The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4068

Chapter 4068 The Cartoon Conspiracy

After spending several weeks on testing the Tutor Project and the MSTS, the MTA research team was finally ready to wrap up their data collection duties!

Yarach Stimmons and his fellow MTA researchers had completed their assignment in the Davute System. There was no reason for them to stick around any longer and the Alacritous Stork had already received instructions to bring them back to the Paracelsus Optimus.

Many of them looked rather regretful at the end. They had become increasingly more cognizant of the innovative and groundbreaking nature of the Mental Simulation Training System.

It was built from a completely different tech base that offered a lot of new possibilities!

A few MTA researchers were even clever enough to realize that if this tech base was powerful enough to produce the MSTS, it could also be used to develop other wonderful applications!

Alas, none of them possessed the qualifications or permission to poke any further. Ves had not made any deals with regards to sharing the source code or the tech base behind his MSTS.

Even if he did, he doubted whether anyone from the MTA would be able to replicate Vulcan's spiritual work!

Ves was happy enough to see the MTA busybodies return to where they belonged. As much as they had been useful in verifying the safety of his new products, they were less than forthcoming in sharing all of their data and analysis results.

Only Stimmons spoke a bit more freely. Part of that was because he was a mech designer. Another part was because he would likely be assigned to study aspects of the MSTS in the future.

Now that they wrapped everything up, Ves and Stimmons finally had an opportunity to speak to each other on a personal basis.

Ves had long grown curious at the differences in status and responsibilities between Jovy Armalon and Yarach Stimmons.

Both of them were Journeymen who grew up and worked for the Mech Trade Association for their entire lives.

However, there were clear differences between the two. The fundamental reason why they received different treatments was because of the disparities in their design philosophies. _{frёewebnoѵēl.com}

"Mr. Armalon is pursuing a much more profound design philosophy in comparison to many other mech designers within our Association." Stimmons frankly explained to Ves. "His ambitious choice along with the progress he has achieved so far has put him onto an elite track where he is entitled to greater care and resources. As long as he continues to make progress in a branch of mech design that none of us have explored in the past, he will continue to receive rich rewards."

"What about you, Mr. Stimmons?"

The MTA Journeyman smiled. "I have enough self-knowledge to pursue more modest and achievable goals. I am not as daring as you or Jovy nor possess the overwhelming need to make a radical difference in the mech industry. It is already enough for me to contribute where I can and facilitate the work of other mech designers such as yourself. This is what our Association is tasked with doing in the first place."

Ves did not entirely understand why mech designers entered this profession without developing an ambition to make any major changes, but everyone was different. He respected the decision made by Stimmons. Perhaps it was not bad for a mech designer who did not possess an overwhelming amount of confidence in his abilities to aim for a more modest goal.

"What can you tell me about your specialization?" Ves asked. "All I know so far is that you specialize in neural interface technology. What is it that you intend to improve with your work? I met a neural interface specialist once who wanted to make it more viable for potentates with lower grades of genetic aptitude to become effective in battle."

Yarach Stimmons wryly smiled. "That is an ambitious goal. Many mech designers have poured over this problem, and while they have achieved a limited degree of success. This is done by developing a unique neural interface and incorporating special components and programming that are specifically optimized to work with a mech pilot's individual strengths and weaknesses. However, the cost of designing and producing customized neural interfaces that can slightly improve the performance of a low aptitude pilot is exorbitant."

It was good that mech pilots with lower-than-average genetic aptitudes still had hope. They just had to be at least as rich as a first-rater in order to commission a custom neural interface!

"I see. You sound like you don't really believe in this solution."

"Neural interfaces are amazing products of technology. They can easily and conveniently accomplish a feat that did not sound possible to humanity at first. They are devices that can establish a stable and coherent connection between an organic human mind and a completely digital machine. However, only a small proportion of humanity is naturally able to withstand the high degree of data throughput that takes place during each active connection. Mech pilots with lower grades of genetic aptitudes are clear failures who are not able to keep up with the demands of intensive mechs."

In the past, mech pilots with D-grade and F-grade genetic aptitudes weren't as worthless. Mechs were a lot simpler and weaker back then. They moved slower, they didn't possess a lot of systems and mech designers weren't as crazy at the time.

However, as mechs and the technology around them became more advanced, the subsequent generations of mech pilots had to handle more data and control more and more aspects of their newer and fancier machines.

This led to the gradual marginalization of potentates who weren't lucky enough to obtain genetic aptitudes that were at least higher than C-grade.

Perhaps third-raters below this threshold could still get by in limited circumstances, but first-raters wouldn't even be able to enroll into any mech academy with their awful talent.

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