The Mech Touch Chapter 3758 - Splitter Project

Chapter 3758 - Splitter Project

Of the 'second batch' of Journeyn to enter the Design Departnt, the Voiken siblings attracted the most attention.

Hailing from a family of ch designers, Sara and Dulo Voiken grew up preparing for their eventual careers in the ch industry since they first learned to read.

Sara was definitely the most valuable among them due to her defensive specialty. There was hardly any ch that could forgo the advantages that she could bring. Ves actually found it regrettable that there was only one of her at the Larkinson Clan's disposal. There were many ch models that lacked the defensive strengths that she was able to add to a ch design.

Her brother's design philosophy was not as widely applicable as hers, but his work on the Rigid Spine and the Transcendent Charger showed that he was able to add powerful new lee ch models to the lineup.

Compared to the Voiken siblings, the pair of Journeyn from the Ochre Mirim Star Sector did not stand out in this design round. This was odd considering that both Janassa Pellier and Tifi Coslone possessed strong foundations due to being taught by a genuine Master ch Designer.

It was not their fault. Janassa Pellier may not have led any design projects on her own this ti, but she had lent her aid on a bunch of lee ch designs, the most prominent of which was one of Ketis' pet projects.

Tifi Coslone only led a single ch design project herself, and she tried to make the most of this opportunity to impress her colleagues of her strengths.

She stepped forward and presented her work.

"The Splitter Project is called this way because of its incomparably powerful physical strength. I have applied my specialty to the fullest when designing its arms and internal architecture. While my solutions have caused my axeman ch model to beco bulkier and less mobile than ideal, it should not even have to rely on outmaneuvering its opponents. I have always found that as long as my work possesses enough overwhelming strength, it can break through almost any enemy arrangents."

With a specialty like hers, axeman chs were one of the best ch types for her to demonstrate her capabilities. They benefited more from possessing greater strength than other ch types such as slender swordsman chs or light skirmishers.

The latter two did not purely have to rely on brute force to defeat a tough opponent. They usually preferred to dance around their opponents and strike their sharp weapons at an enemy machine's weak points.

The Splitter Project obviously gave up on this possibility so that it could maximize its frontal combat capabilities. Its main use was to throw itself onto a relatively static enemy line and hack away with their two-handed axes and their powerful chanical strength!

"The characteristics of the Splitter Project's offensive capabilities make it relatively simple to pilot." Tifi continued. "Its agility and range of motion are not the best, but its reaction and attack speeds are relatively decent. A good ch pilot will be able to use this axeman ch to duel a swordsman ch in terms of skill. However, the point of the Splitter Project is not to outfight an enemy, but to overwhelm the opposition and make all of their asures invalid!"

She pointed towards the rear of the ch that she had fabricated. "To that end, I made sure the Splitter Project possesses enough mobility to keep up and pursue retreating enemy units. My work might not be fast, but it is still mobile enough to keep up with enemy units. Its decent acceleration properties also allows it to reposition itself fairly easily on the battlefield."

"What about its defenses?" Gloriana quizzed. "All I have seen is how well your Splitter Project performs when it is on the offensive. However, its armor does not look formidable enough to withstand the sa amount of damage it is inflicting."

Tifi nodded seriously. "I made sure not to hollow out the defenses of the Splitter Project. I invited Sara Voiken to help address this shortcoming. She hasn't been able to help as much as she would have liked due to her busy ti schedule, but her limited contribution has strengthened my axeman ch's defenses to a more adequate level. I wouldn't say it is good, but it is tougher than it looks."

"What is particularly important to the Splitter Project is that I have applied an armor system that is particularly good at resisting physical attacks." Sara Voiken comnted. "This will give our new axeman ch a small advantage in lee combat, primarily when attacked from the front. The pilot should take care not to get attacked from the sides or rear. I did not have much room to work with, so the defenses outside of the front are not that good."

Sara could have done a better job if had more room to work with and if she was able to spend more ti on the project. However, Tifi wanted the Splitter Project to possess incomparably powerful direct offensive capabilities. Piling it up with armor and other defensive systems not only ate up a lot of capacity, but also weakened its offensive paraters in other ways.

Giving another ch designer a lot of leeway in a project was not always a good idea. Depending on their design philosophies and their specializations, their solutions could actually conflict with each other.

Tifi and Sara's respective specialties didn't overlap that much, but there were definitely a lot of areas where one could directly weaken the other's efforts.

Since defense ca second to offense to the Splitter Project, Sara was only able to apply her work to the outer portions of the ch. She was unable to add much of her internal defensive solutions to the ch because that would displace the special design elents that Tifi used to amplify the physical might of the axeman ch.

Fortunately, both won had co to an accord on this division. Their relationship would have beco a lot uglier if they vehently argued that their solutions should take priority!

