The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3527

Chapter 3527: Background Checks

The Larkinson Clan was about to bring four new Journeyman Mech Designers into the fold!

Although this kind of news was not that significant to many people, it came as a bombshell to the Larkinsons!

The status of mech designers and particularly Journeymen had always been high in the clan. Everyone knew they owed much of their success to Ves. Not only that, but Gloriana, Ketis and Juliet also contributed enormously to the clan by contributing to various important design projects.

The great success of the expert mech design projects was solid proof that the Larkinson Clan's Journeymen were all highly effective and capable of outputting strong mech designs despite their relative youth! _{freeweɓnøvel.com}

To hear that the number of Journeymen in the clan had practically doubled overnight was a massive shock to many clansmen for that reason!

Did it mean that they would be getting new Larkinson mechs twice as fast as before?

Would their much-beloved mech roster soon receive an enormous upgrade?

Will the new Journeymen begin to run the clan just like their patriarch?

All of these questions and more circulated throughout all of the clansmen who were just wrapping up their stay in Vulit.

"A lot of rumors are flying about right now." Calabast said as she paid a personal visit to Ves. "No one knows what will change now that you have recruited those four mech designers and what the implications are for our clan."

"I'll make an official announcement soon once the four newcomers are formally inducted in our clan." Ves replied. "We won't change all that much. We're only bringing in the new Journeymen to help us design our mechs. Nothing more. There is no power-sharing arrangement and their remuneration is set by our existing payment systems. As long as they do a good enough job, it won't be difficult for them to become Exemplars. That will entitle them to receive dividends equivalent to a 1 percent ownership stake in the LMC."

The Exemplar Plan finally became relevant again. Ves was glad that he had set it up beforehand. It would have been a lot more awkward if he couldn't explain this ready-made system to the new recruits.

Although the Exemplar Plan was not as good as obtaining an actual stake in the LMC, the four newcomers all accepted the arrangement, if only reluctantly.

Ordinary mech companies always awarded a considerable amount of shares to high-ranking mech designers. The Larkinson Clan and the LMC went against the industry norm on this matter and scared away a lot of promising mech designers as a result.

Ves didn't care about that. Being able to bring in four capable Journeymen who managed to perform quite well in the Wild Brawl Bowl fully met his needs!

Of course, Ves did not set out to exploit his fellow Journeymen for his own gain. Working for the Larkinson Clan as a mech designer was rewarding in many other ways. That was one of the main reasons why the new recruits applied to join even knowing that they wouldn't gain any ownership stake in a lucrative mech company.

Although no one knew whether the Larkinson Clan would truly be able to satisfy the hopes and expectations of the new additions, for now there was plenty of goodwill from both sides.

Everyone wanted this to work. At least, that was what Ves hoped.

In order to make sure that he hadn't recruited the wrong mech designers, he had already asked the Black Cats to perform thorough background checks on the four new Journeymen.

"We're still in the process of collecting intelligence about the subjects you wanted to investigate." Calabast explained at first. "Our information gathering process is hampered by the fact that the mech designers you've recruited don't have much of a history in the Red Ocean. They are all recent entrants just like us. All of their history is based in the Milky Way. Most of our intelligence on the subjects are based on records, news articles, database entries and other sources that are on the galactic net."

"What about primary sources?"

She shrugged. "We've managed to bribe or persuade a few people to tell tales about the subjects. We managed to gain a deeper insight into who we are dealing with after questioning numerous people such as old classmates, former teachers, close acquaintances and so on. These sources may not be reliable considering they are hundreds of thousands of light-years away from us, but they have managed to corroborate a number of our own findings."

"I see."

From what it sounded like, Ves could have performed his own investigation by putting all of the names into a search machine on the galactic net. The only troublesome matter was that he needed to figure out whether the information that he was gathering was accurate and reliable. This was a job that the Black Cats excelled at doing.

"For what it's worth, none of the new recruits form an acute threat to our clan." Calabast assured Ves. "That said, we have managed to uncover a couple of interesting details about all of them that you should know. While they are a matter of concern, I wouldn't go as far to say that they are cause for alarm."

This should be good. Ves made himself comfortable in his seat. "Please tell."

"Well, let's begin with Janassa Pellier and Tifi Coslone, the former apprentices of Master Deliz Corenay. Formally, their relationship as teacher and students has ended, and not in a usual fashion. I'm sure you know the customs more than I do, but from what I have found out, the two did not part in an amicable fashion."

Ves raised his eyebrow when he heard that. This sounded a bit familiar to him. A teacher-student relationship between two different mech designers usually ended when both sides came to an agreement.

If only one side took the initiative to end this sacred and important relationship, then that was usually a sign of trouble!

For example, Master Carmin Olson decisively cut ties with Ves after he somehow got in bed with the Hexers.

Hearing that Janassa and Tifi might be fellow rejects prompted him to view the pair in a different light.

"Have you found the reason?" Ves asked his intelligence director.

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