The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4407

In the end, Ves vaguely understood the gist of Mr. Hempkamp's theoretical model, but he had no idea at all how to accomplish it on a technological level.

He had no choice but to trust the optimistic neural interface specialist's plan and hope it would work out. It might take years for Hempkamp to achieve a breakthrough in his research, but once he managed to get over the most difficult threshold, the results should definitely be promising!

In contrast to Hempkamp's ambitious layout, Miles and Merrill did not embark on any wild ideas.

The main reason for that was because they were still at the earliest stage of a Journeyman Mech Designer. Although they had managed to formulate the initial forms of their design philosophies, they still had a long way to go before they could design mechs at a satisfactory level.

"Neither of us have any good design applications at the moment." Miles Tovar told Ves during a meeting. "As far as my own specialty goes, Juliet is much better at designing flight systems and integrating them into mechs. While my own focus is different, it is impossible for me to outperform a mech designer that has advanced to Journeyman a lot earlier."

Juliet not only enjoyed a considerable head start, but also possessed considerably greater talent than Miles.

If nothing out of the ordinary happened, the latter would never be able to close the gap!

Miles was clever enough to understand this reality. Perhaps a more ambitious, confident or unwilling individual would try to fight against this fate, but the former member of the Tovar Family was an Erudite rather than a Brave.

Merrill should have had a brighter future as she was younger. However, her low profile along with her lack of enterprising spirit meant that her progress shouldn't be too fast either.

As Ves kept asking questions about their ideas and ambitions, he became disappointed by the lack of energy in their replies.

"It is understandable for the two of you to take a backseat and allow our more experienced mech designers to take the lead, but don't forget that you must pay attention to your own development. I don't want to raise any useless people in the Design Department."

Miles felt the need to defend his position. "We understand that, sir. We do not intend to stay back forever. It is just that the projects we are working on are too important to the clan. Our skills are not up to par so many of our contributions will only drag down the quality and performance of our upcoming mech designs. I intend to spend a few years polishing my skills and learning from better mech designers such as you before I am willing to take on greater responsibilities."

Ves furrowed his brows. "What about you, Merrill?"

"I intend to do the same." The woman softly replied. "My learning needs are greater than average, so I must invest much more of my time on studying textbooks. Only when I have broadened and deepened my knowledge base can I begin to operate properly."

He understood what she meant. Merrill O'Brian was the only rational mech designer in the Design Department. She possessed the rare ability to imitate other design philosophies, and she even demonstrated her progress in imitating Ves' work!

Of course, her imitation works were still too shallow to be of use to the Larkinson Clan, so she needed to invest a lot of time and effort to shore up this aspect.

In addition to realizing her advantages as a rational mech designer, Merrill also had to work on her own design philosophy.

Her focus on mechanical systems meant that she needed to spend a lot of time on studying advanced textbooks related to mechanics. On top of that, she had to design a lot of mechs with a focus on designing more efficient mechanical layouts.

Merrill would have probably been able to keep pace with the likes of Ketis or Juliet if she focused her available time and energy on just one of these pursuits.

However, the fact that she chose to do double duty meant that her progress in both pursuits would inevitably proceed at a slower pace.

If Merril had an opportunity to advance to Senior when she became 75 years old, then now she might not be able to achieve this breakthrough until she was 125 years old or higher!

This was a massive gap in time and would most definitely cause her to fall behind the majority of her peers in the Larkinson Clan!

Ves needed to remind himself that people like Miles and Merrill weren't bad at their jobs. Their rate of progression was fairly normal within the mech industry. It wasn't always the case that those who broke through early and displayed brilliant talent were guaranteed to realize their design philosophies.

There were too many stories about tortoises outspeeding hares.

The main reason why the mech industry tended to pay more attention to hares was because they were generally more promising, but that didn't mean that other mech designers were all worthless.

Ves could only wait in the long run to see whether Miles and Merrill would be able to succeed despite their slower pace. Their lifespans were finite and they only had so many years to realize their ambitions.

"I hope the two of you will remain productive and don't neglect your assignments while you are working in the Design Department." He eventually said. "Do you have any questions or encountered any issues in your projects?"

Miles raised his hand. "Yes. I don't entirely feel comfortable working on the Ghost Project. I can understand your intention of putting me under your wing and allowing me to leverage my specialty to a mech that suits my work, but as I have mentioned earlier I do not entirely feel competent enough to undertake this responsibility."

"My wife and I believe in you." Ves told the man. "You have worked in our clan since the beginning. We know what you are capable of and we possess a good understanding of your limits. The work assignments that we have prepared for you are supposed to be difficult, but not to the point of overwhelming you. I don't intend you to play a nominal role in this design project. I expect you to provide material help in finding the right low-profile flight system and integrate it properly into our upcoming expert stealth mech."

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