Now that Ves received the outcome he wanted to produce, there was not much point to letting the prototype Geist System run any longer.
The more time passed by, the more things could go wrong. It was not necessary for Ves to take any further risks with the new system.
"Shut down the connection!" Ves quickly instructed the other Journeyman. "We've got the result that we needed. Now let's pull Mephisto back before he starts to do his job on my ship instead of an enemy target!"
The magnitude of the effect was not as important. Ves already accounted for the possibility that the dinky setup he and his collaboration partner had cobbled together wouldn't produce any drastic results.
Besides, he had limited the strength of the connection at the lowest viable level. Ves did not have any desire to dial it up for fear of overwhelming a new and relatively fragile spiritual fiend.
The finished version of the Geist System should be capable of accomplishing a lot more. Not only would it be paired with lots of stronger spiritual fiends that had more time to mature, it would also be larger and made out of more high-end parts and materials!
If that wasn't enough, then once Venerable Zimro Belson and his completed expert stealth mech finally combined together, the true resonance that they could produce should grant the Geist System and its numerous fiends a huge power boost!
The effect should be similar to how Commander Casella Ingvar was able to Commandeer friendly Larkinson mechs and mech pilots, thereby granting them a substantial boost in combat effectiveness.
The only difference was that Venerable Zimro was only able to do that with the fiends attached to his expert mech with the help of the Geist System instead of an inherent quality of his willpower.
In other words, Ves essentially managed to reproduce the effect of Commander Casella's domain in a limited and more specialized form!
"How wonderful. This is a true innovation!"
The hardest part was over now. Almost every subsequent step in the Ghost Project should be a straight path forward. It would not be long before Ves and Cormaunt would be able to complete this project and introduce another expert mech to the Larkinson Clan!
Ves eagerly analyzed the data and obtained tentative confirmation that his theories had mostly been proved.
He still needed to conduct follow-up experiments where he tested the same circumstances before changing up the variables in order to obtain a more robust answer that could stand up to scientific scrutiny.
However, since Ves was working for himself, he had no great need to conduct a proper scientific study. He believed in his work and he understood the mechanics well enough to know that his promised Geist System would definitely perform well once the Ghost Project was complete!
As the days went by, Ves eventually had to update his wife on his progress with the Ghost Project.
Though Gloriana was nominally involved in the Ghost Project as well due to the fact that it was an expert mech, she spent more time on the Greenaxe Project and the Bloodripper Project due to various reasons.
She was not that charmed with the Ghost Project and her responsibilities diverged a lot from whatever crazy stuff that Ves and Cormaunt had dedicated their time upon.
This was why she had fallen out of the loop with regards to the recent breakthroughs in the Ghost Project.
It took a bit of time before his wife returned from a longer-than-usual session in the design lab.
Ves had already returned to his grand stateroom and kept watch over the children who had ended their respective schooling a few hours earlier.
Despite the exceedingly high demands of their studies, the children hardly seemed to have lost any energy throughout the day!
"Hihihi!"
"Hihihihi!"
"Where's my cookie, Marvaine?!"
"Meow… meow…"
"Miaow miaow miaow!"
Kids were running around the living room while the cats played the role of babysitters and kept an eye on energetic brats.
"Beware the might of my dark sword!" Andraste dramatically shouted as she lifted up a swordsman Mekanos that her little brother had recently made.
Aurelia did not let her little sister keep the initiative and lifted up a pair of white tiger Mekanos in response!
"My twin tiger stars shall vanquish over your evil mech and restore the light to the galaxies!"
The two kids proceeded to bash their Mekanos against each other.
Of course, the toys made the appropriate noises, sound effects and movements as they simulated battle against each other.
When Gloriana finally entered through the hatch, the children all stopped their games and ran up to their mother and obediently presented themselves.
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