The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4262

Commander Melkor Larkinson's Gold Beacon hung back as the Avatars of Myth moved out in force.

As the original elites of the Larkinson Clan, the Avatars of Myth took on the heavy responsibility of meeting the most powerful enemy mech units at the center of the battlefield!

Fortunately, the Design Department had not neglected the needs of the Avatars. Over the past five years, Melkor slowly felt more at ease as his mech legion gradually obtained a small collection of powerful exclusive mech models that strengthened the identity of the Avatars.

The Bright Warrior mech line had always formed an integral part of the Avatars of Myth and Melkor did not have the heart to diminish its importance to his mech legion.

"How are our Bright Warrior mech units doing so far, Colonel?"

The projection of Colonel Cardano Belsir-Larkinson displayed a brief smile. "They are fighting against the Fridaymen in high spirits. Our Bright Warrior units turn out to perform particularly well against our chosen targets. Many of our mechs are most at home when they take the initiative, and it just so happens that the mech units of the 5688th Pima Defenders serve as convenient punching bags."

Commander Melkor directed his attention towards the mech division that his mech legion had targeted.

As the name suggested, the Pima Defenders comprised of a new mech division that was explicitly founded to defend Pima Prime.

The new unit was supposed to serve as the first of several home guard divisions that was permanently headquartered at the Kosic Ring.

There were several points that made it notable.

First, the Pima Defenders primarily fielded well-armored medium and heavy mech models. None of their machines stood out in terms of mobility and maneuverability. Many of them focused on melee combat in order to maximize the specialization of this mech division.

Second, the Pima Defenders received the highest budget among all of the mech divisions that were permanently stationed in Pima Prime.

The Gauge Dynasty allocated at least four times as much money to the Pima Defenders than the Nidin Vergers!

Part of that could be explained by the vast disparity of weight classes of their mechs, but the difference was so big that it was obvious that the higher-ups favored the Pima Defenders more.

The third point explained everything. A lot of highborn scions of the Gauge Dynasty just happened to comprise the majority of the officers of the Pima Defenders.

There were a lot of upper-class families in the large and powerful territory of the Gauge Dynasty back in the old galaxy that wanted to obtain a piece of the pie of the Friday Colonies.

It wasn't enough for them to occupy and develop new settlements. They were far-sighted enough to know that they needed representation in the military in order to make certain that their expensive colonial investments received the protection that they deserved!

This was how the Pima Defenders came into existence. It was set up to become a nice, safe home guard mech division that guarded the richest, most powerful and most well-defended star system in the Friday Colonies.

Theoretically, the chance of enemies coming to attack Pima Prime should be the lowest!

If this was the case, then the soldiers assigned to the home guard mech divisions would be able to enjoy most of the prestige of being a part of the Sundered Phalanx while minimizing their exposure to actual combat as much as possible!

It was too bad these highborn sons and daughters never imagined that the Hex Army and the Golden Skull Alliance would be crazy enough to launch a direct assault on their port system!

As soldiers who had pledged an oath to their service and the Gauge Dynasty, there was no way they could shirk the responsibility of leading the Pima Defenders in battle against the invaders.

This meant that all of these pretend soldiers who thought they would only fight against simulated enemies and the occasional lost alien starship for the rest of their careers suddenly had to act like real soldiers!

Fortunately for the Pima Defenders, their highborn officers weren't incompetent. Each of them were designer babies who possessed superior learning ability and combat acumen from birth.

The results they achieved in the mech academies or military academies were substantially better than those who originated from the lower echelons of the Friday Coalition.

No matter what, the Sundered Phalanx was still a highly professional organization that had always enforced its own rules.

The situation of the Pima Defenders mech division might be a bit special, but its hierarchy and structure were all sound. Its staff was considerably larger than usual to ensure that everything was managed properly.

The Pima Defenders also enjoyed other compensating factors. It fielded sturdy, expensive military mechs that weren't easy to destroy. Many of them just happened to be piloted by veteran elites that earned plenty of merits during the Komodo War.

As such, the Pima Defenders should still pose a formidable threat towards its opponents!

Despite all of these factors, Melkor wasn't afraid of the Pima Defenders at all. One of the lessons he learned from General Verle was how important it was for people's hearts to be united.

The analysts of the Larkinson Army had predicted that despite commanding the most powerful melee mech division of the local garrison, the officers were not that eager to stand out and take risks.

The subsequent actions and deployment of the Pima Defenders aligned with the predictions.

Though the center battle line of the Sundered Phalanx did not advance that quickly because of being restrained by their slowest elements, the Pima Defenders truly hadn't shown any initiative to break the mech formations of their opponents.

The contrast between the Pima Defenders and the other elite Sundered Phalanx mech units became quite clear!

The latter were quite familiar with the Hex Army. They knew that passive defense when the Hexers possessed an advantage would only lead to an inevitable defeat.

The best way to reverse a losing trend was to break the game, and that was exactly what the more daring and courageous Fridayman mech officers attempted to accomplish!

"These Pima Defenders truly aren't in a hurry to move." Commander Melkor cynically remarked as his Gold Beacon fired its custom luminar crystal rifle at an enemy heavy space knight.

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