The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4950

Chapter 4950 How To Progress Quickly

As the banquet progressed, Ves increasingly felt more gratified with the attitudes of his fellow clansmen.

In the last couple of years, he always had the sense that his clan had grown too large for him to control.

It was a bit difficult for many Larkinsons to continue to look up to a Journeyman Mech Designer.

The story was different now that he had become a Senior Mech Designer.

While it was not as good as attaining the rank of Master Mech Designer, people were already accustomed to seeing Seniors in positions of authority.

This was because the majority of Seniors tended to advance to this rank when they were in their sixties or later.

Mech designers who had overcome their youth and climbed their way to this level of success were no longer young and inexperienced. They had all attained the mentality and the qualifications to assume responsibility over important duties.

Even if Ves personally thought that he hadn't gotten rid of his wild and adventurous streak, he was more than happy to take advantage of the common stereotype of Seniors.

From the reactions of his fellow Larkinsons, he already understood that his authority within the clan had restored to its peak. It was trivially easy for him to implement his ideas. People would actively bend over in order to accommodate his request as long as it wasn't too unreasonable.

"Can you tell us more about the mech that ultimately triggered your breakthrough?" Beatrice Hendrix curiously asked. "I already have access to the basic details about the Dullahan Project, but what is the most important factor that caused your design philosophy to make so much progress? You don't have to be too specific about it. I only want to learn from your example so that I can save a few years myself."

Half a year had passed since Ves successfully invited one of his former competitors at the Twin Weapons Tournament.

Just as expected, Beatrice adapted well enough to the Larkinson Clan.

It did not matter whether she fully agreed with the values of the clan or its penchant for risk-taking.

The huge amount of resources the clan had at its disposal was reason enough alone for the talented Journeyman Mech Designer to feel grateful about joining this club every day!

Ves figured that Beatrice Hendrix would soon be ready to get into full gear. He already had a few upcoming mech design projects in mind where she could make full use of her specialization in modular armor systems.

"I cannot say too much about the most promising features of the Dullahan Project." He said as he gestured around the dining hall. This was anything but a suitable venue to explore sensitive and confidential topics. "What I can say is that our latest completed expert mech is of great significance to my work and design philosophy. I took a gamble and implemented experimental new tech that is not proven to be safe. While I am sure that I have broken a lot of ethical rules in the process, the benefits are also obvious. It is only through bold experimentation that I have been able to become a Senior so quickly."

The laymen around the table all nodded as if the entire story made sense, but the mech designers weren't so easily fooled.

Gloriana and the others started to frown.

"Forgive me for saying so, but you are contradicting yourself." Merill O'Brian spoke up. "Testing untested and highly unsafe design applications is a good way to crash your career. It only takes one deadly accident to force the MTA into censuring you. Mech designers such as us are supposed to serve mech pilots to the best of our ability, and an important part of our duty is to prioritize their safety. How can we make persistent progress when we constantly subject our own clients and customers to unnecessary risks?"

That was indeed a persistent problem with Ves' work. He had few compulsions about holding back and constantly wanted to play around with new ideas. That admittedly caused him to develop a lot of bad habits that he found difficult to shake.

Everyone stared at him in order to hear his answer to this crucial issue. Ves could already tell that his status as a Senior would incur serious damage if he did not provide a satisfactory answer.

"My attitude towards innovation is different from most of you." He began. "It is a bit complicated to explain, but the short version of it is that I recognize that there are already lots of mech designers who are busy with helping mech pilots by developing conventional solutions. I feel no need to follow the crowd because my work won't make that much of a difference anyway."

"You would rather kill yourself than become a generic mech designer." Gloriana said in a familiar tone.

"Just so." Ves grinned. "I have chosen to tread my own path and pioneer an entirely new field of mech design. This has been incredibly rewarding to me so far, but what few people know is that I have to make a lot of difficult decisions on how to proceed. If I slow down and conduct proper studies all of the time, then I would have still been stuck as a Journeyman. Innovation comes at a price, but I have always made sure that the users of my product understand the dangers of benefiting from my latest work. I laid out all of the possible risks and rewards to Venerable Jannzi so that she could make an informed choice. In no way did I ever deceive or coerce her into playing along with my experiments."

"Was it worth it to cooperate with Ves on the Dullahan Project, Jannzi?" Venerable Tusa asked his fellow expert pilot.

"Yes."

Many people reacted with surprise. Everyone knew that Jannzi had a lot of disagreements with Ves. To hear her support his reckless decisions was a bit difficult to accept.

"Are you serious?"

The female expert pilot crossed her arms. "What do you want me to say? I was desperate, okay? My old Shield of Samar has died, but Ves promised to deliver a new expert mech that is at least somewhat related to my old battle partner. He has satisfied this condition and more. I was only able to interface with my brand-new expert mech for a short time, but I can already tell you that my machine has become unbreakable in my hands."

She spoke her words with so much confidence that she painted Ves as a powerful mech designer who could make any dream come true!

Ves smirked. "Do you know that when Jannzi interfaced with the Dulluhan Project for the first time, her resonance strength jumped by more than 50 percent?"

"What?!"

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