The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4060

"So let me get this straight. You want to create a training mech that can pull in itself and its mech pilot into an illusionary world that can reproduce any mech battle to a degree that goes beyond the most advanced virtual simulations. All this without adding any expensive gizmos to the training mech in question. Is that correct?"

"Err, yes."

Helena's floating and semi-intangible form did not look amused. "While I do not understand technology as much as you, I've learned quite a bit since I was born. I am pretty sure that an endeavor like this requires a huge amount of processing power, something which even the biggest and most advanced supercomputers struggle to provide. I don't think a single mech or mech design can handle the incredibly load needed to simulate a battle at an ultra-realistic level."

She hit the nail right on the head. Ves was surprised that she possessed enough depth and understanding of modern technology to identify the greatest challenge of the Mental Simulation Training System.

Nothing came for free. It was all well and good for Ves to develop the ambition to create a combat simulation program that rivaled and possibly exceeded the performance of the best virtual simulation programs, but all of that required the support of hardware that was just as powerful!

This was a major obstacle. Ves might have recently invested tens of millions of MTA merits on first-class processing banks, but they were completely inadequate to support the operation of the MSTS.

While they might be powerful enough to run a dozen or even a couple of hundred realistic battle scenarios, what about a thousand? What about a million?

The more the completed Tutor Project got sold, the more training mechs demanded the use of the MSTS!

No matter how the LMC marketed the Tutor Project, it was extremely doubtful that it could generate enough profit to keep up with the growing demand on processing power!

However, Ves showed no concern about this problem at all. This was because he already had a possible solution in place.

"The MSTS is not a digital system. It is not appropriate to rely on electronic hardware to run its operations. Since my revolutionary new training system is based in spiritual engineering, it should operate from a spiritual server!"

"A… spiritual… server…?"

"Exactly. A spiritual server." Ves grinned. "It just so happens that the most powerful spiritual constructs that I have access to are spiritual entities like you and one of your mothers! As native spiritual entities, I have noticed that your kind are able to think in parallel with few if any limitations. The stronger you become, the more you can split your concentration and pay attention to many things at once. If you think about it, it is amazing that you can absorb and process so much input at once."

Helena smugly smirked while lifting up her chin in pride. "Hehe. That's because we're gods. You puny mortals cannot understand how great we are. We are unbound by mortal constraints. While you humans need to build expensive and difficult supercomputers to do anything complicated, we merely have to rely on our own inherent power to perform these tasks without effort!"

This was good news to Ves! Though he was unable to judge how much of Helena's boasting was accurate, he already possessed another source of information that provided him with similar answers.

Since Helena was meant to play an important role in this innovation, he began to explain the basic setup of his ambitious MSTS to his sister.

He waved his hand and activated a new projection. The image displayed the current iteration of the Tutor Project.

It already looked pretty complete at this advanced stage.

"The starting point of the training mech. Let us imagine that this is a real mech that a mech academy has just put into service. Now imagine that a typical mech cadet is allowed to enter its cockpit and interface with the machine."

A simulated mech pilot appeared in view and did just that. The Tutor Project came online and adjusted the length and proportions of its limbs and torso in order to better accommodate the young potentate.

"As a training mech, its primary function is to provide its young pilot with real piloting experience, so it will do just that. This is a function that all training mechs share so my Tutor Project does not need to resort to anything fancy when functioning like a mech in reality."

The Tutor Project performed the same as a Chiron mech in regard. Compared to competing training mechs, the products of Ves had the advantage of being alive and possessing a glow that both enhanced their piloting and training characteristics.

However, this was not the extent of the Tutor Project's functionality.

Ves waved his hand again, causing the projected scenario to change. The Tutor Project no longer moved and sparred against other training mechs but returned to a safe berth before its third eye started glowing in blue.

"When a mech cadet and his Tutor Project maintains an active connection with the server that hosts the MSTS, its third eye will glow like this. I will program settings that allow the buyers and owners to restrict access to this function or set a time limit on it, but you don't need to hear that. All you need to know is that the mech will make a connection with Vulcan, because I intend for him to act as the server."

Helena raised her eyebrows. "Vulcan? You mean your 'other' self? Really? Can your godly alter ego even handle the load?"

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