The Mech Touch novel Chapter 2047

Chapter 2047 Burning Red

The addition of the Flagrant Vandals to the Larkinson Clan proceeded smoothly, all things considered. Their military pedigree and their Brighter heritage meant that they were already very compatible with the ideals of the Larkinson Clan.

Though they were a little rough around the edges, they were hardly the worst in this aspect.

With Major Verle-Larkinson and Fleet Coordinator Ophelia Kronon-Larkinson banding together to form the nucleus of the Military Bureau, a lot of changes were in store.

Hopefully, the various combat units of the Larkinson Clan would soon be able to function alongside each other as parts of a greater whole.

In a way, what Major Verle started was much like designing a mech. The Larkinson Clan already possessed different parts which could fulfill their functions by themselves. Yet in order to transform their strength to a level where they could meet any crisis with confidence, it was essential to combine them together into a single design that brought out the most of the specialized components!

The undercurrent of the Larkinson Clan surged even further. Though not every Larkinson accepted Major Verle's sudden elevation in leadership, the former Brighter proved to be a quick worker.

Much of his work entailed convincing other people to accept his suggestions. This was something that Major Verle was particularly good at. After meeting Commander Melkor, Commander Magdalena and Commander Cinnabar on a regular basis, he soon managed to come to an accord with each of them. Every commander became willing to accept his suggestions!

While all of these movements took place, Ves could finally devote himself fully to his mech design projects.

Though they had already been chugging along in his absence, his personal attention was still essential.

He not only conducted marathon design sessions with Gloriana in order to speed up the progress of their Hexer mech design project, but also supervised his design teams as they fumbled with the testing of the prototypes of the striker mech.

As a project that was much closer to completion, Ves paid an increasing amount of attention to the final stretch of development of the striker mech.

During the second round of prototype testing, he even took Maikel and Zanthar on a little excursion into space.

At one of the Cinach System's asteroid belts, a fair number of spaceborn testing grounds had been set up. Cinach VI was the home to a large number of mech companies, each of which constantly developed new products that needed to be tested.

Right now, the LMC booked one of these testing grounds in order to comprehensively examine the performance of the current iteration of the striker mech under real conditions.

The sight was very spectacular. Thick, armored mechs flew steadily across an obstacle course while firing their large and slightly-oversized flamethrowers at various groups of targets along the way!

The test pilots skillfully increased the spread of the Enison Spreaders to engulf entire squads of projected mechs in flames.

Against a single, more distant target, the pilots narrowed the cone of their flamethrowers in order to increase their range and concentration of energy.

The striker mechs expended a huge amount of propellant and oxidizers. Both of these substances were stored in the storage tanks attached to the Enison Spreaders and integrated in the frame of the machines.

While Ves had contemplated attaching the storage tanks to the exterior of the mech, they were far too vulnerable if left exposed!

A traditional striker mech had to be able to withstand a lot of hits. The carefully-planned tests exquisitely pushed the limits of the prototypes by subjecting them to precisely-calculated attacks.

It hurt Ves a bit to see one of the prototypes being blasted by laser drones from every direction. Yet despite the barrage, the armor system of the striker mech held up exactly as its specifications allowed!

To the two boys, ahem, adolescent men, seeing the mechs in action with their very own eyes was an unforgettable experience!

Even though they were Larkinsons, their only opportunities to see mechs in action was when they attended the mech games in their old lives. Aside from that, they never got the opportunity to see an actual mech in action outside of footage and drama programs!

They even missed out the opportunity to watch the Battle of Kesseling VIII unfold because they had been among the first clansmen to be evacuated!

"Wow." Maikel sighed as he practically pressed his entire face against the transparent screen of the space station. His eyes continued to follow the maneuvers of the nearest prototype as it spread its unnatural hellfire red flames in precise bursts. "I've seen the projections of the simulated tests, but they're not even close to the real thing!"

Ves smiled. "We aren't playing a video game, Maikel. We are mech designers. Just because we sit behind terminals in order to manipulate projections all day doesn't mean that our work has real consequences. The machines we design are just like this prototype, capable of unleashing an unimaginable amount of destruction in the right circumstances!"

Though Ves had already lectured them about this topic before, theory was different from practice. Now that they finally witnessed the outcome of the effort that Ves and the rest of the design teams put into their striker mech design, the Larkinson seeds gained a clearer idea on what their profession entailed!

Mech designers mainly created war machines that killed!

The flames unleashed by the huge machines that could tower over many buildings could burn an entire town if left unchecked!

The scalding hot flames possessed a rather sticky quality that allowed them to continue to burn in space for a number of seconds. If the flames ever landed on a mech, then it would continue to burn it down!

The main reason for this was the special propellant used. Not only did it burn longer, the Enison Spreader also released in a higher density.

The purpose of doing so was to enhance its area denial role by allowing it to continue to block off portions of space with longer-lasting flames.

The downside to this was the faster depletion of the propellant tanks. In most cases, the striker mech lasted from ten to thirty minutes before needing to return to resupply.

"I don't know, teacher. I think blue flames are scarier." Zanthar commented. _{freeweɓnovel.cѳm}

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