The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3549

Chapter 3549: Natural Allies

The meeting concerning the Minerva Project lasted several hours. The gathered mech designers addressed a lot of additional topics such as the defenses of the expert command mech and the budget allocation to all of its major parts and systems.

There was a lot to discuss about and they hadn't even addressed how they would integrate the resonating materials to the mech design!

For that, the Journeyman had to delegate much of the crucial work to Professor Benedict. He was the only one among them that could make the resonating materials sync with the expert mech and the expert pilot.

"I am not familiar with the Talasmir and the Pecker Carbon that you have acquired from Vulit." The Senior Mech Designer said as the conversation turned to the extraordinary capabilities of the Minerva Project. "I must examine the samples and perform experiments on them in order to determine their usage. I will also have to obtain Casella Ingvar's cooperation in order to achieve the best results. This will take time and I will not be able to provide any specific solutions until the design project has passed a certain stage."

Ves and Gloriana didn't look too surprised. Master Willix also took her time to perform her responsibilities in the previous Larkinson expert mech design projects. Of course, she didn't need to perform a lot of work in person, but she possessed much greater capabilities than a Senior who didn't have access to the latest tech.

"We understand, professor." Gloriana replied. "The pace of the Minerva Project is not high because we are currently on many different projects at this time. Nonetheless, the Minerva Project is not the most complicated expert mech design that we have worked on, so it should not slow us down too much."

They discussed a bit more about how to proceed from here. Everyone needed to work together to select the right parts and flesh out the draft design further. Gloriana was also open to new suggestions as long as they were good.

Once the meeting ended, Ves and Professor Benedict stayed together in order to hold a more private talk among themselves.

The two hadn't spoken to each other in private for a long time, so neither of them were in a hurry to talk business.

They calmly walked around the design labs and looked at the hundreds of assistant mech designers performing their own individual tasks. Much of them were doing typical assisting functions such as researching different tech and materials that the lead designers might choose to implement in their different mech designs.

Others were already solving basic design problems that the lead designers had thrown at them. While Journeymen such as Ves could easily solve these problems in time, it was better to delegate them to others so that they could concentrate on more difficult matters.

Since the Larkinson Clan had recruited so many assistant mech designers, it would be a waste not to make use of all of the manpower!

The industrious and harmonious sight put a smile on Professor Benedict's face.

"You chose well, Ves. These young mech designers are all motivated and capable. None of them are slacking off by my judgment."

"A good incentive system helps a lot with that. My wife is also a hard taskmaster. None of the assistants dare to take their assignments lightly with her around."

"I can see how that helps." Benedict said.

The two resumed the little tour. Although the Larkinsons were all working on sensitive matters, there were sufficient privacy screens in place to prevent unwanted leakage of sensitive materials.

Even if Professor Benedict was able to circumvent this precaution, Ves didn't really care. None of the design projects had reached an advanced stage so there was nothing specific to leak at this time.

The two mech designers eventually retired to another private workplace before they began their true discussion.

"I should not tell you that Patriarch Reginald Cross is paying close attention to this design project. His patience is wearing thin after he has seen the results of your previous expert mech design projects. He knows that there is a large chance that he will be able to obtain the mech of his dreams."

"We can't guarantee that his future expert mech will become a masterwork." Ves cautioned.

"I am aware of that, but Reginald is… obsessed." The professor admitted. _{freёwebnovel.com}

That was a pretty strong verdict coming from a mech designer who had once allowed his obsession to ruin his first career!

"Well, we won't have to keep him waiting for long. Once we successfully complete the Minerva Project and develop a good basis of cooperation between us, we can proceed to design Reginald's expert mech with plenty of experience under our belt."

The Minerva Project was an important precursor to this crucial job because it was a lengthy practice run for Professor Benedict and the Larkinson mech designers.

Although each of them were good at their jobs, they were unaccustomed to working together. They needed to spend the following months solving all of the teething problems that would inevitably crop up due to several unfamiliar mech designers working together for the first time.

Ves not only had to make sure that he could cooperate with Professor Benedict, he also had to pay attention to Sara Voiken who he had yet to collaborate with either.

Though all of it was new to Ves, he looked forward to building up more experience in this regard. In the future, he would probably collaborate with many different mech designers, and it would be handy if he was already accustomed to working with complete strangers.

"Do you think that Gloriana has chosen a good direction for the Minerva Project?" Ves asked. "Please give me your honest thoughts."

The Senior Mech Designer chuckled at his request. "I do not have a strong opinion about her choices. Miss Gloriana is a competent mech designer, and some of the questionable decisions may not be her fault. Perhaps the end user has issued a number of special requests. It would explain the decision to implement a submachine gun mode to the weapon."

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