The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4538

Ves ultimately found it refreshing to learn more about Saint Jelmer Osenring.

The cybernetic man was much different from Patriarch Reginald Cross, who had given Ves a bad impression of ace pilots.

Though his opinions regarding the difficulty of handling such powerful warriors hadn't changed, he at least confirmed that Reginald was not the only mold of ace pilots in existence.

In addition, the more he learned about Saint Osenring, the more he understood the Thunderer Mark II.

The heavy artillery mech was one of the most destructive varieties of second-class ace mechs that could be built. There were hardly any other types of mechs that could unleash more mass destruction!

Each time Saint Osenring interfaced with the Thunderer Mark II, he did so with the awareness that the power at his fingertips could destroy entire cities, rearrange expansive landscapes, blow up expensive space stations and kill millions of humans under the right circumstances!

Yet it was exactly because he possessed so much capacity for destruction that he exercised great discipline over his piloting and his ambitions.

The man styled himself as a guardian who supported humanity and the Santana Group in an unassuming position.

As a heavy artillery mech specialist, Saint Osenring was no stranger to supporting friendlies from the rear. The position was also far enough removed from the heat of the action that the man was able to avoid heated confrontations where he had to take action without thought.

This was a much different approach to battle than the one favored by Patriarch Reginald Cross.

The Mars was arguably a ranged powerhouse in its own right, but the mech was designed in a way that enabled it to excel in duels against other powerful ace mechs.

All of its weapon systems and all of its design elements were designed to perform well in short-range duels.

Ace pilots who specialized in this mode of combat had to adopt different approaches to survive and thrive in this arena.

Ves might fault the many personality defects of Patriarch Reginald as many times as he wanted, but that did not change the fact that the Cross Patriarch was a survivor who made it out with his life intact while many of his contemporaries fell in battle.

That deserved respect, at least.

As Ves continued to expand and revise his understanding of ace pilots, he eventually learned enough about the heavy gauss cannons of the Thunderer Mark II to begin his modification work.

"Okay." He said as his armored floating form approached one of the 10 impressive gauss cannons. "I have figured out what I can do to make this mech stronger."

"What is your plan?" The ace pilot asked.

"The mech designers who designed your Thunderer Mark II are good. Really good. I can tell you endlessly how brilliantly they have pooled their expertise together to develop a machine that integrates all of their strengths in the most harmonious fashion possible, but I think I can skip all of that boring stuff. The point I want to make is that while the designers are truly great, they are still limited by humanity's early foray into phasewater technology."

Saint Osenring frowned. "What do you mean by that, exactly? Are you telling our mech designers don't know how to make use of phasewater?"

"That is exactly what I am saying." Ves boldly replied. His tone made it clear that he was not joking. "Humanity are like children that have just begun to play with a new an exotic toy. Despite the massive increase in the supply of transphasic products, much of them are based on relatively rudimentary applications of phasewater. They are literally child's work in front of a proper native alien phasewater expert. When it comes to making the best use of this exotic, the indigenous alien races who literally evolved alongside it are much better at utilizing its potential."

"I... can believe that. This will only be valid for a generation or two at best. Eventually, our scientists will be able to catch up to the progress made by the aliens before surpassing the locals entirely. We did it back in our original galaxy and we can do it again in this new and exciting frontier."

Ves did not deny the ace pilot's assertion. "That may be true, but we can't wait that long for our scientific community to get to that point. We all need to become stronger now rather than several decades later. What I am saying is that if you are willing to give me permission, I can tweak and optimize the transphasic properties of these heavy gauss cannons so that they can inherently penetrate through obstacles with greater ease than before. These changes will also allow the Phase King to anchor himself more to your Thunderer Mark II, thereby enabling him to amplify its offensive performance to a greater degree."

The ace pilot remained silent for a few seconds as he studied the guest mech designer carefully.

"You are asking for much, Patriarch Larkinson. I find it hard to believe that a young Journeyman Mech Designer such as yourself can improve upon the work of the best mech designers and specialists of our company."

Ves turned to face the ace pilot with a serious expression. "I am not overestimating my abilities. My understanding of phasewater is far better than you assume. I can truly improve the performance of these cannons by making modest changes. All I am asking you is to give me a chance. If it turns out that your cannons are going backwards, then your mech designers can always revert the changes to their original states. You will just have to expend more phasewater to make up for the losses."

He still didn't sound credible enough for the Saint.

"If you have so much confidence in your proposed changes, then you wouldn't showing off your plan to a team of mech designers and phasewater engineers, would you?" Jelmer Osenring asked.

Ves grimaced a bit. "Fine. I will prepare a presentation for them, but they better not hold me back due to their own ignorance. I don't have time to hold an entire lecture."

The meeting took a bit of time. Just as he expected, the people who had spent time on studying phasewater simply couldn't match his level.

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