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The Mech Touch CH 2992

Author:Exlor Category:urban Update time:2022-12-31 17:28:11

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When Ves presented his mounted wargear plan to Joshua and Ketis, they acquiesced quickly enough.

Who said that expert pilots couldn\'t be persuaded

They might be stubborn about their own likes and the causes they fought for, but they could still be swayed in other matters!

After

getting Venerable Joshua\'s buy-in, Ves already began to develop some

ambitious plans for the mounted wargear loadouts that he had sketched

out.

The artillery, lancer and so-called meat suit loadouts were all big

but not that terribly complex.

This meant that he could delegate much

of the crunch work to his ȧssistants.

As Ves finalized the details of his proposal, he rose from his chair and left his workplace to visit his wife.

Meow.

Mrow.

Blinky dematerialized and returned to Ves\' mind while Lucky jumped off the desk and followed like a lost puppy.

When

Ves reached his destination, he saw that Gloriana was explaining her

thoughts to a design team.

He patiently waited for her to finish her

instructions.

Miaow~

Meow~

Meanwhile, Lucky

landed on a large pillow where Clixie comfortably rested.

The two cats

bumped their noses and sniffed each other.

Mrow!

Blinky

materialized above them and fell on top of Lucky\'s back.

The gem cat did

not appreciate the passenger on his back and rolled around in order to

swat the spiritual cat away!

Meow!

The two tomcats

wrestled against each other again while Clixie watched on with an amused

expression.

Her tail elegantly swished from side to side as she watched

the boys defend their pride.

What are you doing here Gloriana

eventually turned to Ves after dismissing the little ȧssistants.

Aren\'t you supposed to be fleshing out our draft design for the Chimera

Project

Ves grinned and approached his wife in order to

embrace her and plant a kiss on her lips, but she firmly raised her palm

before he got too close.

This is not the time! We are on duty

at the moment.

Can\'t you control your beastly urges for once and remain

professional for once

Hey! You never complained in the past!

His

wife frowned and crossed her arms.

That\'s because we weren\'t under so

much time pressure.

This is different.

We are working on the most

important projects of our lives.

I don\'t want them to be ruined because

we slipped up.

Be serious!

Uhm, okay. Ves lamely replied.

He

would just have to try again when they were off-duty and back in their

grand stateroom.

Anyway, I did have some business to talk about.

I just

came up with a fantastic new idea that would definitely elevate the

Chimera Project!

He enthusiastically explained his proposal.

He

even projected his sketches in order to convey his thoughts in the

clearest fashion possible.

...With all of this mounted wargear,

we can use the Chimera Project as a powerful rallying symbol and a

vessel to intimidate the mech pilots arrayed against us.

The impact on

morale when fighting against an extremely powerful giant is not

something you can imagine.

...The best part of this all is that

it plays to our strengths and mitigates our weaknesses.

Since we are

nowhere near the size of conventional states, we don\'t have a large base

of mech pilots to establish a continuous supply of expert pilots.

People like Venerable Joshua are very scarce to us, so it makes sense to

invest in them and empower them as much as possible.

...Since

it is much easier for us to acquire funding, we can invest them all in

large amounts of regular exotics and low-grade resonating exotics that

are readily available on the market.

It doesn\'t matter if their

properties are relatively shabby.

As long as we cobble them together

into a loadout that is massive enough, sheer quantity will ensure that

the final product is still powerful!

...In short, this plan is perfect! This will truly make the Chimera Project shine!

As Ves finished his brief presentation, he waited to hear the praises of his wife.

..She did not look amused.

Her frown grew deeper as she formulated a lot of thoughts.

Uhm, Gloriana

Ves. She finally ground out.

Have you gone crazy

What

Did you go mad

No.

THEN WHY DID YOU DEVIATE FROM MY INSTRUCTIONS AND EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE CHIMERA PROJECT!

