The Mech Touch novel Chapter 2733

Chapter 2733 - Quinlist

Ves and Gloriana traveled to a large base situated in another area at the edge of Veoline proper.

Just like back in the Cinach System, the Larkinsons decided to rent a large base on the surface of Prosperous Hill VI in order to facilitate their operations in the star system.

From recruitment to procuring supplies, a lot of work had to be done over the next couple of months in order to get the grand expedition back on track.

Not only that, but the base also provided ample opportunities for Larkinsons to go on leave. Hardly any clansman wanted to remain stuck on their sh.i.p.s that were parked in some dark quadrant in the outer system when there was a very pleasant planet next door!

The only difference from last time was that the Larkinson Clan’s allies also decided to join the party.

For security and other reasons, the members of the alliance each agreed to share a single base.

Naturally, they did not mix everything together, but divided it up into three different sections.

Fortunately, the Veoline area offered a lot of land and real estate for rent. The Golden Skull Alliance was hardly the only organization in the star system that sought to establish a short-term presence on the surface of the trading planet.

The local rulers even established several districts that were specifically set up to accommodate these needs!

The Gentle Lotus Base was one of twenty different lots in one of those districts. It happened to be the largest plot of land that was available for rent at the moment. At least half of the other lots in the district were already rented by various other foreign fleets and organizations.

No locals lived in this area so if the foreigners ever came to blows, no one native to the planet was liable to get hurt.

As the armored shuttle and its escorts approached Gentle Lotus, Ves took a glance at the progress of the buildup.

Gentle Lotus only featured a single pre-built base structure at the start. This structure may have been sufficient to meet the needs of a modest trade fleet, but it was incapable of hosting tens of thousands of people!

For this reason, the Larkinsons, Glory Seekers and Crossers immediately shipped a bunch of prefab modular structure components and began to piece the giant building blocks together.

It didn’t matter if the structures looked rather basic. They only had to last a short amount of time before the expeditionary fleet was ready to depart.

As Ves and the rest emerged out of their shuttle again, they all beheld the state of the construction effort.

Gloriana frowned. "It’s taking longer than I thought to set up the prefab buildings."

"You can’t blame our people. Both our personnel and our assets are at the mercy of the PHTS. Nothing gets down on the surface without securing passage on a PHTS ship. The demand for in-system transit is consistently high so we aren’t able to hog as much transportation capacity as we wish."

Everything related to intersystem transport constantly had to go through a very narrow pipeline. This caused considerable delays for everything.

Though Ves felt just as irked as Gloriana about the situation, it wasn’t as if he was able to do anything about it. The damn Lifers never bothered to scale up their transportation fleet as trade and commerce activity kept rising in Prosperous Hill.

They entered one of the prefab structures that the Larkinsons assembled first. The b.a.r.e metal walls and floors didn’t even feature any markings or decorations. The bots that were supposed to beautify the interior had yet to be shipped to the surface.

The pair separated at this moment. Gloriana proceeded to the section that had been set up as a temporary design lab. Juliet and the assistant mech designers had already reached the surface as well.

While it made little difference to work on the projects on land, it saved Ves and Gloriana the trouble of needing to travel back and forth.

Performing their work on land also made it more convenient to test the final prototypes under atmospheric conditions.

Since at least some of the Hexer mech designs were purely landbound designs, Ves and Gloriana had no choice but to outsource the prototype testing to a specialized testing company based in the Hegemony.

Establishing this relationship made it convenient to test the Design Department’s non-Hexer mech prototypes with the testing company as well.

Yet no matter how much data the Hexers produced, it was all second-hand. They didn’t know LMC mechs as well as the Larkinsons and there were certain aspects that were very troublesome to verify in practice due to incompatible glows.

In short, Ves and Gloriana believed it was better to perform the final round of prototype testing themselves. Their extensive knowledge and familiarity in their own work allowed them to conduct much more pertinent tests.

While Gloriana went off to check on the preparations for the upcoming tests, Ves moved up a couple of floors until he reached the room that would become his office for the foreseeable future.

Lucky and Clixie had already snuck out in order to explore the surrounding grounds. Both of them wanted to make the most out of their time outside a confining ship.

Ves perceived a potential issue. _{freewebnσvel.cøm}

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