The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4200

The addition of the new Stiletto Combat Drive completely transformed the combat effectiveness of the Dark Zephyr.

As a short-ranged mech that needed to be within tossing distance of its target in order to make meaningful contributions to an ongoing battle, speed had always been its greatest strength and limitation.

On one hand, it was by far the fastest mech in the Larkinson Army.

On the other hand, other expert mechs such as the Amaranto and the Promethea could easily deal more damage to distant targets without moving from their places.

Venerable Tusa had always been afraid of losing relevance on the battlefield. The rising trends of the Red Ocean posed a grave threat to him as light mechs were not as suited to fight against large enemies as other machines.

The new customized combat drive solved most of his concerns.

As long as the Dark Zephyr mounted this extravagantly expensive module onto its back, it could activate it at any time, allowing the expert mech to warp the surrounding space and effectively speed up its flight.

There were only two major flaws to the Stiletto Combat Drive.

The first major flaw was that it was a fairly vulnerable component. Tusa needed to pay close attention to incoming attacks. None should ever be allowed to strike the rear of the Dark Zephyr without any mitigation.

In order to help the Dark Zephyr protect this sensitive and valuable module, Ves and Gloriana had worked hard to integrate a compact emergency shield generator inside the frame.

It was not easy to stuff such a component inside the chassis of a small and cramped light mech, but they somehow managed to succeed by replacing many other components with miniaturized alternatives.

By default, the small and fairly weak shield generator was tasked with serving as an additional layer of defense for the Stiletto Drive.

Since the combat drive integrated 70 grams of phasewater, the Larkinson Clan would have to pay Morton Tech almost double this amount in order to obtain a new Stiletto Drive!

Ves had tried his best to negotiate a more favorable deal with the high-tech development company, but he had failed to make much progress.

There weren't that many companies out there that were qualified to develop minidrives, and there were even less of them that were based in Davute!

All of these companies spent phasewater like water, so none of them were eager to compete against each other based on price.

The result was that Ves and the Larkinson Clan would have to pay the same amount of phasewater no matter which company he approached!

Settling for going into bed with Morton Tech was a helpless decision on his part. Rather than go for a company that offered slightly more attractive conditions but was based in a completely different zone, Ves might as well partner up with a local company that he could at least pay a visit to if anything went wrong with the Stiletto Drive.

Ves had made it abundantly clear to Venerable Tusa that he should never put the Stiletto Drive at risk. If it somehow broke to the point where the Larkinsons couldn't salvage the pieces, then they needed to pay 135 grams of phasewater to Morton Tech in order to supply a replacement!

Though the clan's reserves of phasewater was still fairly abundant at this point, Ves did not want to squander this strategic material too quickly.

"Let's see how much better he has become now that he has been able to practice with his upgraded mech for a longer time." Ves muttered as he brought his mind back to the present. _{frёeωebɳovel.com}

He concentrated his mind in order to get in touch with Vulcan.

His incarnation effectively functioned as the server of the Mental Simulation Training System, so Ves could conveniently access it at any place and time.

He quickly sought out the scenario that Tusa and the Dark Zephyr were engaged in and dove in to spectate the ongoing battle.

Explosions immediately overwhelmed Ves' senses as Tusa and a portion of the Larkinson Army fought against a powerful alien fleet!

Although the enemy force did not field any starfighters that could dogfight against human mechs, the formidable array of weapon systems were more than enough to swat out one Larkinson mech after another!

The threat posed by these warships was incredible. The dense web of firepower thrown out by these warships easily intercepted every mech that attempted to push forward.

Without a sufficient quantity of ranged solutions of their own, the Larkinson mechs were unable to take down the enemy warships fast enough.

The alien vessels were simply too well-protected!

However, even as the beleaguered ranks of Larkinson melee mechs tried and failed to get closer, a single expert mech managed to bridge the gap.

The Dark Zephyr had quickly and speedily managed to cross the void between the two fleets in a remarkably short amount of time!

It had even done so while circling around instead of taking the shortest possible route!

While it would have been faster if the expert light skirmisher went straight from point A to point B, it would have been too easy for the enemy warships to bombard the speedy machine with accurate fire.

By circling around and approaching the alien fleet at a different angle, it became a lot harder to land a blow on the Dark Zephyr.

This was especially the case when it had activated its signature Untouchable resonance ability!

The mass of kinetic rounds fired by the enemy's abundant cannon batteries occasionally struck the apparent form of the Dark Zephyr, only for them to pass by harmlessly as it turned out that they hit a mirage.

It took over a minute of futile effort for the alien commanders to figure out that the real Dark Zephyr was hiding in the vicinity!

After adjusting their targeting strategy and firing solutions, the alien fleet finally managed to land real blows onto the Dark Zephyr.

Unfortunately for them, the human expert mech had already completed over half of its journey at this time!

This was absolutely remarkable because it would have been forced to cross a much longer distance in the past.

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