The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3537

Chapter 3537: 14 Mech Design Projects

Being able to work on 14 mech design projects in a single design round was a massive jump compared to before!

This was one of the most direct benefits of doubling the amount of Journeymen working for the Larkinson Clan.

Although time would tell if Ves made the right decisions, for now he was optimistic about the future. The four newcomers may need time to integrate fully in the Larkinson Clan, but for now they made enough progress to begin working.

"Let's quickly go over the mech design projects one by one in order to clarify your responsibilities." Ves said as he pointed at the projected list. "As you can see, many of these projects differ by a lot, so your responsibilities are different for each of them. Some are also more important than others so I made sure to assign more mech designers to them in order to maximize their potential."

His finger tapped the top-most project on the list.

"The big one this time is also the only expert mech design project for this round. As you all know, Commander Casella Ingvar recently managed to break through to expert pilot. While we have decided to keep her in her current position, she cannot pilot the same mech as before. We must design a suitable battle partner for her that can keep up with her growth for a long time."

The announcement to design a new expert mech did not alarm Gloriana, Ketis and Juliet that much, but the remaining four were different.

Expert mech designs were still new and uncharted territory to them! None of them had contributed significantly to the design of such a powerful and high-end machine.

"Commander Casella Ingvar is a rare expert pilot whose strengths mainly orient around command, communication and maybe control." He told them all. "This means that we will primarily be designing a command platform, though it will also be able to function as a rifleman mech should she be forced into combat against another expert mech."

The mention of an expert command mech with ranged combat capabilities already gave the other Journeymen a clue of who of them will be involved this time.

"I have already contacted Professor Benedict to find out whether he is willing to collaborate with us on this project, and he has already conveyed his willingness. We'll have to flesh out many of the details laters, but he is open to the idea of taking care of the aspects of the expert mech design that only Seniors and higher are able to implement."

This was a considerable relief to Ves. If Professor Benedict refused to take over the role that Master Willix previously fulfilled, then he would have to search further and involve strangers who might not be as trustworthy!

Though Gloriana had continually reminded him that she could easily get a Hexer Master Mech Designer to cooperate with the Larkinsons, Ves never seriously considered her offer.

Ves looked at each of the Journeymen in turn.

"The involvement of Professor Benedict leaves room for only four major contributors. Gloriana shall be the lead designer for this expert mech design project. She works best with custom mechs, high-end mechs and expert mechs, so she will be in her element."

His wife preened when she heard this praise. She arrogantly lifted up her chin as if to proclaim that none of the others could possibly do a better job.

Ves wanted to palm his face when he saw her reaction, but he refrained from doing so. No matter how pretentious she behaved, as long as Commander Casella's expert mech came out alright, he was willing to endure these small antics.

"I have chosen three more mech designers to empower different facets of this expert mech. I will be on hand to make this mech alive, arm it with a luminar crystal rifle and ensure she can employ her distinct resonance abilities to the utmost. Juliet here will make sure the command mech can move fast enough in space while Sara will work on its defensive systems to make sure it can withstand attacks from other expert mechs."

Sara Voiken looked pleased when she heard her name. She would be the first of the newcomers to contribute to an actual expert mech design project!

"Congratulations, sister."

"Thanks, Dulo."

Ves smiled at the rest. "Don't worry. As long as our clan keeps growing, more expert pilots will continue to emerge from the ranks. Each of you will receive a turn sooner or later. It all depends on the mech type of the expert mech that we will have to design next."

Right now, it made little sense to assign Janassa, Tifi and Dulo to a ranged expert mech design project.

This instance actually illustrated that the current lineup of Journeymen was too slanted towards melee mechs. The Design Department still lacked a suitable specialist in ranged weapons!

"Moving on, let's talk about the mech designs that I shall be taking charge of." Ves moved down the list. "Since none of you excel in designing ranged mechs, I have taken it upon myself to lead these two projects. One of the projects aims to deliver a specialized ranged mech to the Battle Criers while the other one seeks to deliver a harasser mech model to the Flagrant Vandals. I'll be working on them by myself as I need to exercise my individual design ability."

This was a risk and might lead to the completion of a pair of mech designs that could have become stronger if he involved other collaborators.

For example, Ves could easily think of pulling in Juliet and Sara to enhance the mobility and defensive properties of the two mech designs.

However, their design time was valuable and Ves had made the judgment that he didn't need additional help to design good mechs.

Though Ves actually wanted to design a commercial doom crawler mech model as well, he simply wasn't able to free up enough time in his schedule to handle an additional project. He reluctantly decided to leave it for a future design round.

"These mech pilots are long overdue their custom mechs. Our Design Department shouldn't neglect individualized mechs entirely." Gloriana stated. _{fɾēewebnσveℓ.com}

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