Tifi continued to present the characteristics of her work. The mobility of the ch was a little above average, which befitted an offensive lee ch well.

"The Splitter Project performs at its best when it is fighting against stationary enemy ch formations, but if we ever face a more elusive enemy force, it should be able to catch up to most dium chs. I can't say how well it will perform against alien assets considering that they co in so many different varieties, but I would argue that our new axeman chs will fare better against them. Their powerful axes can hack into thick hull plating with greater ease than swords."

"What is the endurance of your design?" Dulo Voiken asked. "It looks like swinging that two-handed axe all the ti will quickly drain its energy reserves."

"The staying power of my work is relatively decent. It is not fantastic and it indeed goes down faster if it is performing intensive actions, but it is worth it as hardly any defensive line can withstand that much strength." Tifi answered.

Energy was a resource. It represented potential that could be used to obtain different advantages.

There was no point for chs to conserve all of their energy in battle. The more they were able to expend their energy cells in a short amount of ti, the greater the combat power they could exert!

To soone who specialized in designing offensive chs like Tifi Coslone, it made a lot of sense to design energy hungry chs that could quickly transform stored energy into powerful results!

The more drastic the transformation, the greater the impact of the ch!

Of course, not everyone agreed with this approach. A more efficiency-oriented ch designer such as Gloriana and Professor Benedict Cortez would have found it abhorrent to implent such solutions.

This was because the more energy they used up at a ti, the more waste heat they produced!

chs that didn't possess energy-hungry systems were much more efficient and could keep going for longer periods of ti. In larger and more expansive battles, the upti of a ch was just as important as its maximum combat power.

From what it looked like, the Splitter Project definitely wasn't a frugal ch. As soon as it got going, its powerful components would definitely demand a lot of energy in order to power the ch's attacks!

Once the ch designers understood these characteristics, Tifi briefly brought up the final important trait of the Splitter Project.

"As you can no doubt feel, the glow of the Splitter Project is more aggressive than our other chs. I am told that our patriarch has tied its design to Zeigra, which is derived from so sort of giant cat that he has hunted in the past."

Ves hadn't utilized Zeigra in a standalone design for a long ti. While the forr Crown Cat had always played an integral role in chs such as the Doom Guard and the Ferocious Piranha, those were instances where the feline design spirit had to share the sa spaces.

This was the first ti in years that Zeigra was able to express his ferocity and aggression in a ch design of his own. The ch's glow truly reflected his savage majesty in a way that Ves had not experienced since the completion of the Prideful Soldier variant!

Ves crossed his arms as he inspected Zeigra's glow. Over the years, the big cat had changed remarkably.

At the beginning, the feral design spirit expressed pure rage and anger due to its death at the hands of humans.

Zeigra's attitude towards Ves was especially poor considering that he played a key role in his demise!

Yet… that hunt on Felixia I was ancient history as far as he was concerned. Perhaps Zeigra's trauma of its violent death had faded as well, because Ves no longer perceived any heightened sense of animosity towards himself.

In fact, he even had the illusion that Zeigra's attitude towards him had grown friendlier!

"Is it the spiritual feedback that he has been getting all of these years?" Ves wondered.

Zeigra was actually one of the 'wealthier' design spirits in his connection. The Prideful Soldier may be an outdated third class variant design, but it was still a fairly popular alternative to the more boring Desolate Soldier.

What was even better was that Zeigra also received a portion of the spiritual feedback of the two bestsellers of the LMC, the Doom Guard and the Ferocious Piranha!

Perhaps the spiritual feedback from tens of millions of ch pilots had finally overwheld Zeigra's grudge against humanity and convinced him that his current life wasn't all that bad!

"No one is incorruptible. As long as anyone receives enough bribes, they can betray any principle!"

In any case, Zeigra's attitude may have grown more temperate, but the alpha predator still retained his aggressive and savage attitude.

This made it an excellent fit with the Splitter Project. Even if Zeigra did not bestow any special abilities to the axeman ch model, his aggressive influence easily put the ch pilot in a more optimal mindset.

For an axeman ch like this, ferocity and aggression were much better than calculation and caution.

The Splitter Project needed to be on the offensive in order to perform well. As soon as an axeman ch was forced on the defensive, it would not be able to make as much use of its advantages!

"The Avatars of Myth will need to adjust to the aggressive character of the Splitter Project." Ves ntioned to everyone. "Its glow will encourage its ch pilots to go out of control. That is not ideal. The Avatars will need to find a way to take advantage of its glow without getting consud by it. Seeing how well they have been getting along with various design spirits, I am sure they will find a way to work together with Zeigra."

The Avatars had shown a lot of creativity when they developed new ways to leverage the properties of the Bright Warrior and the Golden Cat. Maybe they could do the sa with the Splitter Project and its bigger feline design spirit!