The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3838

Chapter 3838 Pillars of the Clan

Ves disrupted a lot of plans by inserting himself into them. Putting the patriarch of the rising and increasingly more prosperous Larkinson Clan right on the proverbial front lines sounded as stupid and outdated as a king swinging a sword alongside his subjects in a pitched battle!

However, there were still perks to being in charge. Despite almost everyone voicing their disapproval of his reckless act, his prestige and his control over his own organization were still considerable enough for him to push through with his own direction.

The most amusing reaction he received was from his fellow Journeymen.

More specifically, the newest batch of Journeymen to join the Larkinson Clan.

Dulo, Sara, Janassa and Tifi all confronted him just as he was about to board the shuttle that was about to bring him to Fort Fishblood.

"Sir! Is it true that you are about to meet one of those scary fish-whales in person?" Dulo asked in a perplexed tone.

Ves nodded. "That's right. This is a critical job and I am the most qualified to fulfill it. There are nuances to talking to giant and possibly ancient alien organisms that most people don't even think about. Establishing cooperation with the king fish that most likely leads the Evolver King is the most critical breakthrough that we can achieve in our plan to divide and conquer the fish-whales. There is no way we can successfully plunder more phasewater than what most exploration fleets can find in a year if we cannot get at least one faction of fish-whales on our side."

Though he thought he laid out sound logic in his reply, the expressions of the four new Journeymen showed that he did not do a good job in gaining their understanding.

"I don't understand." Sara Voiken responded. "You are a mech designer, am I correct?"

"Uh huh."

"You do not have any professional diplomatic training, right?"

"Uh huh."

"You cannot pilot a mech nor trained to fight like a soldier."

"I went through boot camp when I was drafted to serve in the military of my former home state, though admittedly I did not get a lot of actual combat practice."

"Then why go there in person at all, sir?!"

Ves frowned. He had heard a lot of appeals, but this one felt more personal.

"What is the matter, guys?"

The four Journeymen looked at each other before Tifi answered his question.

"We… won't do as well if you aren't around." She admitted. "We all recognize that you are the critical ingredient that makes our Design Department work. Your work is able to elevate the designs of younger and less inexperienced Journeymen like us into valued and appreciated products. Seeing how well the mech pilots of the Larkinson Army has embraced our new models has made us all look forward to how we can revolutionize the mech market when we are still in the early stages of our careers. If you are gone…"

"...All of that goes up in smoke." Janassa finished.

When the second batch of Journeymen joined the Design Department, Ves purposefully instilled an atmosphere of honesty, openness and even bluntness.

Part of that was because both he and his wife had little patience for obfuscation. It was better to expose problems and failures early than to leave them hanging and cause delays in the process.

Another part of it was because they would all connect their minds to each other whenever Blinky or Alexandria formed a design network. This was a process that required everyone to extend at least a decent measure of trust towards each other.

Though the new Journeymen should have gained a better insight of his personality and character, they evidently did not understand him well enough, or else they wouldn't be trying to dissuade him from going forward.

"I care about our clan. I do. That is exactly why I have to go through with this trip. This is about more than teaming up with one group of aliens to raid another group of aliens. There is a fantastic source of inspiration at the Lab Continent. Those biolabs and the work that the Evolvers have done to grow and mutate their bodies are incredibly relevant to my design philosophy. What the fish-whales lack in sophistication, they make up for it with at least a hundred-thousand years worth of experience!"

As mech designers, they should all understand what it meant to find fantastic inspiration that could accelerate the development of their design philosophies.

Yet despite that recognition, they still showed a lot of reluctance.

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