The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4049

Chapter 4049 Barebones Product

Ves did not work on the Pacifier Project on a continuous basis. He spent much of his time on his numerous other mech design projects.

With so many mech designs on his plate, he was forced to ration his time as efficiently as possible. He was happy that Professor Taigen Voiken was both willing and capable of taking on the majority of the workload.

This way, Ves could spend much of his time on the works that fully reflected his design style and vision.

During the early stages of the Pacifier Project, Ves did not provide too much input on the ongoing design efforts. Professor Taigen pretty much designed the internal architecture as well as much of the armor layout by himself.

The Senior also picked out the various mech parts or designed them himself in case he wasn't satisfied with the available licenses.

One of the most important elements of a law enforcement mech was its suppression method.

While it was possible for a humanoid mech like the Pacifier Project to pick up a sword or a laser rifle, it was not supposed to participate in lethal battles in the first place.

The situation on a planet must truly deteriorate to an awful level for the Planetary Guard to take up lethal arms!

Most of the time, a law enforcement mech utilized non-lethal equipment instead. Whether it was noise generators that could instantly deafen and paralyze an unruly mob or a fluid projector that could gunk up the limbs of a rogue machine, there were many different solutions to disable a target without causing any excessive damage.

Naturally, Professor Taigen designed the Pacifier Project around a fluid projector system, which was the most standard solution for these kinds of mechs.

Fluid projectors were similar to flamethrowers but they spat out a special formula of foam or goo instead.

While it was difficult for a single fluid projector to disable a mech straight away, they had an advantage in that multiple mechs armed with the same system could rapidly disable a target mech.

The more fluid projectors in action, the faster and easier it was to disable a rogue mech!

This was why Planetary Guard units often conducted patrols with multiple mechs. Two machines were considered the minimum but it was much better to have four of them acting in unison.

Pretty much any rogue mech could be subdued in as little as half a minute when four fluid projectors were brought to bear!

The time needed to pacify a dangerous machine could be even faster if the target happened to be standing still!

"It would be great if fluid projectors were also effective in actual battle." Ves sighed.

He understood why they didn't show up in actual battles. The capacity of fluid projectors were too low. A typical law enforcement mech might deplete a third to a half of its capacity to disable just a single opposing mech.

This was not a big deal when it came to law enforcement. Unless an outright riot or insurrection took place, most incidents that required the intervention of Planetary Guard mechs usually amounted to a single mech going on a rampage or a couple of mechs having a scuffle against each other.

Even a more budget-conscious mech like the Pacifier Project would have sufficient capacity to handle these isolated incidents!

As for larger incidents such as explosive fights between rival gangs, that was where the heavier and more expensive products of LaVoi System were for! The bigger peacekeeping mechs either relied on high-capacity fluid projectors or more advanced subjugation solutions to suppress and capture larger amounts of mechs going to town against each other.

Mechs like these were outside of the scope of the Pacifier Project, so Ves did not waste any further thought on them. It was enough to know that they existed and the roles they fulfilled in a standard law enforcement agency.

"At a design budget of 1 MTA credit, it becomes difficult to design a law enforcement mech that can satisfy the most basic role of a first responder mech." Professor Taigen told him during one of their scheduled meetings. "The performance of the Pacifier Project can only remain on par with the generic models on the market, but will never be able to exceed them. We will have to make considerable sacrifices in terms of defense and endurance. It will ever be a true powerhouse in any form of combat."

That was true. While the Pacifier Project wasn't actually that bad of a mech when deployed in an environment like the Yeina Star Cluster, the overall tech and strength level of second-class mechs was higher in most parts of the Red Ocean.

The expected standard of mechs employed in the Red Ocean were all equivalent to the mechs used in the galactic heartland. This meant that the Planetary Guard units at least had to be powerful enough to handle incidents involving machines at that strength level. _{freēwēbnovel.com}

In this regard, a law enforcement mech that cost just 1 MTA credit would definitely struggle to suppress rogue mechs even if it worked in unison with a similar machine!

Ves did not worry too much about this, though. He believed that Lufa's glow would be able to make all of the difference. The Pacifier Project might be an inadequate product when judged by its technical performance alone, but once he added his own touch to it, the affordability of the end product would seem like a great bargain when it came paired with the perfect glow for peacekeeping purposes!

Professor Taigen Voiken understood this as well. He was willing to go along with the gamble that Ves wanted to make.

Of course, Taigen did not make this decision based on his collaboration partner's claims.

As soon as their two organizations signed a business agreement, Ves had shipped over a spare Sanctuary mech to the Magair Middle Zone where the Voikens in the Red Ocean had settled.

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