The Mech Touch Chapter 3773 - Commercial Training Mech

Chapter 3773 - Comrcial Training ch

Designing a training ch was a must. It fit the concept of growth chs too well.

On top of that, the training chs that Ves had designed in the past already showed that they were highly compatible with his design philosophy.

A training ch model that aligned with his new direction would definitely provide a lot of value to the market. Ves almost decided to keep it in the clan if not for its growing need for money!

However, just because Ves believed that his training ch had the potential to beco a revolutionary new product didn't an that it could achieve comrcial success!

He had to overco the inertia in the ch market in order to sell enough chs.

"The market for training chs is a lot harder to enter than others." Gloriana warned Ves. "There are many reasons for that. Training chs are crucial machines that are used to train humanity's future ch pilots. They need to be extrely well-designed so that the dangers of using them are suppressed to a minimum. In other words, the soundness and optimization of their designs need to be extrely high."

She was right. Ves already understood a thing or two about training chs. He already did a lot of research on the market for these special products back when he designed the Chiron.

"You cannot spend a few months on this project and think that it will beco a bestseller." His wife continued. "Safety and reliability must be guaranteed first before other priorities co into consideration. If just a single accident occurs that can be traced back to a design flaw, the ch academies would rather pull your training ch from the lineup than to risk an incident that could completely ruin their reputations. You have to realize that ch academies live and die by their public perception."

That was also true. ch academies were rather unique custors in the ch market. They did not buy the toughest or the most lethal chs. They did not pay that much attention to top performance at all. Since the ch academies mostly intended to put immature ch cadets in the cockpits, the training chs had to provide a lot of safety assurances when they were handled poorly.

This demanded a lot of attention on the solidness and the stability of the ch fra.

It didn't matter whether a ch academy was just a rural school or an elite establishnt. The teenagers and young adolescents that piloted them on a regular basis were bound to screw up sooner or later.

They might trip their chs. They might collide them against each other. They might get hit by uncontrolled attacks.

So many different accidents took place in a lot of ch academies that training chs had to possess an excellent tolerance for abuse!

"We already designed the Chiron." Ves stated. "I haven't paid much attention to its use after our Larkinson ch Academy put our first training ch model into service, but I have heard it is a beloved machine among our ch cadets."

His wife nodded. "It is indeed a ch that has earned a lot of fans over at the Discentibus, but don't think that its track record will be enough to convince custors to buy your new comrcial training ch. The Chiron works for us because it is alive, because it is an in-house design and because we have never given our ch academy much choice about adopting it. Those favorable conditions won't apply to other custors, especially when they have never co across this kind of product. If you want to get our foot in the door, you will need to make sure our training ch ets the prevailing market standard."

In other words, it had to et extrely high standards in terms of technical design!

Although the training ch didn't necessarily have to be expensive and too high-end in terms of performance, it had to be as unflappable as possible.

The training ch must be able to stand up and fight if it tumbled off a cliff.

The training ch had to remain in adequate working condition after enduring a year's worth of regular usage.

The training ch needed to be easy to repair and maintain.

In addition, the training ch had to be affordable in order to make it economically viable! Not every ch academy enjoyed an unlimited budget.

Most ch academies were public institutions that relied on the support of a state in order to pay the bills. It was extrely expensive to buy and maintain a collection of training chs.

Whatever tuition that normal families could afford to pay out of their own pockets would never cover the costs of running a ch academy!

For this reason, these public ch academies were often conservative when it ca to their buying behavior.

They only bought training chs if they had to. If possible, they were willing to hang on to their machines for multiple decades if possible!

The longevity of a ch was therefore an important selling point as they directly affected the bottom line of the institution.

Although many states understood the importance of directing sufficient funding in the training and education of ch cadets, the reality was that their public spending could only cover so many priorities.

It was not unusual to see ch academies, especially the ones servicing poorer and more rural areas, train their ch cadets by relying on second-hand or even third-hand training chs!

This was why the majority of ch academies were also incredibly brand-loyal. They only bought from renowned companies that had been operating in the training ch market for decades if not centuries!

Only a long track record of safety and user satisfaction fell into their consideration.

This ant that even if the LMC published an extrely effective new training ch design, the vast majority of ch academies would probably adopt a wait-and-see attitude!

As the couple shared their perspectives on this special market, Ves made a decision.

