Ves was very satisfied with the round of experints. The chs enhanced to 25 percent, 50 percent and 75 percent saturation all stimulated their ch pilots to perform successively better.
The differences were fairly minor at 25 percent saturation, but those who were filled up three-fourths of the way exhibited pretty noticeable improvents in many areas.
The benefits of strengthening the spiritual foundation of his chs were evident. The effects roughly matched his expectations, though he knew that a lot more ti needed to pass before he could witness more drastic results.
If Ves had the leisure to run his experint properly, then he would have left all of the affected Bright Warriors in their current states.
"I can't do that this ti." He whispered to himself. "No matter how curious I am about the differences in their developnt, it's all moot if the pirates beat my forces. I need to survive first before I can explore my ideas further."
He already planned to raise the saturation of every ch to at least 75 percent. This appeared to be the level that most of his Avatars were capable of harnessing.
Trying to pair all of them with chs at 100 percent saturation would likely go very poorly. The two Avatar ch pilots who had been carted off to the infirmary were proof that too much power was not always desirable.
Of course, the biggest surprise ca from the two tis that his test subjects succeeded in interfacing with the most powerful and dangerous group of chs.
The success of Imon Ingvar proved that every ch pilot with spiritual potential t so kind of requirent that allowed them to endure the strain imposed by their chs.
Ves had keenly noticed that once Imon had gotten over the initial bump, the young ch pilot beca increasingly more relaxed. Either the heightened strain was temporary or Imon and his Bright Warrior ch had sohow managed to adjust to each other.
This was a good developnt. After all, a ch pilot that had to effectively resist the pressure of his own ch during battle would actually perform worse in battle! Such an awful outco went against his original intentions. Ves would rather strip his ch of most of their added strength if that was the case.
"I still need to see how this develops in the coming weeks."
The experint hadn't strictly ended after Ves prematurely ended Joshua's chance to pilot his newly-empowered Quint.
While it was possible for growth to happen instantly, Ves knew that his changes needed ti to show their full value.
"Hopefully, the strength of all of the affected chs and ch pilots will evolve quickly enough to make a difference a month later."
Of course, the ch that received most of his attention was the Quint.
When Ves moved to the Redfeather in order to inspect the individual chs, he visited the Quint right away.
Joshua awaited his arrival with a resentful and grumpy expression. He made for a stark contrast with his current ch, which seed to be extraordinarily active on a spiritual level. Its glow had beco richer as well.
The masterwork ch had beco greater than any of the other fully saturated chs. Part of that might be due to its inherent advantage in quality, but Ves guessed that having a fantastic ch pilot like Joshua was also an added benefit.
Before the Quint received its latest boost of strength, its spiritual foundation was already more developed than the regular Bright Warriors, and it was mostly thanks to Joshua.
What took place today largely concurred with his current frawork on chs and spirituality.
When the ch was weak but the ch pilot was strong, the latter slowly nurtured the forr.
Ves inferred that the reverse might also be true.
If the ch was strong but the ch pilot was weak, the latter would experience faster growth. Ves intended to track the improvent of all of the ch pilots that piloted the special chs very closely.
The only snag was that not every ch pilot was capable of getting along with a ch that had grown too powerful.
It was a given that chs that were 100 saturated provided the most benefits to their ch pilots.
The precondition was that the ch pilot was qualified enough to harness such strength.
So far, two ch pilots without spiritual potential failed to finish the bootup process.
To be honest, Ves was dissatisfied with the lack of observations.
What if another spiritually weak Avatar ch pilot managed to get over the most difficult hurdle?
Was it possible for this category of ch pilots to increase their tolerance to the point where they were capable of withstanding the burden?
If not for his current difficulties, Ves would have wanted to follow up on these questions.
For now, he didn't have the luxury to do so. He needed to pursue fast growth with as little complications as possible.
Since no one who piloted a ch at 75 percent saturation experienced any backlash, Ves was already willing to apply this standard to all of the other LMC chs in his fleet.
Aside from perhaps the Doom Guard, Ves wanted to empower as many chs as possible with this new innovation.
Empowering hundreds of chs did not co without a cost. All of those Deliverers, Aurora Titans, Bright Warriors and possibly other chs demanded a lot of spiritual energy to fill them up to 75 percent saturation.
Ves wasn't worried about this issue. Only Goldie had to borrow her spiritual energy. Many of his remaining design spirits weren't short on spiritual energy due to the fact that they presided over mass-produced ch models.
If the amount of chs that needed to be empowered numbered at at least ten-thousand, then Ves might start to worry.
This wasn't a concern this ti because the amount of LMC chs in the fleet was not nurous enough to impose an excessive burden to any design spirit.
Unexpectedly, designing chs for the market provided an added benefit to his current circumstances. His design spirits would have never been so flush with spiritual energy if he had chosen not to sell his chs to the private sector!
