The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5326

As Ves held a frank and open discussion with General Axelar Streon about the Ouroboros, the distance between the two had shrunk.

This was the power of secrets.

Holding secrets could alienate people from each other.

Sharing secrets with other people could also bring them closer together.

The latter occurred this time. Though Ves still paid a huge amount of attention to what he was willing to divulge and what he wanted to keep for himself, it was undeniable that he extended a lot of trust towards a Terran that he technically only met for the first time today.

Any outsider would become gobsmacked if they saw Ves getting along with a top-ranking Terran leader shortly after they met each other. Even if the Terrans valued the benefits Ves could bring to the table, they wouldn't show so much deference for fear of weakening their bargaining position!

The Devos Ancient Clan adopted a much more common approach. Time was precious, but time could also be utilized to make more observations and come up with better plans. The Devosans weren't too much in a hurry to conclude a deal with Ves right away.

Axelar was different. He not only recognized an opportunity to solve the root of his living mech's problem, but also intrinsically trusted Ves right away due to their 'special' history with each other.

This essentially allowed Ves and Axelar to sidestep their lack of familiarity, the gap in background and the gap in status and become friends right away!

Since Ves was willing to regard his former Mastery host as a friend who was worthy of trust, he did not hold back in explaining his outline for a possible solution.

"I am not sure if you understand the difficulty of altering the Ouroboros, so let me explain it to you with an analogy."

He waved his hand and projected an image of a generic shuttle.

"Let's say this is the initial version of the Ouroboros. This shuttle is rather basic and decent, but it doesn't do much more than transporting people from A to B. The only good point is that it is completely of my own design. That means that I possess a high understanding of how it is put together and what I need to alter in order to alter its performance in a targeted manner."

General Axelar looked bemused as he floated right behind where Ves was seated.

"People rarely equate my Ouroboros to an ordinary shuttle, but I can already see where you may be going with this. You are saying that once you have made and delivered the shuttle, it passed through the hands of many other designers until it has changed into a vessel that is completely different from your original layout, is that correct?"

"Partially. The basic essence has been preserved, but everything around it has become unrecognizable to me. I don't own these upgrades and additions, and I don't have the slightest clue how they work,"

Ves began to skillfully manipulate the projected image. It started to undergo a 100-year journey of continuous upgrades and expansions.

Initially, the changes were relatively small and tame. The thrusters had been replaced by larger and more powerful ones. The energy shield generator had been updated by a newer model. The contours of the shuttle became a little more streamlined.

However, every half generation or so, the shuttle became subjected to a major overhaul and revision.

In order to represent the jump from a standard mech to an expert mech, Ves no longer adhered to the limitations of a shuttle and directly upgraded it into an armed corvette!

This was a massive transformation, and one that made little sense under ordinary circumstances.

Turning a relatively modest personnel shuttle into a fully fledged starship that could traverse the stars represented an enormous leap!

However, even though the construction had been changed from inside and out, it still retained the vestiges of the original shuttle. The corvette still retained the color scheme, the themes and most importantly the living traits.

The projected vessel continued to evolve according to this pattern. Every year or so, the small warship gained better guns, stronger armor and other iterative upgrades.

Then, the corvette suddenly transformed into a destroyer one day, skipping right past the frigate ship class!

The destroyer became a light cruiser. The light cruiser became a heavy cruiser. The heavy cruiser became a battlecruiser. _{freewёbn૦νeɭ.com}

Now, the mighty warship that had become over 6 kilometers long only needed to undergo one more leap in order to become a fully qualified battleship.

This also happened to be the most expensive and difficult overhaul by far!

A battlecruiser might look big, but her ability to withstand damage was not that great.

A true battleship according to the standards set by the fleeters was that she could resist almost as much damage as she could inflict!

Her entire hull and structure had to consist of the hardest and toughest defensive alloys that humanity could produce.

The vessel also needed to be equipped with the toughest energy shields and possess enough resistance against ECM, spatial effects and more exotic attack methods to remain impervious even when she was struck by weapons of mass destruction!

It was impossible for ordinary states to construct a proper battleship. Even the Terrans and the Rubarthans would have to make major sacrifices to construct such a vessel, not that they had a chance to do so when they were subjected to the taboo against warships.

This was a decent if not completely fitting way to denote the enormous difficulty of turning a peak ace mech into a machine that possessed the qualifications to become a god mech.

"Do you understand now, general?"

"I believe so." General Axelar furrowed his brows. "The transformation from a battlecruiser into a battleship is too much for a man who is only qualified to design a shuttle or a small starship at best. A project of this scope and magnitude is far too great for you to handle by yourself. I suppose we can involve a more qualified designer such as the Grand Mender to do the heavy lifting, but according to you, she does not have the power to solve the fundamental problem of my ship."

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