"If these poorer and less well-off ch academies are so stingy about their selections, then we should forget about them. We should target the upper segnts of the ch market instead. Those elite and prestigious ch academies may care more about their reputations, but they are also subject to a lot more competition. If they want to improve their reputation and popularity, they need to prove that they can deliver the best possible education. Being able to provide access to a far better training ch model than the alternatives is an excellent way for them to rise in the rankings!"

Many of his previous comrcial ch models hadn't been cheap. Ves always felt more comfortable with designing chs for those who appreciated quality and cared more about distinctive features than the price-performance ratio of a product.

Gloriana still didn't possess much confidence in his chances.

"The premium segnt is even harder to capture than the budget segnt, Ves. You're right that custors at this level pay less attention to the cost of a ch, but their obsession for quality ans that they will value the pedigree and reputation of the ch company that is selling the training chs even more! Our LMC possesses no advantages at all in this aspect."

"Hmmm…" Ves lowered his head for a mont.

These were troubling observations. Though he didn't want to hear them, he knew that Gloriana was only helping him out by playing devil's advocate this ti.

"I'm not giving up on designing a comrcial training ch, Gloriana. We will just have to conduct a different marketing campaign if that's the case. The key is to approach a few institutions in the Red Ocean and earn their trust. If we can convince them to pioneer the use of our radical new training chs, we can use their success as positive examples of how much the effectiveness of their training has improved!"

His wife crossed her arms. "Really? You think that will work? How are we able to get any education institution to take us seriously? We might be the most impressive pair of Journeyn in the Red Ocean, but that doesn't change the fact that we will still be seen as relatively young and inexperienced ch designers! It will be extrely hard to earn a ch academy's trust just by that alone!"

"That is why we should look for any opportunities to go through the back door instead of the front entrance." Ves retorted. "We have cultivated a few relationships in the Red Ocean that may help in giving us the chance we need. One of the helpers I have in mind is the Wild Fighter Association. This group pays a lot of attention to the training and welfare of ch pilots, so an excellent training ch should be of much greater interest."

Gloriana thought about it for a few seconds.

"That is a good idea… as long as the Wild Fighter Association is happy about our cooperation. Ketis only completed her Monster Slayer design a short ti ago, so nobody knows whether it will beco a popular seller. If it does, I admit that you may be able to convince the Wild Fighters to cooperate with us once again. It helps that the Monster Slayer already functions as a training ch of sorts, though it is mostly targeted towards graduated ch pilots."

Ketis may have designed her Monster Slayer to be relatively easy to pick up, but that assud the ch pilot already mastered the basics!

The Monster Slayer was emphatically not a training ch targeted towards ch cadets!

Their large, sharp greatswords were much more difficult to handle at first and had a much higher chance of producing serious injuries if mishandled!

In addition to that, the Monster Slayer also failed to et many other standards that custors sought in a good training ch.

Even so, the Monster Slayer's potential success could serve as a fantastic opening for his upcoming proposal.

There were just a few concerns.

"The teaching chanism of the Monster Slayer will be different from mine." Ves predicted. "Ketis has her way of designing chs and I have my way of designing chs. Unless we collaborate on designing a training ch that excels in swordfighting, the training ch that I have in mind will probably guide and strengthen its ch pilot in different ways."

"How so?"

A few seconds passed as Ves sorted out his thoughts.

"For one, it has to be a more comprehensive tutor. I will try and transfer the skills of an excellent ch pilot into my new training ch. I have used this approach in the past when I designed my Old Soul and Young Blood. Back then, my design philosophy was much less developed, yet this pair of virtual ch designs were already effective to an extent. Now that I have beco a much more powerful Journeyman, I expect that this approach will be a lot more effective than before!"

"That is not enough." Gloriana judged. "The elite second-class ch academies you are targeting already possess training chs that can provide adaptive, personalized training to their ch cadets. While these competing products mostly rely on pedagogic AIs to do the job, don't underestimate this solution. The ch companies that have been in the business of selling training chs have spent many years on expanding and perfecting their teaching AIs! This is what you will have to go up against. Are you certain that your own spin on a teaching ch will be able to provide superior instruction?"

This was indeed a thorny problem. Training chs that ca with AIs that provided automated instruction would beco direct competitors to his own spin on this ch type.

He had to offer more benefits if wanted his living training ch to stand out from the competition.

"I need to think about this." He said. "I have several more ideas on how to add more value to my training ch design, but it will be a lot harder to implent them since I have never worked on them before."

That did not deter Ves from performing the necessary research. He wanted to make a statent this ti, and to do that he needed to present a revolutionary new product!