The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3385

Chapter 3385: The Purpose of the Chimera Project

His most recent conversation with Master Willix implied that she was gradually introducing him to her faction.

Ves had no desire to take part in the power struggles of one of the most powerful organizations of humanity, but if he wanted to survive, he had little choice but to shelter under an umbrella.

As far as backers went, Master Willix and whatever group in the MTA she was a part of didn't sound so bad. Though Ves didn't know anything solid about her colleagues and the Star Designer that was supposed to be her patron, Willix herself was quite a decent and high-minded woman. She didn't look like the sort of person who would join a club that went against her own ideals.

What always struck Ves the most about Master Willix was how she constantly emphasized the importance of serving the greater need by contributing to humanity. She was one of the least self-serving high officials that he had met in his life!

"If her other compatriots are like this, then maybe it's not so bad to get into their good graces."

The only annoying part was that they constantly preached about contributing humanity and expecting Ves to do the same. In practical terms, that translated into donating his precious research results to the MTA so that the rest of humanity could one day benefit from his hard-earned innovations!

Sure, the Association always awarded those who submitted their valuable research gains with merits, but Ves was pretty sure that people like him were being ripped off by a huge margin!

With its effective regulatory strength and monopoly position, the MTA could easily leverage any valuable innovation and earn thousands of times more profit than what it had given to the original inventor as compensation.

This was the real basis why the MTA maintained its dominance and power for so many years despite not holding a lot of direct territory.

By allowing most of humanity to rule their territories in the form of states, the powerful trans-galactic organization avoided most of the excesses that came with governing a powerful empire.

Instead, the mechers stood above this level, allowing them to stay clean and untouched by the filth of ordinary society. Their supreme position allowed them to look down on the space peasants who constantly offered their most precious goods and other valuable gains to the effective rulers of human civilization.

"What a brilliant scam!"

Humanity's past history showed that people tended to dislike all-powerful overlords. The Terrans already tried and failed, so the MTA cleverly sidestepped the most obvious trappings of an empire and instead put up a disguise.

The only part about the MTA that Ves wasn't sure of was whether it was sincere in its mission. Were people like Master Willix truly the norm in the upper ranks of the Association? Or was the MTA just a vehicle to rule over humanity without making it too obvious?

Before he knew the answers to these questions, Ves thought it was best to maintain his distance to the mechers. He had seen them at their best and worst and knew that they had no qualms about sacrificing pawns if necessary.

At his current strength and identity, Ves was nothing but one of their many pawns. This was a bad position to be in so he needed to promote his status to them as soon as possible!

"I should be at least a knight!" Ves affirmed. "That allows me to jump over most problems at the very least."

He had no wish to get entangled in more complicated matters, so he did not harbor any desires to become a more valuable chess piece like the queen or king.

He just wanted to raise his family and design mechs. Grand objectives such as saving the galaxy or defeating humanity's enemies was none of his business!

Of course, he didn't mind pretending to be a savior in order to gain an advantage.

"I wonder how Master Willix's buddies will treat me once I reach the Red Ocean."

The new frontier was a lot looser and more chaotic than the old galaxy, and that made it all the more important to build good relations with one of the highest authorities over there. The MTA might not be able to fulfill all of his wishes, but it was already valuable to gain the veneer of its backing.

Ves soon put his brief conversation with Master Willix out of his mind and went back to his duties.

He invested more time on finalizing the Chimera Project so that he would be able to finish it before reaching the gate system.

The design of the base model went well. Despite the complexities involved with designing hero mechs, the Chimera Project was based around an expert mech, which meant that Ves was able to make a lot more allowances.

Compared to the Transcendent Messenger that he had once designed, the Chimera Project was much less of a compromise!

High-end mech parts tailored for expert mechs simply weren't constrained by the limitations of their standard third-class equivalents.

Whereas before Ves had to make a difficult choice between two different benefits, with the Chimera Project he could comfortably have his cake and eat it too. The components he utilized were both powerful and took up considerably less space. High-end energy cells and heat sinks offered the same effectiveness but took up ten times less space.

As a result, the Chimera Project's performance when fighting up close and from afar was not that much worse than the other expert mechs.

"From what it looks like, the base form of the Chimera Project will be able to perform roughly 80 percent as effective as the First Sword in melee combat and 75 percent as the Amaranto." Ves roughly guessed as he observed the projection of the latest iteration of the design.

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