The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3731

Chapter 3731 - Commandeering Mechs

After half an hour of experimentation, Casella and the other Larkinsons figured out the basic rules of her Command Field effects when applied to the fullest.

Ves even had to come up with numerous new terms to describe this key effect.

"Commandeering describes the act of empowering a friendly mech. A Commandeered mech is a unit that Casella has already strengthened through this method."

The terms quickly spread among the Larkinsons. The Sentinel Commander did not object to them either.

The more they explored the power of Commandeering, the more everyone saw the potential in this ability!

However, while it was a powerful means of enhancing the battle strength of friendly mechs, the effects varied depending on many different variables.

Whether the mech was alive or not played a major role.

Whether the mech pilot had a lot in common with Commander Casella played another role.

A Commandeered mech did not receive an equal degree of strengthening in every aspect.

Attacks received the greatest degree of strengthening.

After performing many different tests, the Lakrinson found out that both melee and ranged attacks received the same degree of empowerment.

In comparison, the defenses of a Commandeered mech did not receive a drastic boost.

Cautious tests showed that Commandeered mechs became a bit tougher, but only to the extent of resisting a couple more laser strikes.

From what Ves could observe, the glow surrounding a Commandeered mech should be the partial manifestation of a resonance shield.

If Casella had grown much stronger and if the Minerva was a much better expert mech, then this secondary resonance shield might become powerful enough to massively increase the damage resistance of Commandeered mechs.

For now, the defensive boost was a bit tasteless. Ves did not take it seriously for now as it was unlikely for Casella to make any drastic improvements in these aspects.

Finally, the mobility of a Commandeered mech gained the least degree of strengthening.

This was no surprise to anyone knowledgeable of expert mechs. Unless they were specifically designed with mobility in mind such as the Dark Zephyr, true resonance did not amplify their speed and acceleration that much.

Aside from boosting these basic attributes, Commandeering also improved many other properties.

The mech pilots gained a portion of Casella's tremendous skills.

They coordinated with each other as if they were under a perfectly unified command.

The mech pilots all gained greater awareness of themselves and the battlefield.

Casella was even able to communicate directly to their minds!

All in all, the Command Field cemented the Minerva's role as an expert command mech.

With the power of Talasmir, the Minerva did not even have to enter into combat in person. Commander Casella could delegate all of the extraordinary power produced by her and her expert mech to give other friendly mech units the strength to challenge powerful foes such as hostile expert mechs!

Although there were doubts about the point of doing so, Ves was happy to add another combat solution to the Larkinson Clan.

At this point, adding another expert rifleman mech or expert swordsman mech would not create a lot of ripples. Enemies could easily make plans to counter the existing expert mechs of the Larkinson Clan if they bothered to do their research.

Commander Casella's Command Field brought a different combat method to the table!

Expert command mechs were rare to begin with and Ves wasn't sure if other ones were able to function as well as the Minerva.

What valued the most in this signature ability was its sheer versatility.

After testing it out on numerous different mech units, Ves understood that Casella was able to team up with practically every mech legion!

Although her compatibility with some of them weren't great, Ves was certain that this could be remedied through repeated training sessions.

Once the self-assured Swordmaidens tasted the power of getting Commandeered, they would not be quick to reject Commander Casella in the future!

Casella could even apply her Command Field to mechs that belonged to other organizations such as the Cross Clan!

Of course, the difficulty of Commandeering them was much higher and the effectiveness was much lower, but there were ways to improve this so that it became a viable backup option.

To someone like General Verle, the greatest value in this ability lay in its versatility! Once Commander Casella and the mech legions gained a measure of proficiency in cooperating with each other, they could essentially choose to apply the Minerva's Command Field in different ways!

For example, during the Battle of Orange Tulip, it would have been extremely helpful for the Minerva to Commandeer the Transcendent Punishers.

Once the heavy artillery mechs gained a considerable offensive boost, each of their heavy positron cannons could tear through hull plating like nothing else!

In case the Larkinsons fought against a more conventional mech force, Casella could choose to Commandeer the Swordmaiden mechs and have them cut through the toughest enemy mech formations like a hot knife through butter!

Ves' eyes lit up as he imagined all of the possibilities of the Command Field. The versatility of this resonance ability was directly related to the variety of friendly mech models available.

"The more mechs we design, the more options we have!"

Naturally, the main emphasis of applying Commander Casella's abilities should still lie on increasing her cooperation with her own troops.

Her command over the Living Sentinels brought her closer to them than anyone else. The Commandeering resonance ability displayed its greatest degree of effectiveness when applied to Sentinel mechs!

Gloriana happened to make another observation. "The range of the Minerva's Command Field is too short." She said. "That doesn't matter much when it is used to Commandeer ranged mechs, but what if you want to apply it to melee mechs?"

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