The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3330

Chapter 3330: It Has Come

"Your belly's grown bigger."

"I would hope so. Our baby daughter is getting more ready to pop out." Gloriana smiled as she and her husband rubbed her bulging belly. "I guess with all of the delays, our first child will have the privilege of being born in the Milky Way after all. She shall be our final gift to our home galaxy before we chase after a more ambitious tomorrow."

"Miaow."

Clixie climbed up on the bed and sniffed at Gloriana's body. The cat rubbed her head against the exposed belly, not that the pregnant woman noticed.

"We have stayed in Amswick way too long, Ves. When are we finally going to move?"

"It shouldn't be long, now. I'm just waiting for the final act to begin." He mysteriously said with a grin. "I'm impatient to leave for the Red Ocean as well, but you can't rush certain matters. For what it's worth, the extra delay has been good for us. Not only did we manage to make up for the personnel we lost, we also performed enough repairs to the Graveyard that she can serve as an adequate defensive ship once again."

"Mmmhmm. Her overall integrity is still a matter of concern, though. These makeshift repairs don't go deep enough. All of that heavy kinetic fire from the Slug Rangers has stressed and cracked many parts of her internal structure. Repairing these sections without access to complete drydock facilities will be a long and painful journey."

Ves shrugged as he shifted out of his bed. "The ship will hold. The Graveyard will be able to pass through the beyonder gate without falling apart at the other side. Vivian Tsai has assured me of that. We can slowly fix the remaining damage once we have reached the Red Ocean. A drydock is nice but not essential, especially once we have the Diligent Ovenbird in our hands."

Gloriana scrunched up her face. "Have you reconsidered renaming our upcoming capital fleet repair and construction vessel? I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone thinks it is a good idea to give a dignified capital ship a name that is more fitting for a party boat!"

"Hey, we all need some levity in our lives. It's just a label, honey. I don't want our clan to turn all stiff and serious all of the time. What matters more is that the Ovenbird can meet the needs of our fleet. It is the only capital ship that can fix other starships. I don't need to tell you how crucial that is in the Red Ocean."

One of the benefits of delaying their main journey was that the shipbuilders were able to apply additional upgrades and refinements to the two capital ships the Larkinson Clan had ordered. Both the Diligent Ovenbird and the Gorgoneion received expensive new modules that should hopefully make them much more useful in the times to come.

As the couple both went into their separate bathrooms to freshen up and ready themselves for the day, they met again to partake in their breakfast and talk about their various issues. Most of their discussion related to the Bulwark Project and the Chimera Project.

Both of them had progressed substantially, with the former only a week away from completion. Venerable Jannzi didn't have to wait much longer to receive her impressive expert mech!

"I want us to be in our best state once we refit and overhaul the Shield of Samar." Gloriana insisted. "You're too distracted with all of this dwarven stuff lately. I hope you wrap up this nonsense as soon as possible so we can finally get back to what we should really be doing. We're mech designers, not revolutionaries, you know."

Ves coughed. "You don't need to remind me. Everything I am doing is so that I can design better and more impressive mechs. I am not living out a power fantasy or anything!"

His wife rolled his eyes. "Well, please tell me when you finally have your fill of megalomania. Play time doesn't last forever."

"I'm not playing around! I'm engaged in serious business here! It's not easy propping up the clan."

"If ruling the clan is too hard for you, then you should try and delegate your responsibilities to someone competent… such as myself."

Yeah, that would go well with the clan.

"Uhm, I'm good. Thanks for the offer."

Once they finished their breakfast, Gloriana headed over to the design lab straight away as usual while Ves departed for his office.

"Miaow!" Clixie ran after him and brushed her body against his legs.

"Hey, there. You want to keep me company today?"

"Miaow~"

Ves picked up the furry cat and scratched her chin as she squinted her eyes in pleasure.

Clixie was a fine replacement for Lucky who had wandered off again. Ves even heard reports that Lucky snuck onto shuttles that brought him to other capital ships!

Oh well. Ves had plenty of pets these days.

Once he reached his office, he put Clixie on his desk while he started his morning duties. He quickly signed off on some proposals from the chief ministers while listening to Gavin's morning briefing.

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