The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5037

5037 Diverse Strengths

The battle against the wheednar raiding fleet presented the Golden Skull Alliance with a chance for the mech forces to test how much progress they had made since their last engagement.

Ves, Ketis and many other mech designers confirmed the effectiveness of their newer mech models while also gathering ideas for future additions.

As the battle continued to unfold, it became clear that the mechs of the Larkinson Clan performed the best due to various reasons!

In a circumstance where skill was not as important as hard power, it was rather surprising that the Larkinson mechs managed to exhibit so much combat effectiveness against opponents as tough as warships!

The Larkinson Clan had never been shy about investing more in the development and production cost of its own mechs.

The living qualities of every mech made a substantial difference in boosting the control of every mech pilot. With two minds working for the same purpose, every living mech had a higher chance of surviving an engagement as it was easier for both human and machine to detect incoming threats in advance!

Aside from that, the Larkinson mechs all possessed a large diversity of quirks and gimmicks that all made them better at their respective jobs!

Nonetheless, the mech units hailing from the other partners of the Golden Skull Alliance tried their best not to fall behind. Each of them managed to showcase their strengths.

For example, the Glory Seekers mainly favored the Hexer mechs designed by Ves and Gloriana.

The Valkyrie Redeemer and its variants as well as the and Maiden of Adversity had become the mainstays of the Wodin-sponsored mech force.

While neither of them were completely suited to fight against warships, their strong and distinctive glows augmented their performance where it mattered the most.

For example, the Glory Seekers quickly discovered that the suppressive glows of their Valkyrie mechs easily passed through the intact transphasic energy shields and any other obstacle.

A lot of wheednar crew members either collapsed in fright or made erratic movements that prevented them from focusing on their duties!

As more and more Valkyrie mechs surrounded a wheednar cruiser and directed their identical glows at the alien hull, Helena's strong and oppressive presence began to envelop the ship from all angles!

The consequences were obvious. The ship's responses slowed down. Her gun batteries fired less frequently while her transphasic energy shields depleted faster than before.

The ship even began to launch escape pods despite the sheer idiocy of this action!

Naturally, the Glory Seeker mechs easily cut down the escape pods with ease.

The enemy cruiser vessel did not last long under the combined with the attacks launched by the Glory Seeker mechs.

The Hexer mech pilots did not even have to call upon the assistance of any expert mechs to finish off their prey!

The other alliance partners did not possess any special tricks, but were still capable of wearing down the defenses of the enemy warships in their own ways.

Master Benedict Cortez designed a lot of mechs for the Cross Clan that possessed expanded energy reserves compared to other machines.

Energy was the root of a mech's combat power.

Any Crosser ranged mech was able to fire more powerful shots at extended periods of time!

Any Crosser melee mech was able to carry around more armor and strike considerably harder!

In this battle against an alien raiding fleet, the Cross Clan mainly fielded its ranged mechs this time.

These larger rifleman mechs wielded much larger energy rifles that fired thick beams that straightforwardly dealt more damage without any other-bells and whistles!

Their mech pilots confidently kept pulling the trigger against the warships in their sights with the knowledge that their mechs could take the strain!

The Adelaide mechs on the other hand weren't as tough and filled with energy as that of the Cross Clan.

As a mercenary force, the Adelaides placed a high priority on mobility. They expressly sent out a lot of faster and less sluggish mechs this time as they were least likely to get hit by stupendously powerful warship attacks.

The Adelaide Third Fleet indeed suffered the least casualties out of the five partners of the Golden Skull Alliance.

None of their mechs were slow or burdened with too much armor and equipment. Although their corresponding firepower was not as impressive, they fought a lot more confidently as they took advantage of their faster speeds and acceleration to frustrate the aim of enemy warship gun batteries as much as possible.

The Boojay mechs were perhaps the least suited to combat against warships. Their heavy emphasis on melee combat meant that they did not possess as many powerful ranged mechs that could wear down the defenses of alien vessels from a comfortable distance.

Nonetheless, the Boojays had made some adaptations as many of their machines carried hammers instead of swords and spears.

Equipped with heavy blunt weapons, the Boojay melee mechs relied on momentum to deliver powerful impacts against transphasic energy shields!

When Ves briefly directed his attention at the mechs fielded by the wannabe Terrans, he raised his eyebrows when he noticed that the simple-looking hammers were actually a bit more effective than they looked!

"Those aren't regular hammers." Ves noted.

He studied the sensor readings a bit more and figured out what made them special.

"They have actually impregnated the hammerheads with a little bit of phasewater!"

Even if the Boojay Family had been unwilling to expend more than a couple of drops of phasewater for each hammer, when approximately an entire mech regiment's worth of melee mechs began to drain a large warship's protection within a single minute!

This little demonstration taught Ves not to underestimate any pioneering organization. The Boojays spent enough time in the frontier to adapt to its new realities. They wouldn't have chosen to join the Golden Skull Alliance if they hadn't made any preparations to fight against the aliens!

As much as Ves and the other leaders were willing to let their mech units prove their mettle and finish off this relatively weak fleet of alien warships by themselves, the losses would be too great.

This was why the Golden Skull Alliance leaned heavily on its high-end mechs and other measures to quickly neutralize this alien raiding fleet.

While the three ace mechs continued to distract and drain the defenses of the most powerful orven battleship, the Larkinsons and Glory Seekers finally prepared to launch their most devastating attacks against enemy warships.

"Prepare the battle formations!"

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