The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4876

After a long day, only three teams of mech designers had made it to the 'final' round.

Team Larkinson needed no introduction anymore. The Twin Weapons Tournament had almost been hijacked by Ves alone, and though other talented and highly capable mech designers managed to shine brightly on this stage, there was no doubt that the Larkinson Patriarch shone like the brightest star in the sky!

Team Clive was much more interesting. As its name suggested, the team consisted of a pair of Journeymen from the Clive Consortium, one of the founding organizations of Davute.

Given that the current president of the newly founded colonial federation came from the same group, the name 'Clive' was basically equivalent to royalty within its borders!

Nobody knew how many members of the Clive lineage jumped galaxies and decided to take part in the construction of a state that was partially created according to their ideas. There were Clives in practically every industry and sector of Davute, ensuring that the mother organization always kept tabs on all of the developments that took place within its borders.

The Clive Consortium was naturally large, old and powerful enough to have its own high-ranking mech designers. The pair of Journeymen that decided to compete in this particular tournament did not appear to possess any special identities within their family group. They were typical lower to middle-ranked members among the Clives who had made a few accomplishments but had yet to merit greater attention.

Ves knew that the woman known as Jocasta Clive is the one to watch. The woman possessed a vibe that partially reminded him of Gloriana. This was a woman who thought highly of herself and had great confidence in her design philosophy and ideals.

The performance of the mechs she designed together with her partner Romulus Clive backed up her beliefs.

Team Clive designed a highly unusual but powerful pair of mechs.

The Daugen was their killer machine. While it was just a light marksman mech, its design was highly unusual for two reasons.

First, the Daugen pursued a concept of extreme firepower. It sacrificed almost everything in order to maximize its firepower. The entire mech had essentially turned into a sniping platform as it was armed with a comically powerful and oversized gauss rifle.

In order to maximize its firepower and minimize any mechanical complications, it did not carry the gauss rifle in its arms.

Instead, Jocasta and Romulus Clive had integrated it into its shoulder like a mounted weapon!

Rather than call it a marksman mech, it was more appropriate to label it as a frontline mech!

Unlike traditional frontline mechs, the Daugen did not possess much fault tolerance. The only strengthening its frame had received was solely for the purpose of being able to carry and fire the formidable weapon without getting crushed in return. Its mobility was also rather poor as it was nowhere near as fast as actual light mechs.

The Daugen also possessed one more quirk. Its huge integrated gauss rifle could fire both forwards and backwards!

It could easily switch its weapon orientation as it was mounted on a turret that could vertically rotate its muzzle by over 180 degrees.

All of this sounded weird in isolation, and plenty of people in the audience had expressed their skepticism and ridicule when they initially saw it appear in the arena during the first round.

That was until the other mech came into the picture.

The Reedan initially looked like a hefty knight mech, though one with an unusual design. It was shaped rather weird. It featured a strange depression on its back and its sides unfolded in an unusual manner.

It wasn't until the Daugen pressed its back onto the Reedan that people realized the role that the latter served!

The Reedan actually possessed the capability to integrate the Daugen onto its back!

"It's a combination mech!"

Ves was no stranger to this concept as he had witnessed it in the past. Janassa Pellier and Tifi Coslone had also introduced a pair of beast mechs in the past that could do the same, although they never caught on in the Larkinson Army as there were other mechs that could fulfill their roles just as well.

Nonetheless, combination mechs were not weak. They could produce a lot of synergy under the right circumstances, and that was exactly what happened whenever the mechs of Team Clive showcased their power!

The Reedan took care of movement and defense. It was a knight mech that completely focused on resisting ranged attacks and protecting its partner from any serious damage. It was also rather capable at fighting melee mechs at close range, though only in the right facing.

The Daugen took care of the damage. Its powerful gauss rifle was not only precise, but also extremely powerful relative to the size and mass of its frame.

Each time it fired, it propelled a piercing projectile that was formulated out of special alloys that almost never failed to punch through armor plating!

Jocasta Clive was 51 years old while Romulus Clive was 43 years old. Both of them received solid educations, guidance from Seniors and Masters and designed mechs for various subsidiaries and divisions of the Clive Consortium. Their work experience surpassed that of the mech designers of Team Larkinson while their talents weren't bad. _{frёewebnoѵēl.com}

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