A new design round had started!
Though the Larkinson Clan started up a lot of new initiatives since it had entered the Red Ocean, the start of 14 fresh new ch design projects excited the clansn!
Everyone knew that the ch models designed by Ves and his handpicked Journeyn were bound to be powerful, suitable and alive. Each of these qualifiers were already valuable in themselves, but combining them all in every ch design would definitely result in a comprehensive strengthening of the Larkinson Army!
Ves imdiately beca swamped with work. Though he tried to reserve enough personal ti so that he could keep his wife and daughter company, he was definitely driven by a need to be as productive as possible!
There were so many projects going through his head that he initially had trouble keeping track of everything.
As a ch designer, he loved to work with chs, but this was starting to get ridiculous!
"I need to control myself!"
After realizing that he would just go crazy if he continued to try and keep track of every project, he decisively distanced himself from nurous projects that did not require his input or oversight.
For example, Ves did not have to worry about Gloriana and Ketis going astray. They were competent and capable enough to take care of themselves for the most part.
Even other ch designers such as the four newcors already possessed an existing track record of completed ch designs. This kind of work was nothing special to them. The only thing that was different was that Ves might need to co in at a certain point in order to make the chs alive.
This was sothing that was non-negotiable in the Larkinson Clan. Though it was best if Ves beca involved in these projects from the beginning, he recognized that he did not have the ti to engage in unnecessary work.
This was why he decided to let the lead designers of this project manage everything while Ves would just work as a consultant on specific matters.
This was a win-win arrangent for both sides. The new approach not only granted the lead designers greater autonomy and freedom to implent their visions, but also minimized the amount of ti that Ves had to spend on these other projects.
Once he shed a lot of obligations, he began to narrow his focus to a handful of ch designs. These would be his babies that he would carefully raise to maturity with his own hands.
The first ch design that he wanted to invest in was the Fearless Project. This was the codena that he bestowed on the 'rational' rifleman ch that he intended to design for the Battle Criers.
The band that originally consisted of Kinners did not receive a lot of love from the Larkinson Clan in the last few years. Ves even considered disbanding the Battle Criers entirely before thinking that they still had a lot of uses in other areas.
For example, they could serve as excellent test subjects for so of his more unconventional ideas, of which the Fearless Project was one of them! If he was able to make this ambition ch design deliver upon its promises, then he would definitely gain a killer weapon against enemy expert chs!
He grinned. "None of our enemy's precious expert chs will feel safe when they face us on the battlefield!"
"ow."
Lucky yawned as he chewed on a little snack that Ves had thrown at his cat.
Before the Larkinsons departed from Vulit, Ves made sure he ordered a large variety of exotics native to the Red Ocean.
He did not acquire them because he wanted to serve an exotic diet to Lucky. His real intention was to familiarize his gem cat with the taste and sll of every new precious material. Hopefully, his gem cat could beco an effective exotic tracker that could lead his clansn to rich material deposits!
The more 'snacks' he threw at Lucky, the more the cat turned into a mobile mineral tracker in his eyes!
"Hehehehe…"
It was too bad that Ves couldn't get his hands on any phasewater during his stay in Vulit.
He vaguely heard of high-end auction houses and exchange etings where the rich and powerful had a chance to bid on small batches of phasewater, but Ves lacked the identity to enter this circle.
His hopes of seeing how Lucky would react upon ingesting phasewater would have to wait for another day.
"Well, before I can get my hands on any phasewater, I need to make sure my clan is strong enough to harvest and keep the stuff!"
The Larkinson Clan urgently needed to upgrade its ard forces before the 2-year MTA protection period had passed. Ves wouldn't be able to reach this target if he kept going on different tangents all the ti.
There were still many other priorities that demanded his attention. The formation of the Larkinson Navy, the introduction of a new bank and currency for the Larkinson Clan and the expanding biotech research activities started up by the Larkinson Biotech Institute were also high on his mind at the mont.
The latter was especially relevant now that Ves sought to expand his collection of design spirits to accommodate his new ch designs!
"The Fearless Project definitely needs a new design spirit."
He thought about using Lufa as the design spirit for this rationality-based project, but felt that wasn't good enough.
"Lufa is the Angel of Tranquility. I designed him to be an instrunt of peace." He muttered.
That was his strength, but also his flaw.
One of the greatest shortcomings of Lufa was that he wasn't aggressive enough compared to the other design spirits. Lufa was more suited to be implented in defensive or auxiliary chs than anything else due to his non-aggressive character.
It would be better if his anti-expert ch solutions received the backing of a design spirit that was dedicated to felling demigods and more powerful entities. A more purpose-built spiritual product would also be able to specialize itself further in this aspect, thereby leading to more powerful expert ch killing solutions in the future.
