The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3910

Chapter 3910 Bargaining Chips

In the battle between human machines and a terrible whale monstrosity, the latter never gained an opportunity to gain an advantage!

From the beginning, the Paracelsus Optimus and her contingent of top mechs utilized a combination of powerful tech and deep familiarity with the combat methods of phase whales to suppress the revived super whale.

No matter whether the whale was the completely transformed Cerebral King or the notorious second coming of the Flesh Conqueror, hardly any titanic being would be able to contend against the might of the MTA!

The people of the expeditionary fleet all become profoundly affected by the sight of the MTA's strong and cutting-edge battle methods.

Many Larkinsons, Glory Seekers and Crossers worked with mechs day in and day out. Every mech pilot, mech technician, mech designer and mech fabricator handled a lot of different mechs over the course of their careers.

They were all proud of the second-class mechs they came in touch with. A few models even impressed them. The Larkinson Clan in particular had a lot of excellent mechs that captured their imagination such as the Valkyrie Redeemer or the Everchanger.

Yet compared to the MTA mech models such as the Interstellar Harpooner that could inhibit the movement of the largest phase whale to have ever existed in the Red Ocean, the mechs of the Larkinson Clan looked like toys!

So what if the Valkyrie line could inspire death? So what if the Everchanger could project a million different glows? All of these gimmicks would not be able to shake an enemy force at the height of the MTA units fighting in the Garimel System at the moment!

Ves had always known there was a huge gap in strength and capabilities between his own forces and that of the Big Two.

As a mech designer, he could easily imagine the differences in his head or perform more objective comparisons by performing a lot of calculations, but these means were rather abstract, so they did not hit home as much.

This was different. Nothing about the ongoing battle was theoretical. Against a huge super whale that could easily smash apart the entirety of the Golden Skull Alliance by relying on brute force alone, the MTA easily contained the threat!

"We still have much to go before we can catch up to the best." Ves sighed.

He felt both humbled and hopeful. One day, his mechs would be able to reach or even exceed the might of the MTA. He was certain that he would get there sooner or later as long as he continued to work hard and expand his horizons.

What was more important was that his efforts in the coming decades and centuries would determine how long it would take for him to close the gap.

He didn't want to take too long to become a Master Mech Designer or Star Designer. He was fed up with getting caught up in major events that involved massive interests without having any leverage to stand up for himself!

While Ves managed to lower his head to the MTA Survivalist Faction and obtained their backing in exchange for concessions, this was not a long-term solution.

"If I want to have the right to speak, I need to be able to design mechs that exceed the ones fighting against the super whale!"

This was an extremely ambitious goal. The mechs in the fight were all based on powerful models designed by numerous excellent Masters.

They weren't only powerful because the designers utilized the most expensive materials. They also utilized their own design abilities to implement fantastic solutions based on mature and proven design philosophies.

The gap was too big!

"I need to learn how to design first-class mechs before I can set my sights any higher."

Ves no longer thought about achieving his ambitions in a single leap and went back to earnestly observing the MTA's combat methods.

"Their linking technology is too strong."

The more he looked at how the mechs were able to share resources among themselves and their mothership, the more he recognized it as a great approach for the MTA to compete against the CFA!

Compared to large and brutish battleships, mechs were a lot more flexible and versatile.

Of course, the downsides of mechs were also serious, but many of these awful shortcomings no longer became a hindrance as long as shield links and energy links came into the picture! _{fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com}

"Why hasn't the MTA standardized and propagated this tech as of yet if it's so strong?" Ves wondered.

He could understand why the mechers were so reluctant to hand too much power to space peasants, but he hadn't seen the MTA employ this specific tech in many battles.

"Perhaps… it's not mature yet. It's too new and it still has several major flaws."

Once Ves got over his wonder of linking technology, he understood that there were several major problems.

First, these shield links could only be propagated through straight beams.

As long as an enemy knew how they worked and had time to prepare, it was not impossible to block or distort the trajectories of these beams!

In fact, the inability of these linking beams to reach targets that were outside of the line of sight of their projectors heavily limited their usability.

It would be too hard for a starship in orbit to provide linking support to a mech that was fighting indoors or underground!

Second, only specific mechs that were built with linking technology in mind were able to receive external boosts.

Given that the MTA did not choose to implement the modules that were able to receive or transmit the linking beams, adding this functionality to mechs evidently imposed a major cost.

As long as an enemy force specifically targeted these linking mechs first, it became a lot harder to amplify the performance of an entire unit!

Third, the biggest source of strength to the mechs in the field was the 7-kilometer long battle carrier that was not too far away from the thick of the battle.

The range of the linking beams was evidently limited or else the Paracelsus Optimus wouldn't have moved so close to the fighting.

"Despite all of these flaws, the effect is still strong!"

As long as it enabled mechs to wield power far behind what their own frames could provide, it was worth it! The tech had already proven its potential. The specialists working on it just had to develop it more in order to make it more mature for widespread adoption.

Ves looked thoughtful. "If the rumors about the CFA granting pioneers limited permission to field warships are true, then releasing linking technology might be the MTA's response to that. The last thing the mechers want to see is everyone downsizing their mech forces so they can play with much more powerful warships instead."

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