The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5196

Ves continued to attend various sessions over the course of the second and third day.

His next obligation was scheduled to take place on the fourth day of the conference, which left him with plenty of time to learn and absorb new insights.

As he continued to attend a wide variety of sessions, he became exposed to a lot of new information.

He also became more familiar with a lot of other Survivalists besides Jovy Armalon, Vayro Goldstein and the Polymath.

This was particularly important as Ves urgently needed to expand his network. A tier 4 galactic citizen was already a side leader in human civilization.

Normally, these kinds of distinguished figures invested decades if not centuries of their life on climbing up the ladder a single rung at a time. This gave them plenty of time and opportunities to form new business relationships and make a lot of friends.

Ves had somehow made an enormous shortcut that caused him to skip much of this essential process. This resulted in many deficiencies which he hoped to mitigate over the course of this conference.

Jovy happened to understand this as well. At the start of the third day, he invited a few of his friends and peers to partake in breakfast together.

"Ves, let me introduce you to my friends, colleagues, rivals, collaborators and so on. They're only Journeymen for the time being, but they all have a chance of catching up to us in the future."

"There is no need to stroke our wounded egos." A woman responded. "You defeated us all and won first place in our race. Ah, it is an honor to meet with you in person, Professor Larkinson. I am Kelly Herrera. My great-grandfather is a senior official of the Mech Trade Association back in the old galaxy. Would you prefer to be addressed by your title?"

The female Journeyman wore a modern but fairly subdued black suit that gave off the impression of an assistant. The only obvious touch of personality in her appearance was her hair. She had styled her purple locks in the form of waves in constant motion.

Ves dismissively waved his hand. "We are not too far apart in terms of age. We're also mech designers. We should treat each other as colleagues and professionals who share similar passions for mechs."

"You are much more approachable than I expected." Kelly smiled in response.

The man standing next to her made a short bow as he introduced himself.

"It is an honor and a pleasure to meet you, Professor Larkinson. I am Journeyman Polak Neziri. My grandfather is a Master Mech Designer who also remains in the Milky Way Galaxy, much to my regret."

Polak Neziri posssessed darker skin and striking orange eyes that were clearly cybernetic in nature.

Ves found it curious that Kelly and Polak felt the need to state their family connections right away. It was as if he wouldn't take these RA Journeymen seriously if they lacked sufficient backing.

He had to admit that it was handy to know this sort of information. He could make a lot of inferences about the RA Journeyman right from the start and avoid a lot of misunderstandings.

The last man introduced himself as well.

"I am Osman Carter-Tezrein. I was born in a second-rate state, but the Mech Trade Association recruited me when I was young and started to attain excellent results in school."

That was certainly different from the rest! Jovy, Kelly and Polak were all born and raised within the Mech Trade Association. This affected them in many ways. It was refreshing to meet with a mecher who possessed space peasant roots.

Once they all sat down and started to order breakfast, they began to chat with each other.

The conversation started off awkward as there was a pretty big status gap between Ves and the rest.

Ves had made several assurances that he did not care for etiquette and formality. This finally enabled them to speak without too many pretenses.

As mech designers, Ves expressed a lot of curiosity towards the specializations of Jovy's friends and peers.

"I have chosen to specialize in designing transphasic armor systems, which is classified as a Class III design philosophy." Kelly Herrera responded as she left her materialized plate of food untouched. "Many mech designers in the Association have made the same decision as this is an exciting new subject where Masters such as my great-grandfather have yet to make too many advancements."

This was not unusual. Back in his fleet, his subordinate Sara Voiken already started to shift her focus to transphasic armor systems as well.

"What aspect of transphasic armor systems are you hoping to improve?"

"Mass." Kelly responded. "To be more precise, I am researching a method to reduce the effective mass of the armor system of a mech. We know that phase whales and phase lords are actually much larger and more enormous than they appear in the open. They are able to manipulate phasewater to produce a dimensional folding effect that reduces their size, but that does not necessarily explain where all of their mass has gone. Somehow, they can also fold their mass in a manner in which they can shunt it in other dimensions that are less consequential. This is how they can make themselves lighter and faster. Some phase lords are better at this than others. I think I do not need to explain the advantages if we can apply the same principles to mechs."

She did not. This had great implications for any sort of mech, with light mechs benefiting more than others!

Mass was a great necessity for mechs as denser and heavier metals usually translated into stronger defenses.

However, light mechs could least afford to pile up on too much mass as it would make them too big and too sluggish!

If Kelly managed to produce several breakthroughs in her work, then she might be able to find a way to greatly increase the resilience of a light mech without impacting its mobility!

The only downside that Ves could think of was that the cost of production and repairs would probably skyrocket, but that was not a serious problem if this powerful new solution was confined to high-end mechs.

"How much progress have you made in your main research projects?" Ves curiously asked.

"We have made modest results so far, but not to the degree that it will change the landscape of light mechs overnight." She replied. "It will take many more years to attain more progress if there are no sudden discoveries that can help us leap forward."

That meant that she was unlikely to advance to the rank of Senior anytime soon. Ves did not look down on her, though. Kelly sounded like a typical late bloomer who bet big on a groundbreaking specialization but needed to work a lot more to reap the fruits of her efforts.

"The traditional image of a multi-pilot mech is a slightly larger machine that features a cockpit where two or more pilots sit next to each other in tandem." _{fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm}

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