Ves pulled out one of his P-stones. The rock currently stored a small spiritual fragnt taken from one of the masterwork chs on display in the Chance Bay Masterwork Gallery.
The masterwork copy of the BDX-35F-3 model impressed him in its ability to dampen the emotions and heighten the rationality and calculating power of its ch pilot.
"This is a good base for the Fearless Project."
Ves wanted to achieve a similar effect that the designer of the BDX-35F-3 had once accomplished, but through a different thod.
"I can't ss with neural interfaces and I don't have a specialist on hand that is capable of altering them to my needs."
This was no issue as a suitable design spirit should be able to achieve this effect without relying on any technological support.
The only issue at the mont was that Ves did not feel he had enough spiritual ingredients to create the design spirit that he envisioned. He still needed to gather more compatible ingredients to create a spiritual product that could beco the definite answer against expert chs, ace chs, dark gods, spiritual sorceresses, ancient alien warlords and other weird entities!
Ves chuckled underneath his breath. "I might not be able to beco as powerful as you guys, but that's okay. I'll just make a friend that will beco your nesis!"
There was no way he would stop bumping into powerful entities that could not be solved by chs and technology alone. He attached a great amount of importance to the Fearless Project and its associated design spirit for that reason. Once the Battle Criers gained their new signature ch, they would truly be worthy to call themselves his personal guard force!
"I should start with a draft design."
As Ves sat behind his terminal and brought up a design interface, he began to draft a basic outline of a second-class dium spaceborn rifleman ch.
Before he filled in a couple of details, he paused as he beca unsure how to balance out its attack, defense and mobility paraters.
"First, I need to set a baseline by determining the design budget of my ch."
The Fearless Project shouldn't be too shabby, but it shouldn't be too precious either. The ch was foremost designed to fight against enemy expert chs. This ant that it should be strong enough to withstand at least a casual blow from a powerful machine but also had to be economic enough for the Larkinson Clan to be able to afford substantial losses of this ch model.
Ves accessed the Spirit of Bentheim's database and studied the footage taken during the Battle of Fordilla Zentra.
He paid specific attention to the performance of each individual expert ch and how well they slaughtered the ordinary chs that were in their way.
Although no standard ch could possibly last a long ti against an expert ch, certain machines turned out to be a bit more troubleso to eliminate than others.
For example, the best way for a group of chs to frustrate a lee expert ch was to spread apart as far as possible and force the powerful enemy to spend precious ti chasing after its prey.
As for chs fighting against a ranged expert ch, evasion was the least effective ans to preserve their fras as expert pilots were simply too accurate with their shots.
Instead, they were better off relying on hard cover such as space knights and starship hulls in order to prevent themselves from getting shot to pieces.
This was how Venerable Stark managed to keep her powerful masterwork expert ch alive after getting hunted down by two dwarven expert chs. The Graveyard may have suffered grievously to keep the Amaranto alive, but it was definitely worth it in the end!
When Ves finally studied the footage of the Battle Crier chs confronting the Burza Fens of the Avido Berserker ch Regint, he winced at the performance of his own troops.
There was nothing wrong about the courage and valor displayed by the ch pilots. The Battle Criers managed to retain their courage and cohesion even as they confronted a deadly dwarven expert axeman ch by themselves!
"The problem doesn't lie with the ch pilots. The main issue is that they're hastily being thrown into this unfavorable confrontation without the right tools for the job."
If the Larkinson Clan had prepared itself better against this kind of opponent, then the Battle Criers may not have been needed to fight against an expert ch without further support.
If the Battle Criers piloted a stronger and more suitable ch than a Bright Warrior ard with new model luminar crystal rifles, then they may have been able to succeed in their nearly-impossible mission!
None of this applied during this battle, so the eventual outco was a slaughter. It took the intervention of Venerable Joshua and Venerable Tusa to bail the Battle Criers out. In the end, all of those ch pilots only managed to stall the Burza Fens rather than defeat it entirely.
As the final footage reached its end, Ves felt angry and frustrated at himself.
"Not again. This won't happen again!"
He was unwilling to see a repeat of this awful incident. Perhaps he did not possess the ans to effectively defeat expert chs in the past, but this ti was different!
"I have enough ti, resources and design ability to turn the Fearless Project into a ch that should be able to shoot the Burza Fens to pieces if it was put in the sa situation!"
This was his main aspiration for this project!
He did not dare to aim too high and claim that his Fearless Project would be able to slaughter high-tier expert chs or ace chs by itself, but it should at least be able to hold its own against the typical low-tier expert chs that every formidable ch force brought into battle!
"The more low-tier expert chs the Fearless Project can clean up, the more our own expert chs can concentrate on fighting the real enemy powerhouses!"
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