The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4667

Gloriana still failed to gain any traction from her husband. Her latest attempts to squeeze 120 million MTA merits from him continued to fall on flat ears.

That did not do their relationship any favors. Gloriana was more likely to glower or huff at Ves than to act lovey dovey around him during the journey back to Davute.

Fortunately, the mood in their little family remained harmonious for the most part due to the need to put up a good front in the presence of their children.

Neither Ves nor Gloriana wanted to spread any of their ugliness to their cute and innocent munchkins.

As such, the couple managed to maintain a cordial atmosphere whenever they were near their children. They were aware that they needed to set a good example for their kids and prevent them from developing any weird ideas as they grew older.

As the expeditionary fleet had already left the turbulent and dangerous border region without any incident and came closer to reaching the Davute System, Ves continued to spend his time on numerous projects and his children.

Out of all of the design projects that he was at least sporadically involved in, he temporarily set aside many of his assignments in order to concentrate all of his creative and design energies on a single mech design.

"I need to strike while the iron is hot!"

Ves was on a roll ever since he produced the critical breakthroughs he needed to realize his ambitious vision for the Ghost Project!

Buoyed by the rush of success, Ves became more enflamed by passion than ever!

Each time he worked on the expert mech design project, the design solutions came easier and he began to work a lot more fluently than before.

Every design session caused him to enter into the flow where all distractions blurred away. His state of mind entered into a half-transcendent state that approached the experience of hitting himself with his hammer!

In many cases, he wasn't even fully conscious in the strictest definition of the word.

Instead, his mind drifted to a new height where his mind roamed in the clouds while his subconscious self practically went on autopilot and performed all of the nitty gritty design work.

Despite not thinking explicitly about his design tasks, the work he produced during each and every session fully satisfied his requirements!

In a number of cases, the design solutions he half-consciously formulated during his passion-fueled work sessions were so good that he could have never performed so well if he was more attentive.

"I need to keep this up as long as possible!"

Ves experienced this powerful state of mind several times throughout his career. He understood how precious it was and how many benefits it could bring to his work. When everything was on a roll, it would be the height of foolishness to stop this pattern in its tracks or squander it by splitting his focus on other projects!

Though many of his other design and research projects had to take a backseat while he obsessed over the Ghost Project, he figured that the benefits far outweighed the downsides.

Venerable Jannzi already spent months waiting for the completion of the Dullahan Project. She could make do with waiting a little longer.

Ves was still confident he could complete it within the original deadline that he had set at the start because he did not account for his recent sublimation and boost in productivity.

When he met with the recovering expert pilot, he also gave her another reason for the delay.

"We are in the process of converting and retooling your expert mech's structure and armor system so that they can be built out of the large quantities of high-quality first-class materials that we have salvaged from the alien battleship." He told his cousin.

Venerable Jannzi had already heard a lot of stories about the valuable salvage and how the clan intended to make good use of the expensive materials.

"Does that mean my reborn Shield of Samar will become a first-class mech?"

"Not a true first-class mech, no." Ves shook his head. "That would force the MTA to reclassify our clan as a first-class pioneering organization, which means we have to operate in an upper zone which we are clearly not ready for. For now, our plan is to upgrade the defenses and the melee weapons of every existing expert mech to first-class standards. Everything else such as the power reactor, the circuitry, the flight system and so on will become more powerful as well, but should firmly remain within the boundaries of second-class mechs. That should be just enough for us to stay within our current strength category."

The Larkinson Clan intended to follow the letter but not the spirit of the rules, and that came with substantial risks.

There was always a possibility that the MTA would become so tired of the shenanigans committed by the Larkinsons that it would forcefully elevate the clan into a first-class pioneering organization!

"That means my expert mech will straddle the line between second-class and first-class." Venerable Jannzi spoke. "At least you chose to upgrade the most important parts. A defensive machine needs stellar protection."

Ves smiled in agreement. "Many other performance parameters won't be able to keep up, but I am sure that won't bother you that much. It is only when you are fighting against real first-class mechs that you will begin to experience the disparity. Make no mistake. There is still a substantial gap between quasi-first-class and real first-class multipurpose mechs. The latter's strongest advantage is not its high-quality materials, but how well they utilize their building blocks to integrate a large quantity of powerful weapon modules and other high-performing components."

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