The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3401

Chapter 3401: Possible Expansion

When Ves convened all of the Journeymen of the Design Department for a meeting, he outlined his plans and thoughts about their future direction.

"…Muuu…wawawawaaaa…"

"…Miew…"

He found it hard to remain on topic while little Aurelia had grown to the point where she became increasingly more active when she was awake. Though she still slept most of the time, Ves distinctly noticed that Aurelia as well as Mana became increasingly more responsive and playful.

Gloriana looked radiant as she happily indulged in her daughter's antics. Alexandria meanwhile allowed the intangible white fuzzball to jump onto her red tail.

"Ahem." Ves coughed as his daughter adorably held onto Gloriana's finger. "As I was saying, our list of design priorities keep growing. Although a part of it is because it took longer for us to complete our most recent round of mech design projects, the fact of the matter is that the rapid growth of our clan has rapidly overtaken the growth of our Design Department. What we need to do is to bring the latter up to speed. Although I hoped to rely on internal promotion to solve our increasing shortage of lead designers, it appears that my assumptions were too optimistic."

"You can't raise Journeymen whenever you want, Ves." Gloriana proudly stated even as Aurelia's tiny fingers clung onto her hair. "What happened to Ketis is the exception rather than the rule. Otherwise, why are people like us who broke through before we reach thirty years old so special? Don't forget that most of our assistants lean on the younger side. They're less talented than us, so it's no surprise that they need more time to make substantial progress. The true situation of the mech industry is mostly like this. Even if you employ hundreds of assistants, it can take decades before one of them breaks through."

Her words described the cold hard truth about how unreliable it was to pin his hopes on internal promotion to fill up the ranks of Journeymen. The design teams were filled with mediocre mech designers who failed to distinguish themselves when they studied their crafts and worked at their initial jobs.

Their hunger for greater opportunities may have led them to the Larkinson Clan, but if they were more talented, capable and successful, they would have turned to much more attractive options!

Truly skilled and ambitious mech designers never thought about becoming assistant to other mech designers. They insisted on leading their own projects and designing mechs based on their own visions!

These were the true Journeyman candidates. As long as they possessed spiritual potential, their chances of breaking through was much higher than any of the drones in the Design Department!

When Ves glanced at himself as well as the other three Journeymen, he realized that none of them were typical mech designers.

Nothing needed to be said about himself. Ves was anything but conventional and he reveled in that. Breaking rules excited him and he never accepted the status quo.

Gloriana may have been raised to exacting standards by her strict mother, but she lived up to the expectations of the Wodin Dynasty. Her existence was proof that funneling a lot of money in someone's upbringing could result in fantastic returns.

Ketis grew up under much worse circumstances than the former Hexer, but she was already talented enough to do decently well in the frontier. Once she joined the Larkinson Clan and received proper tutelage and resources, she grew up at a rapid pace.

With the help of the companion spirit that Ves had gifted to her, she even became one of the most remarkable mech designers in existence due to her dual breakthroughs.

Juliet was the most ordinary Journeyman among this gathering. Although she possessed an unusual history, her trajectory as a mech designer was relatively conventional. Though her personality and design philosophy weren't as exciting as the others, that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. She brought a much-needed measure of calm, rationality and sanity to the group meetings.

Even then, Juliet was already remarkable enough for being able to advance to Journeyman at a relatively young age.

If Ves grouped everyone in the room together, then none of them were the sort of people that could easily be found on the job market.

With the expeditionary fleet getting closer and closer to the gate system, it became easier than ever for the Larkinson Clan to fill its job vacancies.

A seemingly endless amount of eager and ambitious Apprentice Mech Designers wanted to catch a ride to the Red Ocean while doing the work that they loved.

The Larkinson Clan even began to receive inquiries from various Journeyman Mech Designers. Each of them were attracted to different aspects of the Larkinson Clan.

Some thought that the clan had a prosperous future. Others were attracted by the short but illustrious track record of the lead designers. A few of the older Journeymen even thought the Larkinson Clan would be lucky if they became the new leaders of the Design Department!

Journeymen tended to be more passionate, colorful and confident in terms of personality, so the group of applicants looked like a circus to Ves. It was hard for him to take any of them seriously, especially when a large proportion of the applications lacked sincerity.

"I don't know, Ves." Ketis commented after a while. "I don't want to work alongside people who haven't fought and bled alongside us. I don't mean that literally, of course, but I respect everyone who joined up when we were much weaker and stuck with us through both the good times and bad times. Now that our clan has grown larger and more stable, it would be too cheap for other Journeymen to swoop in and take everything for granted."

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