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The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5242

Chapter 5242 Separation Anxiety

Ves questioned himself whether he had made the right choice during his talk with the Polymath.

The compensation that he managed to extract from her was considerably valuable. He had managed to secure a powerful benefit that the Association ordinarily reserved for its own troops.

The EdNet could be used to quickly transform random third-raters and second-raters into reasonably competent first-raters. It could turn an average first-rater into a highly knowledgeable expert in his own area of expertise.

All it would take was to spend a few years in a long-term simulator pod in order to undergo up to 20 years worth of virtual classes and training!

The Polymath could not overstate how much of an advantage this conveyed to a lot of people.

Although the downsides of this amazing implementation of high technology impacted mech pilots a lot worse than other professionals, it was still an amazing tool that effectively allowed Ves to transform 5000 Larkinson into first-raters for free!

The fact that the quotas were only valid a single time did not bother him too much. The EdNet was a service that was always in high demand. The waiting list was long as it was extremely expensive to expand its capacity.

In order for the Polymath to provide 5000 extra spots, she essentially had to commit to improving the underlying tech and construct a brand-new facility to accommodate her advancement!

The Polymath did not share the exact cost of researching the tech and constructing this top-of-the-line EdNet facility, but he would not be surprised if the final sum exceeded tens of billions MTA credits!

In a time where the Red Association needed to become disciplined in its spending, the way the Polymath intended to justify this expenditure was to make the facility available to other mechers once the Larkinsons got their turn.

It was one of the many forms of reparations that the repentant Star Designer planned to rely upon to get back into everyone's good graces.

"I could have asked for other concessions, though." Ves furrowed his brows.

He still became plagued by what-ifs after he had concluded the deal. He knew that he could have made a lot of other requests that fell within the Polymath's purview. Her technological accomplishments were massive. She developed so many goodies over the decades that any of them could make Ves a lot more powerful!

Ves could have potentially asked for a top-of-the-line version of the Hyper Chamber. Perhaps he could have gotten away with several decently outfitted Hyper Chambers.

He could have asked for access to a section of her personal library that enabled him to devour restricted knowledge related to the most advanced high technologies such as linking technology.

He could have asked for a huge batch of top-grade first-class materials that were ordinarily reserved for the construction of RA first-class multipurpose mechs.

The most valuable and relevant concession he could ask for was to request a small fleet of first-class carrier vessels that could form the nucleus of his future base of operations!

In the end, Ves gave up all of those possible opportunities for a benefit that he did not intend to use in person!

"Did I make the right choice, Jovy?" He asked his friend as he got teleported back to his stateroom.

His next meetings were scheduled to start a bit later due to the need to get more planning done. Ves could already tell that the Survivalists valued his contributions so much that they would get heavily featured in the Deep Strike Plan.

"It is a worthwhile choice if you value the loyalty and help of your Larkinsons." Jovy responded after a few seconds of thought. "Not everyone in your position would have made the same choice. You could have gotten away with asking for a well-equipped design lab and workshop in the Vulit Central Star Node. As an honorary member of the Red Association, you have the right to live in one of the safest and most fortified human star systems in the new frontier. This is probably the best form of compensation you could ask for that benefits you personally."

"Damn, you're right! Still, a fancy workplace in Vulit doesn't sound so nice if there aren't enough clansmen by my side. I am too accustomed to leading an organization of people that I can trust and rely on that I cannot bring myself to leave almost all of them behind. What happened today has reinforced the value of surrounding myself with peers and subordinates who I can trust with my back."

Although Ves did not think the mechers were awful, they possessed a radically different mindset and priorities.

This was not necessarily a dealbreaker. Ves knew that he had gained enough reputation and prestige to deepen his integration into the Red Association. So long as he showed enough promise and potential, he was confident in his ability to gather a new crowd of supporters among the mechers.

There were way more people within the Association who were still fairly young and decent like Jovy Armalon and his friends!

However, the Association already spent plenty of years indoctrinating them. No matter whether he employed a measure like the Larkinson Network, the ingrained loyalty and affection towards their original organization could be ground away so easily, especially when they were much more mentally resilient compared to the average space peasant!

It all came down to trust. Ves ultimately did not find it prudent to put too much trust in these utilitarian bastards. He would rather pay huge opportunity costs and give up on a lot of other goodies in order to guarantee that he could still surround himself with a reliable core of loyal henchmen.

The subordinates from his clan were thoroughly vetted and had proved their loyalty and dedication to service many times over. They would doubtlessly become incredibly grateful if Ves granted them the opportunity to become first-raters on his account.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt assured that he had made the right call. The Larkinsons were not a set of disposable employees that he could hire and discard at will.

They were family, and one of the principles of the Larkinson Clan was that its members should never abandon each other!

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