The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4408

Though Miles Tovar needed a little more handholding than Ves anticipated, it was not a big deal.

The Ghost Project gradually entered the right track as Ves and Miles regularly worked together to select and plan out the integration of numerous advanced mech systems.

The role of advanced technology was indispensable for this design project, so Ves was willing to pay a lot of money and phasewater to obtain a cutting-edge stealth system and low-profile flight system from an advanced development company.

"It is best if we purchase both of these key elements from the same developer." Miles told Ves. "That is because the developer can attune the flight system to the stealth system from the start. We will experience much greater design problems if we attempt to mix and match separate systems from different developers."

"Hm, you're right. Let us try and find the right combination from the right development company."

The problem was that there weren't many development companies that were large and capable enough to support the development of advanced stealth systems.

The market for these products was too small and limited, which meant that the price was inevitably high.

Even if the Larkinson Clan was willing to spend lavishly, Ves did not like getting ripped off, so he could only look beyond the limited offerings available in Davute.

They eventually found a relatively good combination of mech systems when they shopped around at a major development company called Arcan & Bolt.

Arcan & Bolt was a relatively major player in the tech development market and was based in the Magair Middle Zone, which was far away from Davute to avoid any possible conflicts of interest.

What Ves liked about Arcan & Bolt was that it had a lot of product lines and developed many different mech parts.

The company was not only highly professional, but also accustomed to making its products work together.

"Arcan & Bolt has a good reputation in the industry." Miles mentioned. "There has never been a case where the secrets of its stealth systems has been leaked to the enemies of a client."

"That we know of." Ves emphasized.

"That may be true, but since Arcan & Bolt deliberately markets itself as a trustworthy company, it should not be willing to risk its credibility for short-term gains."

The negotiations with Arcan & Bolt went well. The company was highly professional, so while there wasn't much room for changes, the terms were relatively fair and transparent.

Soon enough, the Larkinson Clan signed a contract where Arcan & Bolt would develop customized versions of its products for the Ghost Project.

It was crucially important for the stealth system developed for the Larkinson Clan to be unique from the ones provided to other customers of Arcan & Bolt.

If the differences between all of these products weren't too big, then figuring out how to overcome the efforts of one of them would simultaneously unravel the others as well!

The biggest downside was that Arcan & Bolt needed months of development time in order to prepare the customized products for the Ghost Project. This meant that Ves, Miles and anyone else involved in the project could not make much substantial progress.

Ves did not mind this problem as he could easily shift his attention to other design projects.

As he began to spend his time working on other upcoming mechs such as the Dullahan Project and the Eye Project, he suddenly received an interesting piece of news from Calabast.

Normally, the two held regular meetings in order for Ves to remain up to date on any major developments related to intelligence.

For Calabast to contact him out of the blue and during a time where he was in the middle of a design session no less was highly unusual!

Ves pulled himself out of his design mentality before accepting the call.

A projection of the spymaster appeared. Calabast was sitting behind her desk while Arnold rested on her lap.

The woman pampered her pet as usual by massaging his back with her hand.

"What's up, Calabast?"

"We have stumbled upon an opportunity that may be of interest to us." Calabast answered as she immediately addressed the topic. "One of the many pioneering fleets roaming the border region has discovered a secret alien asteroid base that has apparently existed for centuries if not millennia. It is supposedly a thieves' den that has long provided safe harbor to smugglers and pirates."

Now this sounded interesting.

"What race does this pirate station belong to?" Ves asked. "Is piracy even common among the indigenous aliens. What is the fighting power of this secret stronghold?"

Calabast raised her palm to stop Ves from asking more questions. "I can't provide you with any detailed answers. The information that we have received is extremely limited. If we want to know more, then we need to join the upcoming raid on the pirate station."

Ves frowned. "It sounds like there is a greater story behind this. Please start from the beginning."

"Very well. This story started when a pioneering fleet belonging to a group called the Gemini Family somehow discovered this hidden alien asteroid base. As an old and established pirate haunt, the indigenous aliens that operated it for a long time had done an excellent job at blending it in the middle of an immense asteroid belt. We do not know how the Gemini Family succeeded in finding it when other pioneering fleets transiting through the star system presumably failed to detect any clues, but I digress. What is important is that the Geminis have found a juicy alien target that has not yet been spoiled."

This was a massive find. These days, any region of space where humans had begun to explore on a wide scale turned into a disaster region.

Entire continents became uprooted when greedy pioneers engaged in destructive mining.

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