Ves knew that he needed to continue with this current course. As his Larkinson Clan grew in numbers, more and more chs had to be enhanced to 75 percent saturation. This was very costly and could quickly deplete the spiritual energy reserves of his design spirits.
The only way to ensure that his Larkinson ch pilots utilized the strongest possible ch was to keep harvesting the spiritual feedback of millions of ch pilots.
"I might even need more if the current limit grows."
When Ves observed certain powerful chs such as the Quint, he noticed that its spiritual foundation was actually stronger than the spiritual foundation of Imon Ingvar's Bright Warrior.
There was still room for growth in this area. The better the ch pilot and the older the ch, the higher its maximum limit reached.
While this entailed many possible dangers to the ch pilots who bonded with these growing chs, Ves believed that they were capable of growing in tandem. A growing ch would never let its ch pilot remain stagnant.
"Sir? When will I be able to pilot the Quint again?"
Ves turned his attention back to the present. "Don't be so impatient. You'll get to pilot it when we need you at your best. Right now is not the ti."
"What? Sir, you can't take the Quint away! I need to pilot it! Please! Just let connect with it for a ti!" Joshua pathetically pleaded.
Unfortunately for the ch pilot, Ves remained unmoved. He already had a thorough plan in mind. No amount of begging would convince him to release the Quint.
He studied his masterwork ch with a critical eye. "I'm going to upgrade the Quint."
"Is that possible?" Joshua looked startled. "I thought that masterwork chs had to remain exactly the sa in order to retain their quality level."
"That's not strictly true." Ves shook his head. "There is still room for change. Otherwise, getting hit even once might ruin the Quint. The most important requirent is to retain the essence of the ch."
Joshua didn't understand much about ch design. All he cared about was how Ves intended to strengthen the Quint.
"What do you intend to improve?"
"I have progressed quite a bit since I completed the Bright Warrior design. I know it well, and I have thought about solving so of the issues inherent in the design whenever I thought back on it. The main complication is that we are still in the Nyxian Gap. Despite all of the plunder that we have obtained, we don't have access to all of the exotics I need to perform the upgrades I want."
"Does that an the Quint won't be as strong as you want it to be, sir?"
Ves grinned. "Oh no. Quite the opposite in fact. We have looted a lot of random exotics, so of which are very powerful or have very interesting effects. It might be possible to combine them into fantastic parts that can add powerful capabilities to the Quint."
Part of the benefits he gained from this experint was that he possessed a deeper understanding of the essence of chs. Though he hadn't proven all of his theories yet, he was confident that he was able to upgrade a masterwork ch.
The Quint was his own work, after all. He possessed a very strong feel for the ch. If soone other than Ves or Gloriana tinkered with the ch, the chances that sothing would go wrong was significantly greater. Yet because Ves was revisiting one of his old works, he rely had to refresh his mory.
Perhaps he could plan his upgrades with Gloriana. Both of them designed the Bright Warrior design after all and two heads were better than one.
In fact, they could also design so upgrades for so other chs.
Joshua's exaggerated reaction towards his enhanced ch suggested that Ves might be able to provide his other expert candidates with opportunities.
Ves intended to replace their current chs with Bright Warriors configured and modified for their specific inclinations.
Perhaps this might actually be a way to exert control over when his expert candidates were able to advance to expert pilots!
In any other circumstance, Ves would have leaped with joy if he found out that this was a viable thod to accelerate the breakthroughs of expert candidates.
Many of them had waited for quite so ti! Even if a formidable pirate fleet was bearing down on Task Force Predator, Ves always doubted whether all of his remaining expert candidates would be able to advance during the decisive battle.
Now, he had cleared much of his doubts.
Of course, Ves and Gloriana would have to perform extensive modifications to customize the new chs to the expert candidates. Aside from Joshua, none of his other remaining expert candidates piloted an LMC ch.
Due to lack of ti and resources, Ves planned to take so Bright Warriors and tailor them their new users.
The versatility of the Bright Warrior design was very helpful at this ti.
Commander Dise was very compatible with the swordsman ch configuration. Ves might even ask Ketis to assist in preparing this specific ch.
As for Commander Orfan, Ves could either hand her a lancer ch configuration or start from a swordsman ch configuration but replace its sword with a spear.
Tusa's case was a bit more difficult. He specialized in light skirmishers. As Ves hadn't designed a serious light ch yet, he wasn't able to provide Tusa with an easy solution.
Spiritual foundation enhancent only worked for LMC chs, so it was not very practical to apply this technique to Tusa's current machine.
Perhaps it might be possible to give Tusa the ch he needed by taking a Bright Warrior and modifying it extensively. It wouldn't be the first ti that Ves stripped down a dium ch to the point where it beca a light ch!
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