Chapter 4056 First Star ch Academy
The Pacifier ch line and the Hynoptera ch line were the two most popular products sold by the LMC.
Both of them had a lot in common. They were designed to be cheap but offered a high amount of value. They were functional and offered a lot of room for customization and variation. They were also useful while still leaving a lot of room for competing products that perford slightly different roles a lot better.
The training chs that the Larkinsons had developed were a lot more ambitious in comparison!
When it ca to humanoid chs and tiger chs, the products that the Larkinson Clan towards the academic sector threatened to displace many competitors!
Many major ch companies and many Masters felt directly threatened by the innovative training chs that the Larkinson Clan had unleashed onto the market.
The Chiron model was the original Larkinson training ch.
It was already a few years old, and while the LMC's Desig Departnt had revisited the original design and upgraded it to a massive degree, its significance was still great.
The next generations of Larkinson ch pilots had already stood out compared to the graduates of other ch academies for their superior performance.
Whether it was their piloting skills, their reactions to unexpected situations or their ability to form deeper connections with their chs, the youngest soldiers of the Larkinson Army already showed a lot of promise!
However, the Chiron at the ti was not as impressive and revolutionary as the War Squire ch line.
The War Squire or the Tutor Project when it was still in developnt was a ch design that was not only sold on the market, but also introduced many innovative features and capabilities that the Larkinsons had gone on to implent in their clan-exclusive chs!
The War Squire had already achieved a lot of success after only a couple of years after its release. This was quite remarkable as the market for training chs was just as static and concentrated at the top as the market for law enforcent chs!
The Curiosity model that ca out after the release of the previous ch model looked and sounded like a joke at first.
However, despite the ridicule it attracted, the training ch that just happened to look like an oversized cat had beco incredibly popular in both the Larkinson Clan and ch academies that placed a large emphasis on beast chs!
The War Squire and the Curiosity ch models did not look too special at first. While their technical designs looked adequate enough, their quality, performance, cost efficiency and optimization levels did not et the strict standards of elite ch academies!
The actual reasons why they stood out from the competition and beca increasingly more desirable to ch cadets were twofold.
First, the unique qualities of living chs provided struggling ch cadets with constant friends and companions that often provided the right guidance at the right mont. This was because the training chs constantly interfaced with the ch cadets, thereby granting them a deep understanding of the growing soldiers that aspired to pilot combat machines.
Second, the two training chs included a brilliant new feature that only a crazy ch designer like Ves Larkinson could co up with. This second feature elevated the War Squire and the Curiosity ch models from interesting products to groundbreaking works that could actually win awards!
The journey to develop these amazing chs was not easy, though. Ves struggled with completing the War Squire that introduced a major breakthrough in ch cadet training solutions.
During the start of the fifth design round, Ves initially drafted the Tutor Project and planned out its ambitious features while spending more ti in researching the current state of training chs at the ti.
He discovered that there was a big gap between second-class training chs and first-class training chs!
"Damn. No wonder those first-class ch pilots are able to display amazing skills. Their augntations are indispensable, but their training environnt is also impressive!"
First-class ch cadets received the attention of AIs that were so helpful and powerful that they needed the support of extrely powerful supercomputers in order to perform all of the necessary calculations!
Not only that, their training chs were more powerful and more versatile.
The most expensive products were even capable of repairing themselves on the fly! They accomplish this precious and costly function by relying on nanotechnology or precious exotics with self-repair functions.
The increased damage tolerance of first-class training chs allowed ch cadets to take part in live practice sessions without holding back too much! The machines were much tougher than their second-class equivalents, allowing ch cadets to get accustod to attacking with the intent to kill.
What Ves sought to accomplish was not that different from what these overpriced first-class were already capable of. If he could implent a similar function to a second-class ch, then he could provide second-class ch cadets with a portion of the training environnt of their batters!
"Where do I start, though?"
Ves did not exactly know where to begin. He needed to develop an extrely elaborate spiritual design in order for his Tutor Project to live up to his expectations.
He decided it was high ti for him to tour the Larkinson Clan's ch academies.
After looking up what his clan's educational institutions were doing these days, he discovered without too much surprise that the Davute branch had founded a local ch academy on the surface of Davute VII.
"Interesting."
The ambitiously nad First Star ch Academy was located in the outskirts of Kotor City.
While the distance from the city center was considerable, the land outside of the more desirable districts of the capital city was much more affordable and available.
Though Ves didn't recall ever giving his approval to this plan, one of his chief ministers had apparently approved of the creation of the ch academy and allocated a lot of money and resources to build a large campus from the beginning.
