The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3617

Chapter 3617 Kalo

So many marriages took place that time that Ves had to think hard before he accepted any invitation.

Though it was a great gesture for him to attend the wedding of his clansmen, his time was too precious. His progress on his mech design projects slowly fell behind until he stopped attending most functions.

At the most, he chose to show up for a few minutes in the form of a projection.

He still showed up in person when anyone of note got married. The one between Vincent Ricklin and Director Raella Larkinson and the one between Venerable Tusa Billingsley-Larkinson and Director Ranya Wodin-Larkinson were prime examples.

In the meantime, he finally reached the final stages of the Deceptor Project. The mech wasn't that complicated for him to design so it was not that difficult to make it functionally complete.

It took a lot of time to fabricate the prototype and test it in action. He had yet to create the design spirit during the testing phase, but that also allowed him to study the mech's performance without any other influences distorting the data.

When Gloriana dropped by in order to see how her husband's solo project was faring, she studied the collected data with a lot of interest.

"I can immediately tell that the Deceptor Project is your work." She remarked. "Its design and performance characteristics are so you that I would be able to recognize it light-years away. While I'm glad to see that you have cleaned up and refined your technical design work, it is still too sloppy in my eyes. You need to invest more weeks into optimizing your design."

"It already looks fine to me. You're entering nitpicking territory here. Any improvements that I can make will be so marginal that they won't even affect the outcome of a battle. All it will do is make you happier while preventing me from completing our other mech designs."

"What other designs are you truly working on right now? Your Fearless Project is still on ice and your contribution to the Minerva Project is limited."

"I can still head over to our new Journeymen and ensure that their respective mech designs are alive."

"I know, but even then you don't have to invest that much time in them when they clearly want to push through their own visions. You shouldn't encroach on their territory more than is necessary."

Ves sighed. "There are plenty of other matters that require my time. I'll see what will happen. In any case, I don't intend to spend more time on the Deceptor Project than necessary. I'll give our design teams a few more weeks to optimize the design before proceeding to fabricate the first copy. The Flagrant Vandals will be happy to put this new mech into service."

"And how are you supposed to fabricate the mech when you don't have enough raw materials on hand? Hmm? Have you ever thought about that?" Gloriana smugly asked.

His expression fell. "Urgh, don't get me started on it. The Krakatoa Middle Zone's infrastructure is quite bad."

The Magair Middle Zone might not be as exciting, but its development level was definitely higher. Colonies required a huge amount of resources and products to grow into a more self-sufficient state. Traders looking to profit from the disparity between supply and demand eagerly flocked to these regions in order to earn a hefty but also risky profit.

The trading fleets could earn even more profit if they chose to fly deeper into the Red Ocean and sold their valuable cargo to the colonies based in Krakatoa, but not many of them actually dared to go this far!

Unless the trading companies were able to arrange huge conveys with plentiful escorts, it was far too risky to even attempt the crossings.

Only colonies set up by more powerful and influential pioneers were able to retain their footing in Krakatoa. Only they could establish exclusive trading agreements with the right suppliers.

The result of this dynamic was that there were far fewer colonies in this particular zone, but each of them should not be underestimated. They were all founded by pioneers who were strong enough to move first in a region that was much more promising than Magair. _{frёeωebɳovel.com}

Once Krakatoa was properly pacified, the colonies that enjoyed a first-mover advantage would be able to remain at the forefront of a large community for decades to come!

Ves bet that each of those colonies aspired to become the capital planets of brand-new states. It was a massive bet and anything could happen to disrupt the ambitious arrangements.

Still, one thing was for sure. The supply of resources was absolutely crucial! The more materials a colony received, the faster it developed. Every colony in the zone competed against each other to claim the most resources and it wasn't unheard of for 'pirates' to assault even the largest trading convoys all of a sudden!

Even though these costly raids always inflicted heavy damage to the attackers, as long as it deprived a colony of a lot of resources at a crucial time, the victim's rivals would definitely be able to get ahead!

Given all of this intense competition for raw materials and industrial goods, it was virtually impossible for a small player like the Larkinson Clan to gain priority on any of these strategic goods!

"I'll figure something out once we get to the Davute System." He replied. "The place is not just a regular colony and the MTA has significant influence over there. We'll buy the required resources directly from the mechers if necessary. The Deceptor Project is a vital new addition to our mech roster and can comprehensively upgrade the battle effectiveness of the Flagrant Vandals."

The spaceborn harasser mech might not be particularly powerful by itself, but Ves designed it to form an excellent synergistic relationship with the Ferocious Piranha. The combination of the two would finally turn the mobile light mech forces of the Larkinson Army into a real threat against powerful opponents!

"You're saying that, but you failed to close any deals back in the Pellysa System where the circumstances are more generous. What makes you think you'll succeed in an even harder market environment?"

"...My lovely charm?"

"Hmph!"

Though she did make a good point, Ves still hoped he could succeed this time.

The stakes were higher as Ves had just promised to Calabast that he would try his best to keep his grand expedition in the current zone for a number of years.

It was a lot easier to establish a business deal with a supplier when the delivery destination wasn't moving up and down the Red Ocean all the time!

At the very least, he could make arrangements to deliver all of the goods to a warehouse in the Davute System. The expeditionary fleet could regularly go back to the port system in order to sell their latest haul before loading in the purchased materials.

The more he thought about it, the more he became convinced that this could work. While this arrangement would anchor the expeditionary fleet to the Davute System to an extent, this was not a big deal as he could always let go of the resources piled up in the warehouse if threatened.

While husband and wife talked about the logistical challenges of the Larkinson Clan, their baby was getting more and more adventurous.

"Hihihihi! Baabaaabaaaa!"

"Meow meow."

"Miaow."

Aurelia had grown quite quickly for a baby at her stage. She rolled and crawled whenever she pleased and loved to play with the cats.

As far as she was concerned, Lucky and Clixie were both her playmates!

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