The Mech Touch novel Chapter 2928

Chapter 2928: Exploiting Crazies

When Ves convened a meeting with Commander Rivington, Commander Casella, Venerable Jannzi and Venerable Tusa, the latter four grew quite curious at what he had to say.

"What’s this all about, Ves?" Tusa asked as he casually sat next to his fellow expert pilot. "Did Lucky finally recover from his condition?"

"My lazy cat is still dozing off as usual." Ves responded with a brief grimace. "No, I have something else in mind today. I think I may have figured out a solution to our current conundrum."

They became attentive. They had all grown frustrated at the lack of action in the past few days.

After all, Ves had made a high-sounding speech about how Larkinsons were warriors. If they stopped at this junction without achieving anything substantial, wouldn’t that put his credibility into doubt?

"Don’t tease us any longer, Ves. Just spit it out. You must have come up with another scheme." Venerable Tusa said.

Ves grinned. "Perhaps. Let me start from the beginning. First of all, in order to defeat the ultralifers, we have to understand them first. What do you recall about their group?"

The Larkinsons in the meeting room exchanged glances.

"The ultralifers are extremists, sir." Commander Rivington eventually said. As a former Lifer, he understood them best. "They’re very proud about the Life Research Association and its highly-developed biotech industry. The problem is that they go too far. They’re not normal fans. They’re obsessive fanatics who can’t tolerate a single word of criticism. During normal times, they mostly fought back using words, protests, intimidation and so on, so they were never branded as terrorists or anything like that. Everyone else just learned to ignore their antics."

Ves snorted. "Well, they’re a lot less harmless than you all thought. How could the authorities overlook this massive underground fortification? How could the Planetary Guard be okay with allowing these bunch of radicals to accumulate hundreds of dangerous biomechs when they don’t allow private individuals to own more than a couple of machines for protection?"

This was a glaring inconsistency and one that made him feel quite resentful about the LRA’s government. The obvious answer was that there was definitely something shady about this development. The local administration was rotten to the core.

Rivington shrugged. "I can’t tell you anything about that."

"Then tell me more about their ideology. What do they want? What are they working towards?"

"Well, there is nothing more to them than what is already available in public. The ultralifers have never hid their agenda. They want to make the LRA and the local biotech industry more prosperous. The difference from other citizens is that they want to go through great extremes. They think that biomechs, designer beasts and other applications of biotechnology are vastly superior than the alternatives and that the LRA has a great responsibility to spread its model to the surrounding states. They’re not shy about advocating war in order to force the spread of biotechnology."

"In other words, they’re super fanboys." Venerable Tusa remarked on the other side of the meeting table. "These kinds of people exist everywhere. They’re so fanatical about something that their judgement simply disappears whenever their interests come up. They can not only tolerate any faults, but they take any attack on their interests personally."

Ves smiled when Tusa mentioned one the keys to his proposals. "You have stated something very critical about the ultralifers. They’re biased. Their judgement is clouded. They can’t think straight when it comes to the objects of their admiration. This is one of their strengths, but it can also be their greatest weakness."

Everyone else looked confused at that. The extreme ideology of the ultralifers was a powerful motivator to them. This differentiated them from mercenaries who didn’t fight for any cause and constantly weighed the possible gains and losses for every action they took.

Fanaticism conveyed strength! This was a lesson many Larkinsons had learned!

"How?"

Ves did not keep them guessing any longer. His smile grew wider as he activated a projection. It showed a live feed of the clansmen who were enjoying their brief five minute session in the presence of the Aspect of Tranquility and the Aspect of Healing.

He pointed his finger straight at the projected statues. "How do you think the ultralifers will react if they encounter a copy of my living statues?"

"..."

"Uhm..."

The others looked flabbergasted for a moment. They did not expect that the strategem that Ves hinted at turned out to be related to the angel statues of all possibilities!

Venerable Jannzi grew annoyed. "Ves..."

"Yes, cousin?"

"Are you being serious?"

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