The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4369

If Ves presented a mech concept like the Eye Project in any other place, his fellow mech designers would probably laugh at him and his ideas!

It sounded incredibly crazy that a relatively ordinary marksman mech with no expensive frills and modules could outperform the competition by relying on a single metaphysical trait.

However, none of his fellow Journeymen in the Design Department doubted whether Ves could pull off this simple but profound mech concept.

This was because each of them had become thoroughly familiar with his amazing inventions!

Design spirits played a key role in almost every Larkinson mech. Even newcomers such as Cormaunt Hempkamp understood what design spirits were capable of when utilized in the right circumstances.

Iconic mechs such as the Transcendent Punisher and the Valkyrie Redeemer would never have been able to rise above mediocrity and become so powerful and beloved without the help of their design spirits.

Even the ones that did not really convey any powerful abilities such as the Solemn Guardian played a useful role by their presence alone.

As far as design spirits went, Vulcan had yet to prove himself in this context. Ves had never seriously considered using his own incarnation in this manner before!

Ves had always considered Vulcan to be a patron spirit for craftsmen, artisans and other makers.

The Creation Association led by Director Samandra Avikon had done well in spreading the totems of Vulcan around various workshops, factories and other places.

Of course, the Creation Association also gained a rather ugly reputation for being a cult and propagating a scam.

However, those who were willing and able to pay at least 1 MTA credit to receive Vulcan's blessing occasionally made a lot of progress. The Creation Association built up quite a sizable cult following by offering over the years!

Ves was fine with letting Vulcan serve in this capacity until recently. The changes to the System along with his growing desire to develop a useful ranged mech model led him to this point.

Aside from utilizing Vulcan as the Eye Project's design spirit, Ves did not intend to add anything too special to the mech design.

"That's odd." Gloriana said as her expression grew puzzled. "You usually do your best to make your designs as unique and distinctive as possible. I don't see that here. Sure, the focus on maximizing its offensive power is an extreme approach, but it is not as if sniper mechs are a rarity on the mech market. Why is your draft design so… dull?"

He wasn't surprised by her remark.

"I do admit that my proposal deviates from my usual work, but that is because this mech is designed to sell." Ves calmly replied. "Adding Vulcan is already enough to make it strong. The only other way I can make it stronger and more distinctive is to add powerful tech to the mech design, but that will make the product more expensive. That is not what I want to accomplish. I'm not looking to maximize the profits from selling this new mech. I'm trying to maximize its sales volume. Do you understand the difference?"

His wife slowly nodded. "You want to make another product like the Desolate Soldier. You want to introduce a product line that is cheap, affordable and easy to fit into the mech rosters of many customers."

"Exactly!" Ves grinned. "The Desolate Soldier is a good example. While it has been a while since I have targeted the middle and lower segments of the mech market, this is where the Eye Project should belong. There is no need for the Eye Project to become the strongest ranged mechs that we put for sale because customers will not be buying it for its raw firepower. Instead, they will seek to acquire it because it can give them crucial intelligence about the weak points of their targets. No matter whether buyers only purchase a single copy or an entire batch, my Eye Project will always find a way to make itself useful."

His goal was to turn the Eye Project into an irresistible temptation.

Normally, the LMC tended to target the upper end of the mech market. Most of its products offered excellent value and performance, but the downside to them was that their prices were also high!

What Ves sought to accomplish this time was to sell a new mech that performed well at a bargain-worthy price!

Perhaps the LMC might not be able to earn a huge amount of MTA credits from positioning his Eye Project this way, but this was the best way for his company to put out as many copies of this mech as possible!

Ves already looked forward to all of the spiritual feedback that Vulcan would be able to harvest from so many mech pilots.

The only serious concern was that exposing Vulcan to all kinds of messy thoughts from so many different mech pilots might skew its growth trajectory.

Ves did not forget that Vulcan's main purpose was to assist him in design and development-related activities. It would be a shame for the design spirit to cater his abilities to mech pilots as opposed to creators.

He needed to pay a lot of attention to this once the Eye Project began to get sold in large numbers.

"Besides, the Eye Project is not entirely good because of its analytical glow." Ves gestured towards the primary weapon of the design. "I plan to pair the Eye Project with a luminar crystal rifle that is optimized for long-ranged combat. I only plan to equip it with a laser beam attack phase crystal to lower the cost. There is no need to add additional crystals to the mix. If our customers want to make use of a more powerful mech equipped with luminar crystal weapons, then they can buy our more premium offerings." pan(da-n0vel.c)om

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