The Mech Touch

, the Vesian expert mech didn ’t incurred any serious damage! Its defensive and regenerative abilities were too disgusting!

Ketis continued her explanation.
”The Silver Valencia is an upgraded version of our Devil Razor model.
What they both share in common is that they ’re fast, flexible and strong.
Mayra experimented with pairing our Devil Razors and Silver Valencias with many types of swords before settling for a broad, straight sword.
Its strength and heft makes it suitable for hacking shields and tough exteriors. ”

”I don ’t think my hero mech needs to wield something so cumbersome.
I ’m operating on a very generous budget for this commission.
We can make use of very strong alloys to pair my hero mech with a slimmer sword. ”

”I don ’t think that will fit with your design. ” She shook her head.
”With the strength your hero mech is capable of exerting, it should do fine with a smaller sword, but it ’s really a waste of its potential to me.
You want to design a high-impact mech, right? To me, your hero mech is more like a juggernaut than a fencer.
Pairing it with a strong and hefty sword allows it to forgo any fancy techniques and instead rely on pure strength to overcome its opponents. ”

Ves frowned a bit.
That didn ’t sit very well with his original intentions.

”My original intention is that my mech should provide ample space for the mech pilot to exploit their considerable skills.
I tried to achieve a good balance between finesse and brute force. ”

”I don ’t think that ’s the way to go here. ” She shook her head.
”An ordinary swordsman mech wouldn ’t be troubled because it can adapt with its entire mech frame.
It ’s different with your hero mech because the other half of its frame is dedicated to operating a rifle.
That pretty much limits the amount of finesse your hero mech can display. ”

It became clear that Ves hadn ’t put enough thought between balancing force and finesse.
The high-impact mech he envisioned should possess a lot of speed, but his draft design incorporated a lot of flexibility in order to provide his mech with a lot of room to perform advanced techniques.

However, according to Ketis, that should be necessary.

”I don ’t think it ’s worth the effort to add all of that extra agility and weaken the structural integrity of your mech as a consequence.
It might not seem as if momentum-based combat is very complicated, but it ’s far harder to pull off in practice because you need to plan your moves ahead. ”

Ves recognized where he made a mistake.
He initially designed his draft design not too long after returning from his latest Mastery experience.

Witnessing a Terran mech pilot operate his mech in combat gave him a warped perspective on what a mech pilot was capable of.
Ves unconsciously designed a mech with Terran design sensibilities by giving the mech pilot too many options at the cost of overall integrity of the mech.

While the Terrans tried to encompass as many fighting styles as possible, the mech designers of the galactic rim always chose to give up versatility in favor specialization!

Ves appreciated Ketis for pointing out this oversight.
While his design choice didn ’t turn his hero mech into trash, it wasn ’t very optimal either.

After some thought, he decided to put his trust in Ketis.
”I ’ll let you try and decide what sword is best for the hero mech.
No matter if its a rapier, a broadsword, a scimitar or whatever, as long as you have a good explanation, I ’ll accept your design choices! ”

”I won ’t disappoint you, Ves! ”

He transferred some of his design files to Ketis and packed her off after giving her some instructions.

This would be the first time he made use of a subordinate mech designer in this fashion.
Ves felt as if a weight lifted off his shoulders.
By passing on some responsibilities to another mech designer, he no longer depended exclusively on his own judgement.

”I should flesh out my design team with other specialists. ”

He thought about Carlos for a moment.
Hopefully, his old friend would be able to get over his jealousy.

While Carlos didn ’t sound as if he locked in his design philosophy, a mech designer who specialized in heavy guns was very useful to Ves when he wanted to design a ranged mech.

”Both Ketis and Carlos can help me design the offensive aspects of my mech. ”

If Ves wanted to round out his design team, then he should add mech designers who specialized in defense and mobility.
As long as he completed his collection, he ’d be able to adopt a different style of mech design where he could entrust his subordinates to perform the bulk of the actual design work.

Even if he lessened his involvement, with his growing Spirituality, Ves was sure he ’d be able to maintain the strength of the X-Factor of his designs.

His current decision to give Ketis an opportunity to contribute to his mech design was both an experiment and a time-saving decision.
As long as Ketis made some successful contributions, Ves knew that he could proceed with involving other mech designers in his design projects.

At this time, a loud alarm sounded outside.
Every Ylvainan outside thought that something disastrous would take place and quickly ran for shelter.

At the same time, the Protectors of the Faith who guarded the guest compound began to enter a state of higher alertness.
Every Kronon mech pilot who was off-duty all donned their piloting suits and boarded their dormant mechs!

”What ’s going on?! ”

Gavin quickly arrived at his room.

”Ves! It ’s a disaster! ”

”Do you know what happened? ”

”I just managed to read the news before the Ylvainans locked down the galactic net.
Apparently, the True Believers broke into the grand cathedral and stole their holy relic! ”

Ves widened his eyes.
That must have been Lucky! But why did the Ylvainans suspect the True Believers were behind the theft?

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