The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4611

Ves finally waved his arm and switched off the live feeds that showed the aftermath of the battle.

There was no point in observing what was taking place in the Ramage Repulsor System any further. Neither side was willing to launch any further attacks and Ves had other people in his employ that could analyze the current condition of the damaged alien battleship.

He needed to get ready to hold a number of emergency meetings to get ready for an upcoming warship assault.

Before that happened, he wanted to make sure to hammer home a point in his daughter's mind.

"Aurelia?"

"Yes, papa?"

"What is your take on this battle?" Ves asked. "What stands out to you? You will earn bonus points if you voice opinions that I have yet to address."

His little girl frowned in thought. She was so cute when she was doing her best to impress her parents.

Aurelia became so eager to meet her father's expectations that even Mana halted her current studies!

The companion spirit's semi-independent personality not only provided Aurelia with another thinking track, but also allowed her to view a situation from a slightly different perspective compared to herself.

Even if Mana wasn't a real cat, she still resembled one close enough.

? As Aurelia and Mana both spent a minute in thought, they finally came up with a few notable observations.

"What happened today is really sad for both sides." His older daughter mentioned. "Many of their people have died and they also lost a lot of assets. The people of Cenatus Prospecting should be the saddest of the two since they have lost their flagship and leader." _{ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com}

Ves slightly shook his head. "You are mentioning obvious facts. You might as well say that stars are hot."

Aurelia smirked. "I'm not finished yet, papa. What I am actually trying to say is that our fleet hasn't suffered any losses throughout this battle. Cenatus Prospecting and the Tower of Babel did exactly what we wanted them to do. They fought against each other and forgot about our involvement."

He became a bit more satisfied when she mentioned this angle.

"That's correct. We took advantage of a fundamental condition to force our two enemies to turn their weapons against each other. Are you smart enough to figure it out, sweetie?"

Her daughter scrunched her face. She looked troubled as she couldn't figure out how she could please her father.

She eventually gave up and stared at Ves with her adorable eyes. "Please tell me the answer."

Ves chuckled. "Very well. This is a rather advanced concept that you will only be able to understand when you grow older. The key words are information asymmetry. Do you know what that means? You should already know the meaning of information, but what does asymmetry mean?"

"I learned in my math classes that asymmetry is the opposite of symmetry. Two sides aren't equal. It is as if one of my ears is larger than the other."

"Yup. Now how does that tie into information?"

"I think… it means that one side has more information than the other." Aurelia concluded. "In our situation, our side knows the most. We knew about the existence and location of the Tower of Babel whereas Cenatus Prospecting remained clueless. Neither of our adversaries figured out that they were being baited by us until it was too late."

"Hehehe." Ves amusingly grinned. "The asymmetry still exists. If I am correct, the aliens haven't even figured out that they were fooled. I just lured the Tower of Babel out of the brown dwarf star. After that, I made it seem as if the Cenatus Prospecting fleet destroyed a connection to a powerful phase whale by blowing up the bait. The aliens predictably went mad and laid all of the blame at the feet of the humans directly in front of them. They might not even know about the existence and the proximity of our own fleet."

"That will help if you want to attack them." The little girl cleverly remarked.

Ves nodded. "Ah, I see you've caught that important detail. You are correct. Our goal is to rescue a human prisoner that is trapped on the damaged alien vessel. The battle that just concluded a moment ago hasn't changed that. This means that it is still important to maintain a significant information advantage over the other party. We don't want the surviving aliens to know we are coming and prepare for our upcoming attack in advance."

"Won't the survivors of Cenatus Prospecting tell the aliens what truly happened? Our other enemies know about us and must have figured out that we are responsible. It will be much harder for us to attack the Tower of Babel if the alien soldiers learn about us in advance."

Ves nodded. "You are technically correct, but… the aliens may not be receptive to a message from an enemy that managed to cripple the front half of their proud battleship. Besides, it might not even matter anymore if we cannot exploit the information asymmetry between us and the aliens. Do you know why?"

"Because… the aliens have lost too much."

"Correct, but what I really wanted to hear is that we have an overwhelming strength advantage over our opponent." He told her. "Strength makes everything easier. An unbeatable opponent suddenly becomes vulnerable if you have the strength to overpower your adversary. You don't have to resort to risky, convoluted schemes like the one we just pulled off. We can just knock on the doors of the aliens and smash them apart."

His daughter made another remark. "This is what you wanted from the start. You wanted to attack the Tower of Babel, but you did not have the required strength. You had to rely on another attack method to soften up the enemy."

Ves smirked again. "That is correct. That ties in to another trick that I am fond of using. You see, we managed to advance our interests without paying any real price. Instead, one of our enemies had inadvertently taken the initiative to pay the price in our stead. That is the delicate art of making others pay for your benefits. Many of the most powerful and successful organizations have excelled in this art. If our clan wants to join their ranks one day, it is essential for us to master the associated methods."

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