The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3751

Chapter 3751 - Limitations of Mounted Wargear

"Biotechnology… has its strengths."

Although most humans considered biotechnology to be unnatural and a deviation from humanity's technological progression, Ves did not quibble too much about what was right or what was wrong.

Whether it was luminar crystal technology or spiritual engineering, Ves only judged their value by how much strength and benefits they brought to him. He treated biotechnology in the same manner.

The color of the cat didn't matter as long as it caught mice.

As for other concerns such as how they distorted human society or how much destruction they could bring, what did it matter to him? He was just a mech designer, not a galactic mech councilor who bore the weight of human civilization on his shoulders.

Though most ordinary humans possessed a bias against biotechnology due to how icky it appeared, Ves has spent enough time in the Life Research Association to be able to move past this instinctive response.

Although the Titan-3 Project did not exactly look bright and innocent, it was a powerful piece of equipment that could definitely elevate the Everchanger's combat capabilities to a new height!

"Leaving aside the meat suit's only 'ranged' attack method, it is a great war weapon, and one that can definitely play a useful role in the right circumstances."

Dr. Perris proudly smiled. "Thank you, sir. Our team and I have worked hard to make it worthy of the Everchanger. That said, we need to know whether you are willing to include this additional biological weapon system in the Titan-3 Project. The complexity and additional bioprogramming involved will set back the completion of the project by at least a couple of weeks."

This was a difficult question for Ves to answer. He wanted the Titan-3 Project to conclude as soon as possible so that his clan would be ready to tackle any unforeseen challenges.

However, he was also tempted by the choice to add an extra trump to the meat suit. The simulation battle left a profound impression on him. Even though the meat suit had to cannibalize its own biomass in order to generate all of those miniature flesh missiles, the amount of damage and disruption they could inflict was too great for him to ignore!

His eyes sharpened. "Are you sure this bioweapon system will not violate the MTA's sensibilities?"

The female biomech designer nodded. "This solution is not as terrible as you think. The autonomous flesh missiles cannot be formed out of nothing. While the meat suit comes with a reserve of excess biomass, it cannot afford to lose too much muscle mass, so it can only generate a limited amount of bioprojectiles before it has to stop. The only reason why we believe this weapon system is a good choice for the Titan-3 Project is because of the potential synergies it might form if Venerable Joshua resonates with the meat suit. The strength and potentially the growth potential of these bioprojectiles will likely receive a substantial boost if they are empowered by his strength."

This was an interesting possibility! Given how Venerable Joshua was able to resonate with the Titania's flesh, it was easy to infer that he might be able to give this unorthodox attack method a powerful boost that qualitatively boosted their effectiveness.

His body shook. Ves could hardly imagine how devastating Venerable Joshua might become if his life domain fully resonated with the meat suit with all of its biological capabilities!

He made a decision.

"You can add this additional weapon to the Titan-3 Project." He told her. "I can't say no to obtaining another trump card. We'll have to keep this weapon system under wraps until we truly need to make use of it, though. How long will it take to complete this project with this addition?"

"We can finish it and produce the meat suit in two months if we are not delayed. If there are any setbacks, it might take up to three months before the Everchanger can make use of this powerful wargear. We will need your assistance in order to impart your design philosophy to it and help us increase its integration with the Everchanger."

Ves nodded in understanding. "Our current design round will soon come to an end, so I have plenty of spare time to contribute to projects like these. Just take into account that I have more priorities on my plate than the Titan-3 Project. I also need to spend time on contributing to the artillery mounted wargear loadout. If the meat suit is our best close-ranged ship killer, then the artillery loadout that is also under development will be our long-ranged ship killer!"

Unlike the meat suit, the artillery loadout was based on conventional technology. It was much simpler in construction compared to the Titan-3 Project because it didn't need to perform so many different functions.

The artillery loadout, otherwise known as the Megagunner Project, was nothing more than a giant mounted module that was stuffed with heavy guns and enough armor to help the Everchanger withstand more incoming firepower.

Since it wasn't meant to fight in melee battles, its mobility characteristics were abysmal. This not only made it easier to maximize its firepower, but also saved Ves and the design teams working on it a lot of work.

The only challenging aspect was making it resonate with Venerable Joshua. No one in the Larkinson Clan could make that happen since none of them were able to design expert mechs independently.

Fortunately, Ves had already asked Professor Benedict to lend a hand to fulfill this requirement during his last visit to the Cyclical Engine.

Once the Larkinson Clan completed the Titan-3 Project and the Megagunner Project, Ves could easily foresee Venerable Joshua exerting almost as much power as Patriarch Reginald Cross on the battlefield!

The former might be weaker than the latter, but if Venerable Joshua obtained a lot more powerful gear, he could easily close the gap as long as the Cross Patriarch had yet to receive his Mars Project!

Of course, Ves didn't think a trick such as mounted wargear could compete against a ludicrously powerful quasi-first-class expert mech. Free web novel

There were downsides to mounted wargear. Blindly making them as large as possible had detrimental effects on an expert pilot's ability to resonate with the enlarged mech frame.

Although few people ever thought about it, an expert pilot's willpower only extended past a certain distance.

They were still humans, after all. Their ability to extend their power into giant war machines had a limit. If this wasn't the case, who could stop them from resonating with 10 kilometer-long juggernauts? The idea was preposterous!

Expert pilots usually possessed optimal ranges where they could exert their strength to full effect. This made sense considering that certain people thought of them as proto-ace pilots. Their domain fields were still rudimentary and their ranges were much more limited.

It was no problem for them to extend their full power into the frame of a typical expert mech, but once their size surpassed that of a heavy mech, it became a lot harder for expert pilots to exert their strength at full efficiency!

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