The tacit cooperation between all of the mech designers had reached a high degree.
Ves and Gloriana had reached the highest degree of cooperation. No matter how many disagreements they might have over the course of their daily lives, they were still a married couple. They genuinely loved each other.
The two also happened to be more familiar with each other's work and theories than others. They may be completely different mech designers, but regular collaborations had caused them to effectively minor in their spouse's respective specializations.
Ketis was a long-time Larkinson mech designer and also cooperated well with the married couple. Her design philosophy along with the addition of Sharpie's extraordinary willpower allowed her to forge much better swords than anyone else in the Larkinson Clan and arguably beyond!
The only downside was that her narrow specialization did not make her good at other kinds of work. Once she finished her only major assignment, it was better if she took a step back and handled all of the miscellaneous duties.
Sara Voiken had joined the Larkinson Clan fairly late, but managed to convince everyone with her competence. She was a clever mech designer in her own right and had largely been responsible for designing the critical transphasic armor system of the Dullahan Project.
Although Ves played a defining role in setting the extraordinary characteristics of the Dullahan Project, Sara definitely designed the bulk of the mech frame!
The Dullahan Project was a space knight first and foremost, so its foundation was heavily tied to its defensive systems. Sara contributed much more to its design than any other mech designer. There was no way to do a good job of fabricating this expert mech without her personal intervention!
As for Master Benedict Cortez, he was the only non-Larkinson to take part in the process. Though he was likely able to do a better job in many areas than a bunch of Journeymen, he did not insist on depriving them of the crucial experience they needed to fuel their growth.
His responsibilities during the fabrication run were much more restrained and low-key than normal.
Normally, the opposite was the norm!
Just as during the time where he fabricated the original version of the Mars, Benedict firmly took the lead and assigned less important responsibilities to the Journeymen of the Larkinson Clan.
It was quite rare for a Master to acquiesce to a more assisting role during a design project, but this was the norm in the eccentric and abnormal Larkinson Clan where a Journeyman was in charge.
Everyone involved understood their respective responsibilities for the following week. No problems occurred at the start as they split up and handled their initial work assignments.
Even Venerable Jannzi knew her own place during this important period of time.
Different from the other Larkinson expert pilots, she had already participated in a similar process before.
She obediently sat down and relaxed as Alexandria appeared above everyone's heads and tied everyone together in a cohesive design network.
The exchange of thoughts, emotions and ideas started right away. The design network immediately became active as a bunch of excited mech designers as well as a highly impatient expert pilot leveraged the new possibilities in an efficient and familiar manner!
They needed all of the help they could get as they quickly got bogged down by the difficulty of realizing the Dullahan Project into a physical form.
Everything had become more advanced and high-end compared to just a few years ago. From using stronger and more exceptional raw materials to handling much more advanced production machines, none of the Larkinson Journeymen would have been able to complete their work assignments proficiently if they did not work hard to improve themselves in the past few years.
"Amazing." Venerable Jannzi uttered as she began to explore all of the complicated numbers and theories flowing across the design network.
She was a pure soldier and never dabbled in science and engineering. That did not stop her from appreciating how much Ves and the others excelled in their respective jobs.
The emotions and passion that the mech designers freely passed on to each other helped a laywoman like Jannzi follow what everyone else was doing to an extent.
For example, Sara Voiken took her time to ramp up by producing the easier mech components first. She wanted to do her best to warm up so that she could fabricate the large quantity of transphasic armor plating and other parts on the best possible footing!
Sara had worked hard to build up a decent understanding of phasewater theory and transphasic armor plating. Although she had managed to get started in these new and exciting fields, she was still too far away from calling herself a master in them. She simply didn't have enough time to complete the studies she deemed necessary to work on a transphasic armor system this good!
Sara did not refuse this challenge because she made special preparations to succeed during this fabrication run.
For one, Sara played a minor role in the development of the customized Bolton Armor.
Out of all of the high-tech developers that the Larkinson Clan turned to, Ves and Sara chose to get in bed with Melmen Advanced Systems once again.
The Larkinsons already cooperated successfully with Melmen numerous times in the past. The ExTrans Armor System of the Riot and the Godkiller Rifle of the Nullifier couldn't have been made without the cooperation of Professor Neihy Almar and her R&D teams!
While the Colonial Federation of Davute's deliberate attempts to court the Larkinson Clan gave its mech designers greater access to more exclusive development companies, Ves still preferred to work with the people and organizations he trusted so long as they were competent enough.
In fact, one of the deciding factors why Ves entrusted Melmen Advanced Systems with developing the Bolton Armor for the Dullahan Project was because his clan owned 7.75 percent of its stock!
The Black Cats never informed Ves that any confidential information about the ExTrans Armor System and the Godkiller Rifle had been leaked over the past few years. Melmen hadn't let the Larkinson Clan down so far in this regard.
In any case, working closely with Melmen Advanced System to develop the Bolton Armor provided a lot of benefits to Sara Voiken.
Not only was she able to put a lot of new and complicated theories to use under the guidance of a much older and more knowledgeable phasewater pioneer, she also learned many subtle nuances that were specific to the Bolton Armor.
Perhaps Sara's ability to fabricate other transphasic armor systems was seriously deficient, but she should barely gain the qualifications to produce a satisfactory version of the Bolton Armor during the current run!
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