The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3782

Chapter 3782 Successful Business Model

Silence fell inside Calabast’s office as Ves contemplated his spymaster’s ambitious master plan.

He found that Calabast had actually come up with a realistic and doable set of steps. While she wasn’t completely able to account for the responses from the competition and the enemies that the Larkinsons would certainly make, nothing of what she demanded from Ves and the clan was impossible to fulfill!

Her arguments were sound and her answers to the various problems he voiced earlier were all logical.

She was also right about the certainty of earning a huge sum of money in the initial months after the release of his ECM mechs.

Setting it up was difficult and required a lot of effort from the Larkinsons. They not only had to launch an enormous publicity campaign, but also conclude enough business deals with as many third-party manufacturers as possible.

The latter step was the most crucial one as the window of opportunity to earn a lot of easy profit would only be valid for a couple of months at most!

After that, the competition would certainly strike back with a vengeance. Those clever and brilliant Masters would definitely come up with a way to restore the viability of their own products.

Although the chance that his new commercial ECM mech models would stop earning money entirely was low, Calabast was right that it did not matter even if Ves pulled them from his product catalog.

Compared to the measly 5000 MTA credits that the LMC was earning from the Yeina Star Cluster, the huge windfall earned in the opening months was enough to upgrade and maybe even expand the expeditionary fleet!

The productivity of ships such as the Spirit of Bentheim could easily quadruple!

The replacement of lower-performing ship parts with higher-performing ones would likely make the fleet at least three times more capable of navigating dangerous situations!

The Larkinson Clan could even equip all of the capital ships with warp drives or superdrives as long as the profits exceeded everyone’s expectations!

Providing his fleet with warping capabilities made it much easier to run away from threats, thereby boosting the clan’s survivability to a massive degree!

Ves always considered his fleet to be his home base and his stronghold. Strengthening it by loading up on expensive and luxurious goodies was a highly attractive prospect!

Yet… he couldn’t ignore the heavy price that he and his clan would have to pay.

“Can we afford to divert so many profits from the pockets of Tiamon Dynamics?” He asked his strategic partner. “I am extremely reluctant to stand out so much when we aren’t ready to handle so much heat. I planned to enter the mech market gradually by starting from the bottom and working my way up. We won’t be able to earn as much money so fast, but we don’t have to watch over our shoulders all of the time. By the time our brand becomes a household name in the Krakatoa mech market, our clan will have grown to the point where we can handle the pressure. Disrupting the market when we are still small fry is highly precarious!”

“You are overestimating the dangers.” Calabast retorted as she stepped closer to his seated position. “To be more precise, you are not accounting for all of the ways that we can mitigate the pressure. We are not alone, Ves. Do you think that Master Parian Hao, Master Rievan Miller and Tiamon Dynamics get along well with everybody? There are many people and organizations that cannot wait to tear them down! If my guess is right, as soon as we prove that our new products have the ability to compete against the Xaxu Specter line, we will receive a huge amount of support.”

That was another bold statement from Calabast. Ves and his clan had struggled to make friends with local organizations ever since they arrived in the Red Ocean.

While they managed to break the blockade after the Open Consortium went into operation, that still didn’t change the fact that the Larkinson Clan was hardly on friendly terms with any of the major players in the region!

Calabast smiled and activated a projection that displayed a map of the Krakatoa Middle Zone.

She pointed at Davute. “This location should be familiar to you. This is the port system where we have decided to operate from. We have not only founded the Open Consortium in this trading center, but are also in the process of setting up a major business operation here. This means that we have joined the camp of Davute for all intents and purposes.”

Ves didn’t quite agree with that. To him, the Larkinson fleet was his true base, and its mobile nature meant that he would never have to permanently commit to any side.

Still, he did not refute Calabast’s words. Others would think differently after seeing what the Larkinsons intended to do in Davute.

The spymaster pointed towards a star system that was located in a different but still fairly central part of Krakatoa.

“This is the Karlach System, which is another port system that a group of powerful pioneers have built up as another major trading nexus. In the future, it is conceivable that both port systems will eventually turn into the economic hubs of emerging second-rate states.”

Now that she pointed it out, Ves could indeed imagine this happening in the future. It was too difficult for single star systems to survive and grow when they stood on their own. Mere trade and friendly relations wasn’t enough to keep them stable and secure. Only by joining an actual state would these colonies form into proper settlements!

The distance between Davute and Karlach happened to be tricky.

The two port systems were situated far enough away that it would be difficult for them to become a part of the same state.

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