Every ch academy possessed chs to allow their pupils to experience what it was like to pilot actual machines.
A ch pilot that trained exclusively with virtual chs would never perform well on the battlefield. There were simply too many lessons that could only be learned while piloting a physical ch!
For this reason, ch academies demanded special chs that specifically accommodated their desire to educate ch cadets.
This was the origin of teaching chs. They differed from normal combat chs in several ways.
First, their lethality ca under heavy restraints. Whether permanently or conditional, the firepower and damage potential of these chs had to be reined in and kept under control.
A single ordinary ch was easily capable of wiping out an entire city block in an instant! Putting so much destructive potential in the hands of partially-trained teenagers was a disaster in the making!
Therefore, teaching chs had to be designed from the ground up with many safeguards. Remote kill switches along with hard limits on performance allowed ch academies to field chs that weren't capable of killing hundreds of students or wiping out entire schools.
The second requirent of teaching chs was that they should offer a realistic learning experience to ch cadets. This ant that teaching chs had to resemble combat chs to a sufficient degree so that the people that piloted them could easily transition to piloting full-strength chs in the future.
Obviously, the second requirent partially contradicted the first requirent. In many cases, ch academies tended to favor safety over providing a more realistic piloting experience.
Cheaper teaching chs were only capable of fulfilling one of these priorities. ch academies had to spend much more to obtain teaching chs that were both safe and effective!
The third requirent was that they needed to provide as much protection as possible to its current pilot. If the ch cadet improperly handled the ch or suffered so sort of accident, the young student could easily put his own life at risk!
Teaching chs needed to be robust enough to keep the pilot alive in the event of an accident. Basic mistakes such as the ch losing its footing and tripping on its feet could easily damage the cockpit of a fragile ch. Such incidents happened quite a lot in the early years. If a ch couldn't protect its ch pilot upon falling, it wasn't suitable teaching ch!
The fourth and last requirent of a teaching ch was that it had to be cost-effective. It not only needed to co at an affordable price, it also had to be resilient enough to withstand daily abuse for a very long ti.
The longer the teaching ch lasted, the less money the ch academy had to spend on servicing, repairing and replacing it. These activities just happened to be the primary reasons why ch academies went bankrupt!
When rrill calmly explained these requirents, she finally revealed how her ch design proposal tied into them. "The Chiron is an adjustable ch design that aims to provide an individualized teaching experience to any ch cadet that uses it for practice."
The projection of the Chiron displayed the proposed design in several different ways. Sotis, the ch wielded a sword. Other tis, it held a rifle. So of the Chirons were taller and others were shorter. Half of the chs featured a flight system and the rest could only walk on land.
The assistants observing the projection still recognized the sa underlying DNA, but they were confused why the ch ca in so many versions.
"The main emphasis of the Chiron is its adaptability. It is a humanoid ch that is designed to match the ch cadet's physique as best as possible. As everyone knows, people are always the best at controlling their own bodies. The Chiron takes advantage of this fact by incorporating several shape-changing chanisms that can adjust its physical proportions."
There was more to the adaptability trait than just changing the length of its limbs.
"In addition, the Chiron is not specifically reserved to a single ch type. Just like the Bright Warrior, its overall configuration is partially modular. With the right configuration and loadout, it can function as a knight ch, a swordsman ch, a lancer ch, a rifleman ch and so on to a realistic degree. While the combat effectiveness of each configuration isn't very strong, a teaching ch doesn't need to be powerful."
Miles Tovar interrupted her presentation. "All of this sounds good, but adaptable and adjustable teaching chs aren't foreign concepts. The more exclusive and well-funded ch academies often possess a number of them to train so of their elite ch cadets."
"That's a fair point." rill nodded in acknowledgent. "What I have ntioned up to this point is not strictly new. What makes the Chiron stand out from adaptable teaching chs is the added value of its glow."
She manipulated the projection again, causing the Young Blood and the Old Soul to appear alongside the Chiron.
"The Young Blood is a spear-wielding knight ch that teaches ch cadets how to pilot lee chs. According to user feedback, its ch pilots always feel as if there is sothing inside the ch that helps them in battle and points out the areas they need to work on. The Old Soul performs a similar function in the form of a marksman ch. Both of these chs are products of Mr. Larkinson in the beginning of his career when he was just an Apprentice."
Her hand gestured towards the Chiron. "Now that our clan patriarch has grown in strength and developed his design philosophy, what would it be like to design a new teaching ch that reflects his current ability? If we look back at his most recent ch designs such as the Doom Guard, it is easy to imagine that the effectiveness of a teaching ch like the Chiron will be at least an order of magnitude greater than the Young Blood and Old Soul!"
