The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3574

Chapter 3574 Child Mech

A few days later, a brand-new blue-coated mech appeared in the workshop.

Though the mech wasn't a masterwork mech, Ves did not set out to make one anyway. The Enlightened Warrior was just a variant mech design that he had developed on a whim. He did not need to treat it as seriously as his original mech designs.

"It's still a good work for a handmade mech." Ves smiled as he admired his work up close. "It's not as rough as I initially feared. Vulcan has really helped me out this time."

He happily held the Hammer of Brilliance in his hand. His incarnation was happy to be of service after a long period of doing nothing. Helping Ves fabricate the Enlightened Warrior provided it with another opportunity to deepen the design spirit's connection to craftsmanship.

The Enlightened Warrior mech that Ves had managed to produce with the help of his own incarnation exuded a special feel that was different from a regular Bright Warrior.

For one, it did not exude a vibe related to the Larkinson Clan. The Golden Cat was almost entirely absent from the design. Though she was indirectly connected to the variant mech design through her connection to the Quint, the Enlightened Warrior was too far removed from her influence to justify her involvement.

Instead, the glow exuded by the mech was much different from that of any other design spirit.

It was more muted, more metallic, less responsive and more… stable for a lack of a better word.

Ves never really noticed the difference before this day, but now that he was able to make comparisons, he realized that the glows of his conventional design spirits were much more fickle than he thought.

It made sense. Design spirits such as Qilanxo, the Superior Mother and even Arnold were living creatures that were subject to mood swings and other mental shifts.

If they became happy, then the positive aspects of their glows became stronger.

If they grew angry, then the hostile parts of their glows gained a boost.

Little changes like that could actually alter the behavior and effectiveness of a glow on a day-to-day basis.

Yet when he studied the Enlightened Warrior that he had just completed, he felt that its glow was a lot more steady than his other living mechs.

This was a reflection of its source. The Quint started out life as a mech, and nothing changed in that regard. The masterwork mech was used to remaining dormant for days, weeks or even months without active use. This meant that the mech had to be patient by nature but also be ready to go online when its strength was truly needed.

"This is a relatively minor difference, though."

In practical terms, the stability of a glow was not that important. What Ves truly cared about was the effect of the glow.

He closed his eyes and reached deeper into the Enlightened Warrior. He could sense the distinctive presence of the Quint more clearly. The masterwork mech didn't seem to know what to do with its brand-new connection to the recently-fabricated mech.

"It's okay. The Enlightened Warrior is your child in a sense. Try and raise it if you can. It's a living mech, just like you. Don't neglect the mech pilot, though. I'll make sure this mech will gain proper exercise soon."

The new mech had to undergo trials in order to verify that it was safe and to prove that the product was sound. Once Ves got this chore out of the way, he could assign a production task to the Spirit of Bentheim's production halls and have them pump out a couple of hundred copies of his new mech design.

"I'll have to make sure that they have access to enough raw materials, though." He frowned.

The Larkinson Clan may have stockpiled a decent amount of materials that were widely used in many different products, but Ves was quite sure that the cargo bays didn't store enough materials to produce hundreds of entirely different mechs than before.

Much of the material stockpiles carried by the Larkinson fleet still comprised of old galaxy materials that were needed to fabricate additional Bright Warriors and other older mech models!

"We need to resolve these logistical issues as well."

The Larkinson Clan couldn't keep producing mechs based on two different tech and material bases. It needed to fully transition to the standards of the Red Ocean before its stock of old materials ran empty.

That was definitely going to take a while. The current round of design projects should reduce the demand for those scarce and difficult-to-replenish goods, but it was going to take another round to complete the transition.

Ves shook his head. He could think about this problem at another time. Right now, he had to verify that the Enlightened Warrior could function properly without posing any threat to its mech pilot.

He floated up to its chest and entered its cockpit so that he could check on the internal diagnostics of the mech. The machine didn't report any problems and his intuition didn't warn him of anything dangerous either, but he could only collect a limited amount of data while it was inactive.

"It needs to be piloted."

He left the cockpit and began to contact a number of people to set up a testing session. He didn't mind performing the trials in open space as the Enlightened Warrior was not a secret project or a strategic clan asset.

Since Ves originally intended to sell it on the local market, it might be good to give his customers real footage of the Enlightened Warrior in action.

"And who better to demonstrate its capabilities than with one of the best-trained mech pilots in human space?"

He activated his comm and brought up a list of contacts. After a short moment of contemplation, he called up the most prominent name who he had heard good stories about.

"Jessica Quentin."

"Yes, Patriarch Ves?" The woman's projection asked.

"The mech that your group has been asking for is finished." Ves replied and gestured to his back where the recently-completed mech was resting. "I need a volunteer to test the mech and see whether it meets your requirements. Are you available?"

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