Ves was not sure whether he could persuade Master Ginevra to collaborate with him and convert the Montebra into a powerful living ch.
He could not hide his clear desire towards TEMP chanism and all of the other tech related to Master Ginevra's incredibly useful specialization.
Exotic Energy Conversion was too useful to a ch designer like Ves!
Ever since ch designers started to play around with hyper chs, many of them faced the sa limitation that limited the power of their works.
They were unable to absorb enough E energy from the environnt!
The dium-energy environnt of the Red Ocean restricted the potential of hyper technology and E-technology.
Compared to the much more saturated environnt of ssier 87, the circumstances in the new frontier were highly unfavorable!
This ant that chs could never harness the power of heaven to the sa extent as equivalent machines in the much larger supermassive galaxy.
If Ves wanted to break past the limitation set by the environnt, then he had to get his hands on tech that could convert other forms of power into E energy.
Ves recognized that Master Ginevra Hubert-Colmain just happened to be one of the ch designers who could break this limitation!
If she had developed tech that could convert electrical energy to E energy, that ant that any hyper ch could receive a powerful performance boost that could make a crucial difference in battle!
The Montebra was the best example of that. Its powerful TEMP chanism could not have beco so powerful or gained such a useful function if the ch was not able to produce an absurd amount of energy.
He believed that there was clear and obvious synergy between his work and that of Master Ginevra.
The older Master ch Designer had the capacity to produce large amounts of E energy, while Ves was confident that he could channel all of that power into effective results.
However, nothing was certain. Ves could only wait until he could discuss the Montebra and its powerful technologies at a later ti.
Once Master Ginevra Hubert-Colmain exited the arena, the third challenge match comnced after a brief delay.
Master Acze Redmond issued a challenge on behalf of Fusion Arms, a middling ch company that was headquartered in the Magair Middle Zone.
The man definitely possessed a good understanding of living chs as he was based in a zone where the Hexers occupied a significant chunk of territory.
The older man pushed forth a striker ch called the Oclis Zemo to earn fa and steal a bit of the hype accrued by the Fey Fianna.
His motivations were much simpler than the ones of his predecessor.
When Ves shook hands with Master Redmond, he did not gain a particularly good impression of the older fellow.
Master Aulaus Kreshnik was a powerful Rubarthan ch designer who ca down to the middle zones in order to make a new start and successfully take over Pritchard & Terse.
Master Ginevra Hubert-Colmain sought to increase her profile and find collaborations who could help her complete her difficult research projects.
As for the third challenger, Master Redmond simply wanted to save on marketing costs by leeching off the fa of a tier 3 galactic citizen.
Though the ch designer was a bit boring, his striker ch possessed a few interesting traits.
The Oclis Zemo looked like a typical striker ch at first. It was covered with fairly thick armor and did not excel at mobility.
This was normally a huge disadvantage in a duel against a more agile ranged ch.
One of the common characteristics of striker chs was that their weapons possessed limited range.
When they were ard with flathrowers, then their attack range was hardly better than lee chs.
Their ability to attack distant targets improved remarkably when they were ard with shotguns that were configured for longer ranges, but they could never get close to a rifleman ch in terms of range and precision.
There were also more exotic weapon types that striker chs could make use of to fulfill their area denial roles, but most of them defaulted to using flathrowers and shotguns
The Oclis Zemo happened to be one of the few exceptions that eschewed these obvious weapon systems.
Instead of using a shotgun that would likely not be able to pose a significant threat against the Fey Fianna in this challenge match, the striker ch instead ard itself with two rotary cannons.
Yes, multi-barreled machine guns.
The striker ch had to carry a sizable backpack module in order to carry all of the ammunition needed to feed the twin monsters!
Master Acze Redmond designed the Oclis Zemo with abnormally thick and sturdy arms. They were able to hold and brace the rotary cannons in a stable enough manner to control their recoil.
Even so, the caliber of the rotary cannons were a bit too large for a ch of this size.
The power of the two rotary cannons was undeniable. Any ch would not feel good if it was attacked by twin streams of lots of kinetic rounds.
However, that shouldn't be enough to defeat the Fey Fianna. The unusual striker ch definitely possessed another secret that was responsible for giving it the edge it needed to win the third challenge match.
Ves already had a strong suspicion of what that secret may be. Hyper technology had the ability to transform the capabilities of any existing tech. "Can you tell what the intent is behind the Oclis Zemo?" Ves asked.
"I initially designed the ch as a point defense platform for vulnerable starships." Master Acze Redmond replied. "Unlike proper warships, most human starships are not allowed to mount any weapon systems, including point defense guns. The Oclis Zemo is designed as a relatively expedient solution to this problem. It can not only intercept missiles, but also small craft."
Ves nodded in understanding. "I see. What sort of advantage does it possess that will persuade potential custors to opt for your product over the competition?"
