Chapter 3982 The Might of Bestial chs
The Steelwing Project and the Mauler Project put Ves into a dilemma.
He could see the logic behind this pair of bestial chs. Alone, they were powerful when they were in their elent.
The avian ch of the pair excelled in battles where it had plenty of room to perform its attack runs. Just like lancer chs, it excelled at building up montum in order to deliver a strong impact on a less mobile target. While the Steelwing Project had to take care not to build up too much speed and crash itself against solid surfaces, it was an excellent ch for tearing apart lighter and weaker chs, particularly those with ranged loadouts!
The tiger ch on the other hand was too slow to perform repeated charging attacks. Instead, it was much more suited to fight standing battles where it could take advantage of its superior chanical bulk and strength.
The Mauler Project's powerful limbs were not only able to deliver powerful blunt impacts, but could also tear through layers of armor through its sharp and vicious claws!
Ves could easily envision the Mauler Project tearing through ranks of lee chs. Compared to humanoid machines such as knight chs or swordsman chs, the Mauler Project could probably overpower all of them in frontal combat!
This was because the tiger project possessed four 'weapons' while a typical humanoid ch could only leverage two at most!
For example, in a duel between a tiger ch and a swordsman ch, the forr only needed to utilize one or two front paws to block the latter's sword.
This allowed the tiger ch to bring forth its rear limbs to tear apart the exposed lower half of the swordsman ch!
A tiger ch with sufficient armor could also disregard the attacks of its opponents and pounce on an enemy humanoid ch!
Once a ch like the Mauler Project was able to grapple with a humanoid ch, it could use its claws to dig in and squeeze its captive prey.
If this wasn't enough to destroy its opponent, then it could use its powerful jaws to bite and tear through the defenseless torso of the trapped machine! Tiger chs were notorious for chewing off many chs like actual beasts. A lot of ch pilots died when the teeth of bestial chs penetrated through the shell of their cockpits and tore apart their vulnerable bodies without rcy!
When it ca to tiger chs, the bigger and heavier they beca, the more unreasonable it was to fight them in battle.
As chs based on the form of a predator animal, tiger chs possessed less flexibility than humanoid chs but made up for it with greater force and power.
The Mauler Project was particularly large and heavy compared to ordinary tiger chs! Tifi Coslone showed a lot of ambition and confidence in her draft design as she did not hesitate to pursue this ch concept to its extre!
The result was a tiger ch with dinsions that were just below the limit where it could no longer occupy a standard ch slot aboard a carrier vessel.
This caused the tiger ch to beco just as bulky as the Transcendent Punisher!
Of course, even if the two shared the sa mass, their design directions were completely different.
The Transcendent Punisher put a lot of emphasis on maximizing the firepower and the persistence of its heavy cannons.
The Mauler Project channeled much of its capacity to strengthening and reinforcing its powerful limbs.
This turned the heavy tiger ch into one of the most formidable second-class lee chs that Ves had seen!
Not even other notable lee chs such as the Rigid Spine or the Second Sword could defeat it in a head-on clash. The Mauler Project was so mighty and resilient that it could power through any exquisite technique or precise attack and batter its target with unrelenting physical blows.
Only a ch that was just as heavy and armored as the Mauler Project could endure the onslaught!
For example, the Iron Crusher model of the dwarven Forgehamr ch Regint could withstand the initial blows and strike back hard by swinging its heavy maul.
Yet even then, the Mauler Project would probably gain the upper hand. The Iron Crusher may be able to deliver even more powerful blows due to the advantages of leverage, but it was too easy for a heavy tiger ch to disarm the hamr-wielding machine or just grapple with it to trap its arms!
The more Ves imagined the Mauler Project's performance in different scenarios, the more he beca amazed by this ch concept.
Although he Steelwing Project was also powerful in the right situation, the Mauler Project was definitely the bigger and better brother of the two bestial ch designs.
Ves gained a new appreciation for Janassa and Tifi. Previously, the two Journeyn did not make any prominent achievents. While their specialties were useful, they were less universal than Sara Voiken's defensive specialty.
Now, he realized that he had missed a crucial detail.
The pair were naturally predisposed towards designing bestial chs, especially lee-oriented ones!
Tiger chs, centaur chs, spider chs and many other forms of bestial chs relied a lot on physical and chanical strength to defeat their foes.
With Janassa and Tifi's design solutions, they could magnify this crucial property, thereby producing bestial chs that could overpower their opponents by an even greater margin!
Of course, that didn't an that other bestial ch designs were any worse. There were all kinds of ch designers in the industry, and those that chose to design bestial chs all had their own reasons to be confident about the combat power of their products.
Still, as far as the Larkinson Clan was concerned, Janassa and Tifi were by far the best ch designers to tackle bestial ch design projects!
