The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3150

Chapter 3150: The Two Saviors

His honor guard stepped out of the shuttle first. Even though the chance that anyone aboard the Mother's Wrath would threaten him was low, Nitaa and her team never let down their guard.

The moment Ves stepped out the vehicle, he could already tell that his guards likely wouldn't have to take action at all. A whole array of Penitent Sisters stood in the hangar bay. As soon as he appeared, the female uniformed soldiers all raised their fists at an angle.

"HAIL TO THE CLAN PATRIARCH!"

"HAIL TO THE SAVIOR OF OUR ORDER!"

"HAIL TO THE SON OF THE SUPERIOR MOTHER!"

"…That's quite a greeting."

Ves had a feeling that the Penitent Sisters poured their greatest emotions when they roared the last phrase. He wasn't sure whether he liked that. He wanted them to respect him for his own status and accomplishments.

Fortunately, the show didn't last for long. The Penitent Sisters still had a lot of work to do and soon dispersed to go back to their normal duties.

Commander Valerie Chancy and Commodore Abigail Evern both approached Ves and saluted.

"We are honored by your visit, Patriarch." The leader of the Penitent Sister greeted. She appeared to be much more enthused to be in his presence than before for some reason. "We have prepared a brief tour for you. The Mother's Wrath may not be an impressive combat carrier, but we have tried to make the best out of her after we have lost the Surly Cockatrice."

The original flagship of the Penitent Sisters had perished long ago during the Battle against the Abyss. The Cockatrice was one of the few sturdy second-class combat carriers that Ves and the Larkinson Clan had at their disposal. The ship did not go down without absorbing a lot of enemy firepower.

"Let's begin."

They first toured the hangar bay itself. There were several mechs on standby or in the process of being worked on. Naturally, only two different mech models dominated the space.

He first directed his attention towards a couple of Valkyrie Redeemers. The model that started a line of Valkyrie variants was one of his great successes.

Compared to a brand-new living mech, the Valkyrie Redeemers that the Penitent Sisters were already using for a while had grown by quite a significant margin.

There was still a lot more room for growth, though. They were only months or years old, so their unique personalities did not make much of a difference at this stage.

"I can see that you are taking good care of these mechs." He remarked.

"We do our best to honor your work, which honors your mother in turn." Commander Chancy replied. "Mishandling one of our mechs is one of the greatest blasphemies that you can commit!"

Ves blinked. He was glad the Penitent Sisters took their mechs seriously, but he wasn't sure whether they held this attitude for the right reasons.

"Do you have any feedback about the Valkyrie mechs?" He asked instead. "Your people have been using them for a while now. Have you discovered any quirks or made any observations that aren't obvious from the surface? Anything you say will help me design a better revision when it comes time to update this model."

Hearing that their feedback would potentially lead to an improvement in a possible Valkyrie Redeemer Mark II, both women looked at each other for a moment.

"The Valkyrie Redeemers are excellent performers." Commander Chancy began. "We are completely satisfied with them. However, if there is one aspect that we would like to see an improvement, it is the ranged armament of our marauder mechs."

"Hmm?"

The mech commander gestured at the giant mech-grade submachine guns placed to the side of the dormant mechs.

"Your Valkyrie Redeemer model is armed with pulse submachine guns that are light and portable. This is a great choice as our nimble mechs can remain fast while easily adjusting their aim in close to mid-ranged firefights. It's just that the firepower is a bit lacking…"

He could see what she meant. Pulse guns were hybrid energy weapons that spat out energetic particles. They were more efficient but also weaker than laser beams. They were also easy to implement in smaller and more compact forms. That made them very suitable for mechs that couldn't afford to carry anything bigger, heavier and more power hungry.

Since Ves designed the Valkyrie Redeemer with an eye towards performing on large and extensive battlefields, their efficiency and energy consumption had to meet a minimum standard. This was why he did not arm the female Hexer mechs with more powerful weapons.

"We heard that you recently came up with a powerful new crystal gun that packs a lot more punch." Commodore Abigail Evern said. "We would like to request that you provide us with submachine gun or carbine-sized weapons so that we can give our Valkyrie Redeemers some actual teeth at range."

Ves could easily imagine what would happen if the Valkyrie Redeemers were armed with crystal weapons. The marauder mechs would no longer be forced to perform a charge in order to deal serious damage. Their tactical flexibility along with their effective battle contribution would certainly rise as a result!

"You can say that about any mech armed with an energy weapon." He responded. "There are many mechs in our fleet that could benefit from such an upgrade. Right now, our production capacity is fully taken up by the need to fabricate more mechs. The Spirit of Bentheim and other production-capable vessels are all busy with churning out as many quality mechs as possible in order to make sure that we make use of all of our available mech pilots."

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