"You will bear witness to it soon enough, professor. My Oclis Zemo may not be as complex as the previous challenge chs, but it is solidly designed and built to complete its mission."
Their chs had entered the main arena by this ti.
Unlike the previous challenge matches, this one turned into a duel.
Only a single Fey Fianna and a single Oclis Zemo squared off against each other.
This caused the scale of the impending fight to beco a lot smaller. Less chs translated into less complications.
Ves could not say for sure which side benefited more from having less chs in the field. He could easily co up with argunts that could favor one ch or the other.
This ti, the Fey Fianna that had been selected to fight against the striker ch possessed a loadout that consisted of two luminar crystal cannon fey and energy shield fey.
The balanced loadout granted the Fey Fianna with decent defenses but not that much of a punch.
The danger in using this loadout was that it might not be able to resist the continuous attacks of the two rotary cannons long enough for its offensive fey to breach the defenses of the Oclis Zemo.
However, Ves was pretty confident in his work. The luminar crystal cannon fey had proven their competence several tis. They could always break down the defenses of a target as long as they were allowed to fire their weapons long enough.
The key was how the Fey Fianna intended to approach this tricky fight and how quickly the fey could crumble the defenses of the Oclis Zemo.
The countdown started.
After a minute had passed, the two chs imdiately exploded into action!
The Oclis Zemo did not do anything fancy. It simply braced itself onto the arena floor and began to open fire right away!
RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!
The firing rate of the rotary cannons was so high that the two weapons produced loud whines that seed to overpower every other noise in the arena!
Bright tracer rounds allowed the observers to clearly track their blazingly fast trajectories as they crossed the length of the arena and struck the Fey Fianna's energy shield.
The energy shield shook and flared imdiately as it ca under heavy strain.
There was no way that it could last too long under all of this concentrated fire.
The two energy shield fey soon flew closer in order to relieve the main body and resist a part of the attacks.
Just like in the first match, it beca clear that the Larkinson ch pilot intended to rotate the energy shields in order to give them ti to recharge when they weren't subjected to heavy pressure.
While the energy shields were able to resist the damage of a single small round fairly well, the insanely high firing rates of the two rotary cannons more than compensated for this shortcoming!
The result was that the Fey Fianna would not be able to shelter behind its energy shields for long.
It had to go on the attack!
The main body's luminar crystal rifle and the two luminar crystal cannon fey had already begun to do so. Familiar fire laser beams streaked across the distance and struck the energy shield of the striker ch.
As a fairly large and hefty ch, the Oclis Zemo was equipped with a rather strong energy shield.
The fire-attributed attacks had a reduced effect on the striker ch as the machine was mostly integrated with earth hyper tals.
The strong earth elent not only enabled the Oclis Zemo to add additional force and impact to its rapid-fire ballistic attacks, but also strengthened its defenses against fire and most energy-based attacks!
However, the concentration of earth-attributed E energy around the Oclis Zemo was not as high as the Nelerat Mark I during the first challenge match.
The Oclis Zemo did not carry around a lot of spare armor plating that had been augnted with a lot of earth hyper materials!
As such, the striker ch was unable to reduce the damage of the incoming attacks by a large extent. The constant fire energy beams steadily wore away the earth energy shield.
Unfortunately, the situation did not look too optimistic for the Fey Fianna. It clearly had a lot more staying power, but what mattered the most was that the Oclis Zemo had more than enough firepower to shred the drone ch and its fey in a relatively short amount of ti!
If the Fey Fianna wanted to win, it had to take the initiative!
It was not enough to perform evasive maneuvers in order to make it more difficult for the Oclis Zemo to keep training its weapons onto the drone ch.
The ch was designed to intercept missiles and fast-moving small craft. It was able to consistently land its shots with the help of the rapid-fire nature of its rotary cannons.
This was the main reason why the Oclis Zemo was equipped with this weapon system as opposed to a more traditional gauss weapon!
The Fey Fianna could only try to close the distance and make use of superior maneuvering to complicate the aim of the Oclis Zemo.
This presented quite an interesting change. During the previous challenge matches, it had been the opposing chs that charged towards the Fey Fianna.
The fact that the Fey Fianna had to make a proactive move ant that the ch was most definitely in hot water!
As the main body advanced, its fey continued to stick close. The ch pilot had thought about splitting up its fey into two groups and command them to advance separately, but that would just turn them into easy targets against the deadly firepower of the Oclis Zemo.
It was much better to keep them all close and rely on the shared defenses of the energy shields as much as possible!
"Those energy shields aren't going to last long."
The Fey Fianna had only managed to make it past the halfway point, but the three energy shields at its disposal were already on the verge of breaking! Though the Oclis Zemo had to fire its rotary cannons so quickly that their barrels already started to heat up, it was worth it so long as the striker ch could quickly shred a few fey apart!
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