"How much experience do you have with designing tiger chs and other bestial chs?" Ves asked the pair.
The two won briefly exchanged glances with each other. "A third of our ch designs are bestial chs. Back when we were studying under Master Corenay, we had to explore diverging ch forms in order to study and comprehend how their chanical structures are able to exert force. We learned a lot from designing those bestial chs."
"Are you confident in your ability to design competitive bestial chs?"
"Of course." Janassa replied with an unmistakable touch of pride in her tone. "We may not understand bestial chs as best as those who dedicated their careers to them, but we are no slouches on this front. They are the best carriers of our design solutions."
"That doesn't an we are weak at designing humanoid chs either. Two-thirds of our ch designs are still humanoid." Tifi quickly added.
"Don't worry. I'm not forcing the two of you to design bestial chs on an exclusive basis. There are many other lee chs such as the upcoming C-Man that could use the strength boosts that only you can provide. I am just wondering whether we should make a more serious effort into expanding our ch roster with bestial chs."
Gloriana whipped around her head. "Are you sure about that, Ves? The Steelwing Project and the Mauler Project look decent at first glance, but they possess serious flaws that heavily limit their effectiveness in battle. I do not have confidence that they can take the ch market by storm."
She was right. The Steelwing Project was fast but not flexible. Its defensive paraters were not great and their large silhouettes made it easier for ranged chs to tear them apart from a distance.
The Mauler Project might be the king in lee combat, but it could only beco a practice target when attacked from a distance! Its slow mobility and sluggish fra ant that it was impossible for it to catch up with ranged chs that were faster and more agile!
While Ves understood that the Steelwing Project was supposed to compensate for the Mauler Project's flaws when they rged together, the resulting combination was still too wieldy and heavy to dogfight against agile rifleman chs and harasser chs!
The fast and agile Stingripper could slowly toy both of these formidable bestial chs to death!
"We are aware of their vulnerabilities." Janassa said. "The Steelwing Project and the Mauler Project are not ant to excel in many different scenarios. They are quite simply designed to smash through powerful defenses and battle lines."
The combination of the two essentially ford an effective if sowhat rudintary sieging system.
The Steelwing Project's purpose was to deliver the Mauler Project to a hard target in a tily manner. Once the combined chs reached their destination, the avian ch would detach the tiger ch and guard the flanks against hostile threats.
anwhile, the tiger chs could go to town. No matter whether they were facing chs or starships, their undaunted power allowed them to crush through any barrier that stood in their way!
"The combination that you have co up with is powerful, but the requirents are a bit high." Ves said. "First, the thrust power of the Steelwing Project must be great enough in order to carry around a heavy ch fast enough. Second, the Mauler Project must be made out of lots of hardy materials in order to withstand a lot of attacks. Both ch models will definitely be expensive. Maybe too expensive. I'm afraid that their prices won't make them attractive enough to convince custors to adopt your two-ch system."
The art of designing a good comrcial ch was not just about devising the most powerful chs.
Their work also had to be as cost-effective as possible!
In this regard, Ves was afraid that Janassa and Tifi's ch proposals did not score well in the second criteria.
Ves continued to think about the possible market reaction while he decided what he should do with these suggestions.
A part of him wanted to convince Janassa and Tifi to set aside these ch concepts and co up with different ideas that had greater comrcial potential.
However, it was not in his nature to deny his fellow ch designers the opportunity to explore their design philosophies and pursue less standard ideas.
Even though he didn't feel confident in the pair's ability to design profitable chs, he was willing to give them a chance.
"Our clan doesn't have much experience with bestial chs so far." Ves eventually said. "I think it will be helpful to its developnt if we start to make forays into designing them. The Steelwing Project and the Mauler Project might not be suitable for the market, but I think they could make for a good core of a new bestial ch legion."
Gloriana furrowed her brows. "There are major differences between chs designed for the Larkinson Army and chs designed for the market. You can't just decide to use these bestial chs for a new ch legion if they fail to take off in the ch market."
"I know that. What I an is that we can observe the performance of the two products once they are released. Once we figure out their strengths and weaknesses, we can design better versions for ourselves."
"That… sounds costly."
"It doesn't have to be. If the Steelwing Project and the Mauler Project beco popular enough, they will surely be able to generate at least a modest amount of profit."
He did not expect too much from them, actually. They were bound to be luxury products due to their high price levels and limited usefulness.
Janassa and Tifi weren't stupid. They already took this into account. One of the reasons why they still went through with these proposals was because they were aware that the LMC's products always possessed additional advantages!
"Our ch designs need an extra edge in order to increase their popularity. They can beco much more valuable if you pair them up with the right glows!"
"That's right." Ves nodded in agreent. "My specialty can't turn a bad ch into a great one in one go, but I can definitely turn a decent ch into a more attractive product!"
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