Those who were aware of the two virtual chs understood the potential of the Chiron better. However, even the assistants who beca exposed to the virtual chs for the first ti understood the implication of a teaching ch with a complintary glow.
If it was truly possible to design such a ch, then any ch cadet who piloted such a machine would essentially be able to receive instruction on a transcendental level!
Though such an amazing teaching ch did not replace the role of ch instructors and other teaching thods, it was a very fantastic complent that could make ch cadets beco more outstanding.
Ves had instantly fallen in love with the ch concept when he first glimpsed it. The Chiron was simply too useful for him to pass up. He was also confident he could bestow it with a glow that facilitated the learning process!
He grinned. "The Chiron is an excellent example of a ch concept that takes a familiar and established premise but puts an entirely new spin on it with the help of a distinctive design philosophy. In fact, this is how several successful ch designers are able to stand out in the market. It is not enough to design a ch that is rely a retread of what the competition has already offered. You need to leverage your strengths and make the most out of your specialty."
He turned his attention to the projection and caused it to display so of his products that best reflected his point. The Desolate Soldier, the Deliverer and the Doom Guard each made a mark on the ch market due to their unique and distinctive strengths. This was despite their less ostentatious technical paraters.
"The Desolate Soldier is just a budget spaceborn rifleman ch. Yet because I imparted it with a glow that is based on duty, it has beco a pivotal ch that successfully bolstered the morale of millions of ch pilots and starfighter pilots during the Sand War."
Ves shifted to the Deliverer.
"While my Deliverer ch was only relevant for a couple months, its impact in the later stages of the Sand War was only slightly less than the Desolate Soldier. In the hands of many ch pilots, it is rely a very unwieldy and clumsy spaceborn marksman ch. Yet as long as a devout Ylvainan ch pilot enters the cockpit, the ch's glow will finally settle in, allowing the Deliverer to gain an uncanny ability to snipe out sandman admirals in an imnse swarm!"
He turned to the Doom Guard last.
"As for the Doom Guard, I'm sure that all of you need no introduction. Stripped of its glow, it is rely a well-designed spaceborn striker ch. Yet the glow that has caused it to beco known as a fear machine not only adds another facet to this machine, but also complints its role. Hardly any other striker ch is as good in area denial than our latest comrcial product!"
The assistant ch designers weren't stupid. They all understood the underlying point that Ves was trying to make. It wasn't enough to design ordinary chs. To make a proposal worthwhile for the LMC to pursue, it had to take advantage of the company's unique design strengths!
Right now, two Journeyn presided over the LMC's Design Departnt. Gloriana's especially was very strong in the right circumstances, but it wasn't easy to work with. In most mass-production models, her design philosophy mainly worked in the background.
This ant that the glows that Ves could bestow with his design philosophy should play a prominent role in any ch design proposal! The right glow could achieve a transformative effect on the value and utility of a ch design. The LMC would be stupid to neglect this unique advantage!
"Do you understand, now?" Ves asked.
Everyone nodded their heads. They looked like chicks as realization dawned upon most of them. Aside from a few clever assistants who ford this conclusion on their own, the rest only realized until now what they missed!
Ketis still raised her hand, though. "I get what you are trying to say, but I think it's not good if everyone here obsesses too much about glows. This is sothing that belongs to you, not us. We can only borrow your strength, but we can never own it ourselves."
As expected of his student. As amazing as his design philosophy appeared to be, she was determined to follow her own path! The temptation of other specialties never swayed her from her own goals!
"You are right." He replied with a smile. "All of you can learn sothing from her. That said, right now, you are all employed by the LMC. As assistant ch designers, your primary role is to assist the lead designers. Part of that job entails learning about the specialties of your superiors so that you can take them into account in your work."
This was one of the unfortunate realities of their low positions. Assistants did not have the right to impart all of their own ideas and preferences in a ch design. They had to abide by the ideas and preferences of the lead designers instead!
Ves decided to give them a bit of hope. "It's a different story if you beco a contributing designer or lead designer. As long as you work hard and develop your design philosophy, you might advance to Journeyman one day. At that point, you no longer have to withhold your own ideas. Within the LMC, Journeyn are qualified enough to make their own mark in our ch designs!"
It would take years or decades for those with spiritual potential to reach this point. As for the assistants who lacked this quality, they might have work on other people's behalf for their entire careers.
He found it a pity to let so much talent to waste. The presence or absence of spiritual potential decided the lives of many ambitious people without their knowing.
Perhaps he could do sothing about this. He managed to force William Urbesh into an expert candidate. He might be able to do the sa with so of his assistant ch designers.
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