While the academy was built to accommodate over 10,000 ch cadets at a ti, it was far too soon for the First Star ch Academy to hold so many classes at once!
When Ves arrived at the campus of the ch academy via shuttle, he noted how many of the training grounds were empty and unused.
During his shuttle's approach, he only saw a couple of dozen Chiron chs maneuvering through a giant obstacle course from above.
Ves made his way to the expansive training field and approached a group of veterans and ch instructors that were keeping a close eye on the Chirons moving throug the obstacle course.
"Good day, clansn."
"Sir! Welco to our humble ch academy." The head instructor greeted the patriarch. "Please do not mind the lack of activity. We built this academy with future proofing in mind. Once our clan has grown bigger, our campus will beco as busy as any other ch academy. We also have plans to accept external enrollnt."
Ves looked surprised. "You are actually opening the doors of the First Star ch Academy to the public?"
"Why not? We may not have a long and storied heritage as trainers, but we have the skills and experience to do a good job. If we combine those strengths with training chs that are better than anything else on the market, we can raise a large amount of skilled ch pilots that have already spent years piloting our chs."
The rationale for opening up the First Star ch Academy was strong. The Larkinson Clan had the space, funding and willingness to turn this landbound institution into another business!
The point of running the academy and opening it up to outsiders was not to earn a lot of tuition fees.
The real purpose for training so many ch cadets was to introduce them to living chs at an early and impressionable stage!
Once they graduated, not only would they request their employers to stock up on LMC chs, but also spread positive word of mouth about the Larkinson Clan!
In short, the First Star ch Academy was a potential way to allow the Larkinson Clan to earn a lot of revenue and influence in the future!
Of course, the academy first needed to convince ch cadets to enroll and attend its courses!
This was easier said than done because neither the Larkinson Clan nor the academy itself earned any renown in the educational sector as of yet! Which ch cadet would be willing to take a gamble on an unknown school that did not possess any track record or source of confidence that could make its programs more attractive?
The only way that the First Star ch Academy could snatch ch cadets away from other, more reputable educational institutions was to possess a clear superiority in a single aspect!
"We have all heard that you are working on developing a new training ch, patriarch." The head instructor spoke. "We will always be at your disposal if you have any inquiries or demands related to your upcoming training ch."
"That is great to hear. Learning more about the circumstances of our only training ch is exactly why I have co. I haven't been paying too much attention to the Chiron model at this ti, so I am curious to hear your feedback on my work. It has already been in service for a couple of years, so I am sure you have collected many stories."
The ch instructors indeed had a lot to say about the main training ch of the Larkinson Clan.
"The Chiron model is good on its onset, but it is most effective in the younger years of a ch cadet's training trajectory. It falls off in the later half of a ch cadet's years in a ch academy because it is too weak, too slow and not able to catch up any further to the performance of currentgen combat chs."
Ves nodded in understanding. "I can understand why you would say that. The Chiron is indeed targeted towards beginners. It should be excellent at teaching basic fundantals and it should also provide a lot of dynamic guidance as the ch cadets grow older. However, you are correct that we did not adequately consider the needs for older trainees."
He already planned to upgrade the Chiron model to keep up with the growing demands of his clansn.
He also intended to revisit and revitalize its spiritual features so that they beca the best training machines in the Red Ocean!
However, he first had to complete the developnt of the Tutor Project.
"The Chiron's configuration is too balanced in my opinion." Another instructor remarked. "It's the training ch version of the Bright Warrior, sir. That is best if we want our future ch pilots to graduate to piloting our Bright Warrior chs, but they are not adequate enough to prepare them for piloting our more specialized machines. This is why we have procured training chs that correspond to light chs, heavy chs and nurous specialized ch types."
Ves smiled at them. "Don't worry. You won't have to rely too much on comrcial training chs to train our ch cadets in the future. We will develop many different variants of our comrcial training ch models. In the past, we were too short on ti and manpower to develop those variants, but this is a different ti. We have enough lead and assistant ch designers to develop dozens of variations. It might take a bit of ti to complete them all, but you will be able to rely much less on the products of other ch companies."
That was good news to the ch instructors. They had all worked with the Chiron model as well as other training ch models and noticed a clear difference in results.
"Is there anything else you wish to say?"
"Yes. The Chiron is a humanoid ch model. There is nothing wrong with that, but many of our ch cadets insist on piloting it so much that they do not have much of an incentive to pilot beast chs. We should offer them a viable alternative if we wish to staff our own beast ch legion."
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