The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5265

"Well, that's it about the Diplomacy Plan." Ves concluded his perspective on the Xenotechnician's proposal. "Given how terrible it is, you might assume that I wholeheartedly embraced the Deep Strike Plan. You would be wrong. It is marked by its own flaws. As a plan devised by a god pilot, it should be no surprise that it is just a more sophisticated way of telling everyone to go out and kill as many aliens as possible. The only clever parts about it is that it provides incentives for people to play along and adds a strategic outlook that seeks to strike where the aliens are weak. Other than that, this plan rests on incredibly shaky grounds. It relies on assumptions that might not come true, such as being able to convert the greater beyonder gate into a deep strike delivery mechanism."

After more than an hour of explaining his thoughts in a remarkably candid manner, his lecture had thoroughly shocked his audience.

The students all did a good job at maintaining a proper image, but Ves could easily tell that many of them were shell shocked by how much direct criticism they heard against the faction leaders of the Survivalist Faction.

The fact that Ves did not intend to let off the Fist of Defiance that he supposedly backed after ruling out the other alternatives was yet another shocking development!

Ves knew quite well what he was doing. He did not really care at all whether his words crossed a few lines.

He had become way too important to let inconsiderable remarks be the cause of his downfall.

He gave up on a lot of exclusivity when he presented innovations such as companion spirits and the transcendence glow to the Red Association.

However, the tradeoff was that the mechers intended to rely so much on his work that he had become an indispensable figure in their eyes!

What also made him feel at ease was the knowledge that the faction leaders were not narrow-minded enough to punish Ves if he insulted them in any way.

They were far too famous and prominent to avoid criticism. Just because most people had the sense not to say nonsense did not mean that everyone abided by this wisdom.

Still, even a tier 3 galactic citizen like Ves could get away with remarks like these because the top leaders of red humanity had better things to do with their time.

What Ves was doing amounted to more than voicing his displeasure at the leaders of the Survivalist Faction.

One of the reasons why he did not hesitate to talk critically was because he wanted to make clear that he had not fallen in lockstep with the Survivalists and the mechers.

He needed to convey a clear separation between himself and the Red Association without being too direct about it. He also wanted to communicate to the Terrans and hopefully the Rubarthans that his agreements with the mechers did not prevent him from cooperating with others.

Voicing his criticisms was a good way to send this multi-layered message. Ves had no doubts that the full recording or a transcript of it would spread around and fall into the hands of a lot of interested parties.

These people should all be clever enough to figure out his true intentions. That should hopefully lay the groundwork for future cooperation.

Of course, just because he had ulterior motives in mind did not mean he neglected the actual lesson. He truly wanted these students to derive useful insights from his critical analysis of all three plans.

"The Deep Strike Plan is not a good plan in my opinion." Ves plainly said. "Others might say otherwise, and that is their right, but I see it as the least-bad option out of a collection of awful options. This is reality. Ideal solutions are all too rare. The only way you can cope with a problem is to settle for the most acceptable compromise. The Fist of Defiance at least managed to get that right, which is a remarkable accomplishment considering that for all of their intelligence, the two Star Designers dragged down their own plans by making awful and outright unacceptable tradeoffs!"

One of the biggest reasons why Ves had lost a lot of respect for these amazing designers was because they were insufferably arrogant about the fact that they were right.

"I will let you in on a little secret. Even the greatest designers among us can still make mistakes. Human behavior is one of the most complex subjects that you can model. Only a truly omniscient being can properly account for every variable. For all of their awesome power and design capabilities, the Xenotechnician and the Polymath are still too far away from reaching this point. Their calculations are all based on incomplete data and faulty assumptions. Even Star Designers cannot escape the concept of garbage in, garbage out. The Polymath is especially prone to this kind of mistake."

Nobody in the lecture hall knew the Star Designers well enough to determine whether these words of criticism were true.

They weren't really interested in investigating any further!

Ves inwardly shook his head at the sight. He felt a little disappointed that none of his students exhibited any courage at this time. They were all thinking about how to avoid as much trouble as possible.

While Ves did not blame these students for trying to minimize their own risks in a society where a single mistake could doom their entire careers, he still found it sad that they couldn't freely share their own opinions.

Oh well.

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