The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3755

Chapter 3755 - Battlefield Auxiliary Mech

The Sliver Project possessed negligible combat power, but its immense utility addressed a lot of shortcomings of the Larkinson Clan.

The combination of its specialized sensor modules along with its powerful Samasel Orb Directional Scanning Module made it a lot harder for adversaries to withhold crucial information.

From detecting approaching enemies at range to exposing their structural strengths and weaknesses, the Sliver Project was a nightmare to opponents that relied on information symmetry to gain advantages in battle!

The expeditionary fleet became a lot harder to fool once the Flagrant Vandals were able to field their new scout mech model in greater numbers.

What made Ves especially happy was that the Sliver Project also excelled at detecting hidden enemies.

The scout mech's passive sensor systems were slightly better at capturing the faint fluctuations generated by stealth vessels. Mechs and shuttles sneaking up while under active stealth needed to behave a lot more carefully in order to avoid exposing their presence in advance.

Perhaps the presence of the Sliver Project mechs might be enough to deter saboteurs from launching covert operations on the expeditionary fleet!

The threat of the Sliver Project was especially great if the Vandal mech pilots suspected that there were sneaky bastards in the vicinity.

Although it was costly to run the Samasal Orb at full power, its directional scanning capabilities were so strong that it could easily overwhelm the equilibrium of active stealth systems!

As Juliet finished explaining all of the main functions of the completed Sliver Project, there was one more feature that she had yet to address.

"As you have noticed, I did not completely design this mech by myself. In order to make this mech alive and fit the requirements of the Larkinson Clan, our patriarch has contributed to it in several ways. His most notable addition is the glow."

"I was wondering about that." Janassa Pellier said. "I think I have experienced echoes of this glow when I studied the Amaranto one day. The glow of this impressive masterwork mech makes me feel as if I'm being mesmerized by light. How can this glow be relevant in a substantially different mech type? A scout mech performs a completely different role than a rifleman mech!"

Everyone turned to Ves. Not even Juliet fully comprehended this choice.

To be honest, Ves only resorted to the Illustrious One because there weren't any better options available.

He thought about creating a new design spirit that excelled in detection, but he didn't have any suitable spiritual ingredients in his possession.

As his collection of design spirits expanded, he became more and more discerning about their quality and advantages. A more generic design spirit hardly conveyed any benefits and their growth potential was also a lot lower.

He would rather wait a few years and see whether the Larkinson Biotech Institute was able to acquire or breed a suitable mutated beast. Once a mutated beast with a useful power emerged in the Dragon's Den, he had multiple ways to turn this asset into an excellent design spirit!

Although the Larkinson Biotech Institute managed to acquire dozens of mutated beasts, none of them possessed any notable scouting abilities.

Fortunately, Ves discovered that the Illustrious One was a fine substitute for a more dedicated detection-oriented design spirit.

Although the Illustrious One's exact abilities had always been vague, his history and inheritances granted him with a fantastic affinity for electromagnetic radiation. He felt at home when flooded with light and other energy rays and his understanding of them was derived from the masters of light, the luminar race!

Optical sensors and other EM-oriented systems constituted the most important detection tools of the Sliver Project. If the Illustrious One was able to help the mech capture and interpret these signals through different means, then the scout mech model possessed an additional advantage compared to others of its kind!

Ves wasn't entirely confident about this solution, though. This was the first time he tied the Illustrious One to a scout mech model, so he was not able to foresee how much of a difference it made.

He would just have to keep a closer eye on the Sliver Project mechs once they were put into use. Their ability to leverage their glows to their advantage would determine whether he would keep the Illustrious One in place or design an updated version with a different design spirit in the future.

Once everyone understood what the new scout mech model was capable of, Ves asked one final question.

"Juliet."

"Yes, sir?"

"You have led this design project from beginning to end. Although I may have contributed to it a little bit, you have made virtually all of the most important design choices. The Sliver Project is a product of your vision, so it is only right for you to name it. You already have a proper one in mind, right?"

The Penitent Sister mech designer nodded. "Yes. I have thought about it for many weeks. My work is related to both the Flagrant Vandals and the Illustrious One, so I came up with a name that reflects both of these relationships. My choice would be to call it the Light Hunter."

Light Hunter. It evoked the image of a mech roaming in darkness in search of any points of light. Ves liked the name because of that. Although the word 'hunter' might not be the most appropriate considering that the scout mech did not possess any meaningful offensive capabilities, it could still work in this combination.

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