The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3728

Chapter 3728 - Defensive Properties

Commander Casella Ingvar might not know it, but Ves had kept his finger close to the killswitch during the initial activation sequence.

The Minerva was a great mech and Ves had little doubt that Casella could get along with the living mech.

The real danger lay in its design spirit. The Titania was an unusual spiritual entity that was derived from an ancient space creature. Even if she had lost much of herself, what remained of her mature personality and her huge collection of memories turned her into a formidable spirit that might respond completely differently from others of its kind!

However, after spending months in the company of Goldie, Qilanxo and the Superior Mother, the Titania had integrated into the Larkinson Clan to a degree. She might not be the feral alien monstrosity that Ves had feared.

"How are you doing, Casella?" Ves asked from the observation room.

He paid careful attention to the piloting telemetry. He did not want to take chances this time. Any sign of excessive stress or strain and he would flip the killswitch without any hesitation.

They could repeat a field test anytime, but it was hard to reverse any damage done to people's lives.

There was a reason for his heightened caution. The Titania was a brand-new design spirit that had not been utilized before. This test run was not just about the Minerva but also about the former controlling consciousness of an astral beast!

"I… am in an excellent state." The Sentinel Commander answered. "The Minerva is better than I have ever hoped. The expert mech fits me so well that it makes me feel complete. I have already begun to resonate with it without even trying, and if I push for more, my expert mech easily keeps up with effort. We are nowhere close to reaching our limits."

"That sounds good, commander. What about… the Titania?"

"We made contact." Casella stated. "The Titania is being cooperative. We have already agreed to back each other up. I have not sensed any ill intent from her. Even if she changes her mind, I am certain I can block her influence."

Ves grew reassured. The initial feedback sounded positive and he did not get the sense that Casella was concerned about herself.

"What of your cooperation? Can you sense whether the Titania can help you out in any way?"

"I don't know. We're too unfamiliar with each other. The Titania's presence is already helping me hone my mind to a degree."

After answering a few more questions, Commander Casella finally received permission to proceed with the initial round of tests.

She was already familiar with all of the movements her expert mech needed to make. The Minerva moved its limbs and cautiously tested out its flight system and boosters.

Once it became clear the expert mech wouldn't fall apart or explode if it made the wrong moves, Casella gradually increased the intensity of the Minerva's maneuvers.

The expert mech accelerated faster and faster until it exceeded the parameters of a standard mech and continued to speed up to a prodigious degree!

"What a fast mech!"

"It has to be in order to outrun pursuing expert melee mechs."

"The Minerva doesn't look agile. Its turning radius is high!"

Despite this shortcoming, the Minerva's straight-line acceleration was considerably higher than almost every expert mech in the Larkinson Army!

"The Minerva's flight system remains stable while operating at maximum thrust." Juliet Stameros reported. "All systems related to flight and maneuvering are still working without issue. The Minerva can keep this up for a decent interval of time, though I recommend that it should not maintain maximum thrust unless it is necessary."

"Alright, let's end the mobility test and start with a more exciting examination."

Ves wanted to see how the Minerva's defenses would fare against typical attacks.

Although the mech needed to endure different kinds of attacks, he was not too worried about its state. Even if the Minerva did not incorporate any Unending alloy, the defenses that Sara Voiken had designed for the expert mech were not light!

"Let us start with testing your energy shield generator. Please activate your Minerva's energy shield without arousing your resonance shield. We need to gain a preliminary assessment of how much damage that both of them can take in isolation."

The next few tests were much more interesting. A numerous Living Sentinel mechs flew forward and shot at the stationary Minerva with a combination of luminar crystal rifles and gauss rifles.

Naturally, the energy shield held strong and only started to reach its limits after a long time.

"The shield generator is operating according to expectations." Sara Voiken reported. "As expected, the Minerva's energy shield is considerably more efficient at resisting energy damage than physical damage. However, its total damage capacity is not impressive due to the smaller size of the shield generator. The Minerva should only activate its energy shield under serious circumstances."

"Understood."

Commander Casella switched off the shield generator and aroused another form of defense that came standard with expert mechs.

Resonating with the Minerva was incredibly easy for her, especially since the living mech actively cooperated with her. The golden corona around the expert mech soon grew stronger and more solid.

"Alright, fire away!"

Attacks poured onto the Minerva when it was in its most defensible state. Compared to technological energy shields, the more mysterious resonance shields did not entirely work according to common sense!

The resonance shield resisted a lot more damage as a consequence. Although its defensive capacity was ultimately limited by Commander Casella's limited resonance strength, the Minerva remained absolutely impervious even when an entire mech company kept bombarding it with attacks!

As long as Casella and Minerva were able to keep up their resonance shield, they did not have to worry about getting blasted to pieces by a multitude of regular mechs anytime soon!

Only two major threats could effectively overcome the resonance shield.

Resonance-empowered attacks launched by other expert mechs posed a significant threat to any powerful machine. The Minerva was in an even dangerous position due to its strategic importance to the Larkinson Army.

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