It\'s not as bad as it sounds! This is a great way to—

YOU

IDIOT! THE DESIGN DEPARTMENT IS HORRIBLY SHORT OF MANPOWER! IF WE

PURSUE YOUR INANE IDEAS, THE CHIMERA PROJECT WILL BE DELAYED BY AT LEAST

A YEAR!

It won\'t take that long! We\'re not designing an extra

expert mech, but merely external add-ons that can temporarily augment an

existing expert mech.

It\'s just another form of mech equipment!

Gloriana

slapped her palm against his ċhėst.

YOU ARE OVERLOOKING AT LEAST ONE

CRUCIAL FACTOR! I participated in an expert mech design project.

Even

though I was just working in an ȧssisting capacity back then, I still

know something that you don\'t! Have you ever considered the issue of

resonance compatibility

Ves finally paused.

Uhhh… what

Thought

so. Gloriana huffed and crossed her arms.

To be honest, if you

proposed to apply this mounted wargear concept onto regular mechs or

prime mechs, I wouldn\'t be so opposed to it.

This is different.

Do you

know why Because expert mechs must be internally consistent when it

comes to their resonance profile.

Ves scratched his head.

Please explain.

The

two of them sat down on a nearby couch.

Clixie moved over and dropped

herself onto Gloriana\'s ŀȧp.

She curled her back as a dainty hand began

to stroke her furry back.

Miaow~

The most defining

factor that makes expert mechs so powerful is because they resonate with

expert pilots.

This is something that you already know, but think

deeper about what I just said.

Why are some expert mechs stronger and

some of them weaker Assume that they are designed by the same mech

designers with the same materials and mech components.

That left out a lot of obvious answers.

Ves had to think over it a little deeper.

It has to be a design factor, then.

Correct.

She said.

Just by having the same designer, the same materials and the

same components doesn\'t ensure that the end result will be similar in

terms of quality.

This is because resonating materials have to abide by

additional rules in order for them to show their value.

One of them is

that they also affect the resonance of other resonating exotics.

Do you

understand

A light shone in Ves\' eyes.

If that is the case…

Gloriana

waved her hand and activated a simple projection.

Let me give you a

brief example.

Let\'s say that material A is a resonating exotic that can

regenerate armor systems and is compatible with Venerable Joshua.

Since

the material\'s properties are relatively simple and uncomplicated, we

can easily implement small or large quantities of it onto his expert

mech.

And that is not always the case Ves puzzlingly frowned.

Yes.

Many resonating exotics are weird.

Don\'t ask me why.

However, let\'s say

that material B is also a resonating exotic that is compatible with

Venerable Joshua.

Now, let me say that it can empower the firepower of

his energy rifle, but when we test it out, it turns out that it is only

effective when used at a quantity at or greater than 50 kilograms.

Any

less and it loses its resonance effect.

Those were some odd rules, but certain regular exotics also work in this fashion.

Now

let me state a third rule.

Material B inhibits the resonance of

material A and vice versa.

In other words, they cancel each other out.

Now think about that.

What does this mean, Ves

It means… a

powerful rifle must incorporate a large quantity of material B in order

to be powerful enough, but that will directly weaken the effects of

material A.

The regeneration resonance ability of the expert mech drops

as a consequence.

That..

is quite bad.

There\'s more to it than

that. Gloriana said.

The large quantities of material A that is

incorporated in the armor system will also weaken the effectiveness of

material B.

The energy rifle won\'t receive as much empowerment.

In fact,

the degree of weakening is so much that it makes it so that material B

acts as if there are less than 50 kilograms incorporated in the expert

mech.

When it falls below this threshold, the resonance is canceled out.

That lump of material B has effectively been neutralized.

Then we apply more material B.

Ah,

but then material A will be weakened even further. Gloriana shook her

head.

The end result is an expert mech that makes only a fraction of

the use of the expensive resonating exotics it incorporates.

The degree

of utilization is just 20 percent from what it could have been if the

two resonating exotics didn\'t fight each other.

