The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4324

The Battle of Pima Prime ended in a decisive victory for the invading forces!

Every citizen of the Hex Federation celebrated the success of the Hex Army and the crushing of one of their most hated foes on the battlefield.

The battle did not involve any tricks or traps. Though the attacking forces most definitely leaned on the element of surprise, the Gaugers enjoyed a considerable defensive advantage.

In fact, the invaders also enjoyed a massive intelligence advantage that allowed them to plan out their assault and make the right preparations, but none of these results would have been possible without possessing enough strength!

The battle that ended today was also significant for other reasons.

For example, this was the first time that the Hexers fought alongside external allies.

During the Komodo War that the two sides fought in the past, the Fridaymen were usually the ones that relied on outside help to bolster their capabilities.

Their ploy to convert the expert pilots of 'vassal' states into their retainers had been a massive success and supplied the mech armies of the Friday Coalition with additional high-end combat power.

It was profoundly ironic that the Hexers essentially copied the same approach from the archenemies by relying on the aid of the Golden Skull Alliance to counter the Sundered Phalanx's powerful elites and champions!

The fact that the Golden Skull Alliance had actually been willing to commit their newly-advanced ace pilot in a dramatic duel to the death was shocking news to many powers in the Red Ocean!

The reputation of the Golden Skull Alliance soared overnight!

Previously, the quirky alliance made up of three weird organizations gained a bit of attention, but not too much.

The living mechs of the Larkinson Clan and the emergence of a new ace pilot from the ranks of the Cross Clan were both noteworthy attention-grabbers, but there were plenty of other groups that performed no less worse.

The Battle of Pima Prime changed people's cognition of the Golden Skull Alliance.

Though their numbers were limited, the Golden Skullers showed that their mechs and mech pilots matched or in some cases exceeded the standard of a credible veteran military mech army!

No one thought that the Sundered Phalanx was weak. Their record in a recent war was as clear as day, and even the fact that many of the mech divisions transferred to the Red Ocean had not yet updated their mech rosters to modern standards was not that big of a deal.

However, in this battle, the Sundered Phalanx had been reduced to a foil. Aside from the rare and fantastic breakthrough of Saint Rebecca Andus, the proud soldiers and heroes of the Gauge Dynasty largely lost at the hands of the troops of this strange alliance!

It wasn't just the strength of the Golden Skull Alliance that made a profound impression on the grassroots and the leaders of other organizations.

It was the willingness of Patriarch Ves Larkinson and its other leaders to take part in a risky offensive operation that also frightened and impressed other people!

Even though there were plenty of pioneering organizations and colonial states that had vastly more troops at their disposal, they always treated them sparingly whenever possible.

The Red Ocean was full of dangers and the difficulties of replenishing lost mechs, mech pilots and starships were far greater than in the old galaxy.

For the Golden Skull Alliance to boldly commit its entire core fleet and mech forces to a battle that did not involve its core interest was rather shocking news.

The consequences of losing in this battle were too great!

For example, Patriarch Reginald Cross could have been killed by Saint Jeremiah Gauge, thereby robbing the Cross Clan and the Golden Skull Alliance of their top-end combat asset.

Though it was probable that the Golden Skull Alliance probably wouldn't run off to intervene in another conflict between colonial states, what if this happened anyway?

Anyone who looked up the history of the Golden Skull Alliance would immediately conclude that it was made up of large numbers of battle maniacs!

From the Larkinson Clan's frequent acts of provoking powerful enemies to the warmongering roots of the Cross Clan, it was hard to believe that the leaders of the Golden Skull Alliance were willing to sit in place and commit to peaceful development.

"We don't have to befriend these maniacs, but we absolutely cannot afford to become their enemies. At least two of their leaders are dangerously unstable and can decide to pick a fight with people for any reason."

"These crazies aren't even content with raiding one of the core star systems of a colonial state. They have also announced an ambitious expedition to the deeper parts of the new frontier."

"There is no way this Golden Skull Alliance will survive in the long run! Sooner or later they will enter into a conflict against an enemy that is too great for them to handle. Over the course of human history, it is far too rare for daredevils like these Larkinsons to overcome their continuous challenges. It has always been the steadier groups like ours that are able to outlast the other ones."

"The leaders of the Golden Skull Alliance aren't as simple as you think. You are not a mech designer, so you haven't been able to see what my colleagues and I have seen. The properties and the effective combat power of the mechs fielded by this alliance are far more impressive and impactful than we thought. The designers of their impressive masterwork ace mech are young but visionary. I have no doubt that the MTA has already taken a special interest in their work."

The excellent performance of the mech forces of the Golden Skull Alliance generated an explosive amount of buzz among the public.

The galactic net became filled with discussions, commentary and post-battle analyses as a huge number of people tried to figure out the details, either out of curiosity, admiration or fear.

Though the strength exhibited by the Golden Skull Alliance most certainly spooked a lot of rivals and possible enemies, the upsides massively outweighed the downsides!

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