The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4987

4987 Getting a Pass

Professor Gina Cavendish turned out to be a friendly and approachable mecher.

Of course, Ves understood quite well that the main reason why the woman took the initiative to present herself in the best possible light was because of the value of her conversation partners.

Gloriana may be just a Journeyman Mech Designer, but her design philosophy had a lot of potential. There was no harm in spending a relatively modest amount of effort in order to obtain a huge future payout.

Unlike his wife, Ves had already realized a portion of his immense potential. With fantastic mechs such as the Dullahan Project and the Phobos serving as the most up-to-date representatives of his design capabilities, not even the stuffy and arrogant first-raters dared to claim they could design mechs with similar functions!

The best they could do was to lean on their own strengths to design mechs that outperformed the latest two Larkinson expert mechs, but that was not really a victory as their own works could not possibly replicate anything comparable to the Carmine System and the Geist System. _{freewёbnoνel.com}

Just as Ves predicted, the 70-ish year old Senior Meeh Designer soon shifted the conversation to his latest design applications.

"According to the design schematics and our current scans, there is much about the Phobos that still eludes our understanding." The female mecher primarily spoke to Ves. "As the lead designer of this special project, you should be able to provide additional clarification so that we have a better understanding of where the strength of your Phobos lies and how you managed to turn it into a masterwork mech."

Though Professor Cavendish did not sound too insistent, she clearly expected to receive a substantive answer.

Ves did not really want to reveal too much about the Phobos, but it was not wise to defy the Mech Trade Association too openly.

Since he couldn't reject this request, he may as well embrace the opposite approach and build up as much goodwill with the Mech Supremacists as possible.

After all, if Ves wanted to popularize the Carmine System and the Blood Pact across the entirety of human space one day, he needed the support of as many factions and groups as possible.

"I am sure you have already managed to figure out the obvious stuff." Ves casually answered. "The selection of resonating exotics, active stealth system and so on present a pretty clear package of how our new expert stealth mech is supposed to function in the field. What is not as clear is that it contains a lot of hidden design elements that cannot be recorded through conventional sensors. They are core extensions of my design philosophy."

Professor Cavendish had clearly done her homework, so she did not question this statement. "It is usually not that difficult to detect the psionic energy that you have invested in your living mechs, but the Phobos is an anomaly as I find it difficult to read it. This is a remarkable feat and one that is highly suited for a stealth mech."

"The Phobos would have been a failed product if you were able to detect that there is anything special about it." Ves smirked. "I put special attention into making it as undetectable to those with special senses as possible. One of my goals is to make it as effective at assassinating opposing expert mechs as possible. I believe that I have made good strides into fulfilling this goal. What is even better is that it will only improve upon this aspect over time."

That caught Cavendish's attention. "Truly? Have you already formed a plan to upgrade this design feature?"

Ves shook his head. "I do not necessarily need to do anything. Have you forgotten about the defining trait of my living mechs? The Phobos will automatically grow and develop its psionic properties over time. My machine has plenty of room for growth and will continue to develop the traits that best accommodate the mission profile."

Reading and hearing about it was one thing, but having it told was another.

Professor Cavendish looked at the Phobos with much more respect, especially now that she could deduce that the expert mech's metaphysical qualities played a massive role.

"How assured are you that it can assassinate an opposing expert mech?"

Neither Ves nor Gloriana knew the answer.

"We don't know. We have never put the Phobos to the test." Ves told her. "Much of this is new to us and we have employed a lot of new experimental tech into the design. However, our expectations are already high."

"I see We shall he patient and wait for further results There is one aspect of your Phobos that we would like you to comment upon. The 'Geist System' apparently occupies a high place of importance to your expert mech. However, it is a profoundly odd and seemingly illogical addition to your expert mech. Can you please explain in your own words how it enhanced the effectiveness of your expert stealth mech?"

The MTA Senior finally addressed the elephant in the room. Ves struggled to decide what he should say and how much he should reveal.

The mechers should have already been able to figure out a lot of secrets by themselves, but it was still different from spoon feeding them the answers.

"The Geist System is a product of multiple disciplines coming together to bridge the gap between psionic manifestations and material outcomes." Ves spoke up. "To put it as simple as possible, it is a crude and highly experimental attempt to leverage the special ability of expert pilots to distort reality with their willpower in a more structural and mechanical fashion."

"In other words, your Geist System is an attempt to weaponize willpower."

"That is about right. The exact mechanics are difficult to explain as they pertain to theories that require you to make a lot of assumptions, many of which may be counterintuitive to you. I have worked closely with both Cormaunt Hempkamp and Master Benedict Cortez to develop the structural parts and systems that are necessary to better extract the power of not one, but two expert pilots."

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