That did sound

like a huge problem, but Ves didn\'t think that was all.

If there are

resonating exotics that cancel each other out, then there should also be

ones that mutually reinforce each other.

There are.

The

problem is that there are way more relationships that lead to mutual

suppression than mutual reinforcement.

The latter is relatively rare,

and that leads to all kinds of complications.

Let\'s say that there is

material C that can enhance the resonance shield of an expert mech.

When

this material is in close proximity to material A, a wonderful effect

happens.

They strengthen each other by as much as 50 percent.

The

defensive properties of the expert mech become drastically stronger.

I can hear a \'but\' coming…

Gloriana

grinned.

Of course.

Do you think that everything is perfect Far from

it.

Material C also happens to be incompatible with material B.

The two

weaken each other, causing the rifle of the expert mech to lose power

while the resonance shield weakens as well.

Then why not just get rid of material B since it is such a problem

What

if I told you that it is the only viable material that we can use to

strengthen the offensive power of our expert mech It wouldn\'t be a big

deal if we\'re talking about an expert space knight, but what if we\'re

dealing with an expert rifleman mech It is intolerable for us to

abandon this means of strengthening for a mech that centers around

ranged combat!

Then we ditch material A and C instead! I don\'t

believe there are more resonating materials out there that can also

strengthen the defenses of an expert mech!

Then we have to deal

with other problems! Say that there is material D that can also

strengthen the armor of an expert mech.

It also happens to establish

mutual resonance with material B, causing the resonance abilities based

on both of them to strengthen by as much as 300 percent! It is in fact

the best possible solution that we can identify.

Ves narrowed his eyes in suspicion.

Then what is the problem

It\'s

a high-grade resonating exotic.

Let\'s say we need at least 3 kilograms

of material D in order to make it worthwhile for us.

There are no

deposits of this rare resonating exotic in any of the local states.

The

only way for us to obtain it is to exchange 5 million MTA merits per

kilogram of material D.

Would you agree to such a deal

Increasing

the effective performance of a couple of resonance effects by 300

percent sounded insanely powerful, but if Ves had to cough up a whopping

15 million MTA merits for it, then he would rather forget about it.

He

didn\'t even want to relinquish even a single merit!

Gloriana

suddenly looked tired.

Do you understand now what I have been trying to

deal with in the past month A typical expert mech does not incorporate

so few resonating exotics.

A low-tier expert mech incorporates at least

a dozen of them, and that is mostly to take advantage of the mutual

resonance of cheaper exotics to produce a strong effect.

If it is already that complicated for lower-end expert mechs, then what about the better ones Ves curiously asked.

High-tier

expert mechs incorporate as much as thirty different types of

resonating exotics, and the amount of work that goes into making

everything fit together is insane! There are countless properties to

take into account.

For example, material E only works if it is shaped in

a horseshoe form.

Material F only works if it is blended with material G

in a 1-to-103 proportion.

Material G is relatively easy to obtain, but

it suppresses the effectiveness of materials D, H and I.

Do I need to go

on, Ves

He finally understood the reason why she objected to

his proposal.

So the point is that making an expert mech bigger and

adding more resonating exotics will make it difficult to achieve a high

degree of mutual resonance

Exactly! The smaller the expert

mech, the fewer the quantities and varieties of resonating exotics, the

less complications we have to face.

This is why I think we will probably

complete the Disruptor Project first and leave the Bulwark Project for

last.

What you have just suggested will definitely push the Chimera

Project further behind, because each mounted wargear loadout has to be

compatible with the mech that carries all of that extra gear! And before

you suggest, if you just make it out of regular materials, then the

loadout won\'t be able to enjoy any strengthening and protection effects.

The expert mech will probably tear it apart when it activates its

resonance shield or exerts lots of force and stress due to its extreme

performance!

If this was the case, then applying mounted wargear

to Venerable Joshua\'s expert mech would be a lot more complicated than

he thought!

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