest work well enough to understand that it is still far from perfect. So tell me, Gloriana. What caused my Woodsap mechs to die?"

Gloriana had already prepared her response to this inquiry.

"There are several different circumstances that have led to the fall of your prototypes. All of them are foreseeable, so there is nothing new on that front. It is still a good idea for you to watch what has happened with your eyes."

She waved her hand again. A different collection of recordings began to play. The projector displayed numerous biomechs that already looked in bad shape but continued to get pummeled by enemy ordnance.

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify