The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3581

Chapter 3581 Pellysa III

"Did you hear what happened?"

"Yeah. That powerful mech pilot suffered an accident while piloting the patriarch's new variant. Is it a training mech or a combat mech?"

"From what I heard, it's supposed to be both. The Enlightened Warrior works just like the Bright Warrior but it is supposedly able to make it seem like you're piloting the Quint."

"And the patriarch wants to sell it to the public?"

"Just a small batch, I think. The concept is new so it might not be able to live up to its promises."

"If what happened to that woman is any indication, the Enlightened Warrior model is definitely not ready for mass production."

Plenty of people were talking about the latest mech that the clan patriarch had cooked up. Its name and its presumed purpose generated a lot of interest, but the accident during its first testing session had doused a lot of unrealistic expectations.

Ves was fine with that. He did not want his Enlightened Warrior to explode onto the scene. He wanted his new mech to work steadily so that the rate of breakthroughs was only slightly higher than normal. _{ƒгeewebnovёl.com}

After working together with the Quint, he slightly revised the Enlightened Warrior's spiritual design. Even without the Quint or the transcendence glow, the variant should be able to provide a small amount of assistance to the mech pilot.

The role of the Quint would therefore be pared back. Incidences such as when the masterwork mech directly guided Jessica Quentin shouldn't happen again so frequently.

The reason why Jessica was able to talk with the Quint was because she was already highly accustomed to piloting living mechs. She knew what to do and also understood that she needed to immerse herself as deeply into the man-machine connection as possible to gain the most out of her piloting session.

Other mech pilots might not be able to do that, especially outsiders. The Enlightened Warrior should still be able to function in those situations.

That said, Ves did not phase out the role of the Quint entirely. In certain critical situations, the masterwork mech could give the mech pilot a nudge.

Ves could easily imagine this happening during intense battles and stressful moments. Mech pilots always connected deeper with their mechs when there was a lot at stake. They also improved a lot and pushed close to their limits.

Ordinarily, most mech pilots in this situation never managed to break through the barrier that kept them mortal. Whether their convictions weren't strong enough or their spiritual potential hadn't matured enough, they either died or returned home in a similar state as before.

Breakthroughs were seen as major events because they were the exception rather than the rule.

The Enlightened Warrior did not set out to change this, but it could still make a modest difference.

In instances where the mech pilots were close to breaking through, just giving them a bit of help might make a couple of them succeed where they ordinarily failed!

Ves was still unsure how many more breakthroughs would occur than normal. The difference could be as small as 0.1 percent to as large as 10 percent!

He would have to see how the Enlightened Warrior fared in practice before he could tweak the numbers further.

A second test proceeded soon after with a different volunteer. This time, the Enlightened Warrior performed within expectation. No accidents occurred as the Quint did not go overboard this time.

Though the actual results this time were small, Ves did not mind. Subsequent testing sessions proved that all of the changes finally stabilized the Enlightened Warrior to the point where he felt it was safe to move on to mass production.

"Are you sure you want us to suspend all of our current production orders in order to fabricate this new variant of yours, sir?"

"Yes."

"We'll start production as fast as we can, but we don't have enough raw materials to produce hundreds of copies of this model."

"I'll tell our Procurement Department to prioritize this matter. We've reached the Pellysa System now, so there ought to be sellers who are willing to supply the necessary materials."

"Have you taken a look at the prices here in Pellysa, patriarch? Any batch of materials that can be used to construct mechs, ships or structures gets picked up immediately. The prices are vastly inflated at the moment."

"I understand that, but there are always back doors if you know where to find them. I think there ought to be at least one trading partner over at Pellysa who is willing to get in bed with our clan."

In truth, he had no idea whether it was possible to accomplish this. He might have to resort to extra measures in order to fulfill this goal.

After he sent instructions to the relevant people, Ves finally put aside this matter. What happened next with the Enlightened Warrior shouldn't require his intervention.

Instead, he turned his attention to the Pellysa System. The port system governed by the THZ Consortium already attracted over a thousand trade vessels. While this was not as impressive as the other port systems he had visited, it was already a positive sign for the future.

Ves wanted to go down and have a look at what a developing frontier trade planet looked like.

Normally, he would have been a lot more reluctant to land on any planet given his experiences at Prosperous Hill VI, but he was covered by the MTA at the moment. Nothing should pose a threat to him or his clan.

In fact, the THZ Consortium already went out of its way to accommodate the Larkinson Clan given how it was accompanied by the Simile Halifax!

"The THZ Consortium has agreed to relax the restrictions that limit the amount of protection that we can bring." Shederin Purnesse said when Ves called the foreign minister. "Normally, active mechs can't be brought to the surface because any battle involving them can easily destroy precious and even critical infrastructure, thereby setting back the development of the colony. Rivals are known to employ this method to sabotage competing trade planets."

"What about us?" Ves asked.

"We can bring up to a full mech company down to the surface, including as many expert mechs as we want."

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