5657 Gradual Tech Transition
Ves ultimately gave his wife the benefit of the doubt.
He could tell that she was genuinely fired up and passionate about this issue. It would crush her a lot if he refused to support her on this important venture.
Her timing happened to be apt. Ever since she ca back recently with a cutting-edge hyper cranial implant set in her body, she eagerly sought a way to unleash her boosted cognitive capabilities and test her high-tech learning tools!
Archetech was still a field that was in its infancy in the ch industry. The Red Two undoubtedly possessed a considerable head-start in deciphering and mastering this exotic tech, but it had yet to proliferate to the general ch community in any fashion!
This ant that the Larkinson Clan still had a chance to beco one of the early movers and build up a considerable head-start in this exotic but highly promising field!
If Gloriana started much later, then a lot more competitors would have built up a lot of competence in this field. It would be virtually impossible for her to catch up to them, especially when they continued to produce new results through their own research endeavors.
This may be the only window of opportunity for her to beco a genuine pioneer in archetech.
"You have your luminar crystal tech, and I shall have my archetech." Gloriana shared her aspiration. "You are already familiar with the advantages of selectively adopting alien tech that is highly compatible to you. I am simply learning from your example. Archetech speaks to in a way that I cannot describe to you. Just looking at Lucky's current form makes appreciate his excellent construction and seamless fusion of two different tech bases."
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The aforentioned gem cat raised his head just as he finished off his expensive al.
Ves grew cautiously optimistic.
"I support you, Gloriana. I look forward to seeing what you can do once you have gotten started in this field. The only thing I am not so certain about is how much MTA rits I need to spend in order for this investnt to pay off. What you are asking for is not cheap, and I only have a finite amount of MTA rits to spend. A part of regrets that I have turned down the offer to receive an award of 10 billion MTA rits earlier. If I knew you had this ambition, I might have changed my mind about my earlier choice."
"No. You are being stupid again. 10 billion MTA rits are not as valuable as the right to call upon the assistance of 3 Star Designer. You can earn MTA rits in many different ways, but this is the only ti you have received this favor! You need to cherish these opportunities and use them wisely. I already happen to have an idea how you can make effective use of your first minor request."
Ves groaned. "Not so fast, Gloriana. I know what you have in mind, and my answer to that is no. Expending 1 of the 3 requests to get the Xenotechnician himself to personally tutor you on the essence of archetech is a disproportionate trade! It is no different from importing water from Bridgehead One just to quench my thirst. There are much more cost-effective alternatives that we can choose from! You might not be able to gain access to the best teachers and confidential research results by spending MTA rits alone, but it should be more than enough for your current needs."
His wife disagreed with that. She argued extensively how the Larkinson Clan would benefit enormously if she beca a lot more competent in archetech, telling him that this early investnt would would yield a massive return in ti!
She was probably right, but the difference between the two of them was that Ves had set his sights far beyond archetech!
His vision was broader as he did not develop a strong fixation for archetech.
"Do you understand the real value of those three minor requests?" He shot back. "I think you don't. They are not just opportunities to study from the best teachers in the Red Ocean. They can allow to connect to them so that they will get to know on a more personal basis. I can befriend them and gain their word of support during important monts in the future. Aside from that, there are better ways to use up my requests. For example, I have been thinking about asking for their help in bolstering our personal security. Only when we can remain alive will we have the opportunity to create new opportunities for ourselves."
He also thought about working together with a Star Designer to develop a personal fighting suit for himself that could fully enhance his combat power when he unfolded his true body.
While Ves could technically design such a suit from the ground up by himself, the developnt cycle would be long and cumberso.
That did not sound like a huge problem as long as Ves had plenty of ti to refine his work.
Yet ti was the one resource that he was short of the most!
In his opinion, it may be worthwhile to use up one of his minor requests to exchange for a custom-developed combat suit that could fully amplify his abilities as a phase lord.
He hadn't made up his mind, though. He also ca up with other useful proposals. He needed to mull over this issue for an extended amount of ti in order to ensure he did not waste these rare opportunities.
In any case, Ves and Gloriana finally ca to a consensus on the adoption of archetech.
Gloriana had little choice but to abide by her husband's restrictions. He held far more MTA rits than her. His contributions were much greater after all. He had already beco an impressive tier 3 galactic citizen while his wife was still stuck at tier 10 up to this point.
Perhaps the only way for her to elevate her galactic citizenship in the short term was to beco an authority in the field of archetech. This was another powerful motivator that drove her to embrace this alien tech!
"Even if we beco proficient in designing archechs, we won't be able to roll them out on a wider scale." He told her. "The greater ch community is not even close to ready to transition to this new category of products. We can only keep our archechs to ourselves for the ti being. Even then, I don't think our ch technicians can handle them without going through extensive training. You need to train a dedicated group of low-ranking ch designers to proficiently service and repair an archech with specialized tools."
His wife nodded in agreent. "I have already drafted a plan for that. I am not insisting that our clan should phase out conventional chs and replace all of them with archech. I am of the opinion that we should reluctantly be able to handle archechs so long as they are confined to our high-ranking chs. That is also where this powerful new tech can make a powerful difference with the least amount of work."
Designing an archech version of a popular mass production model would impose a massive burden on the clan. Entire production lines needed to be replaced while much more personnel had to go through expensive training.
The Larkinsons had to take it slow in order to adopt archechs step by step.
"As long as we can successfully get started with archechs, the initial batch of personnel that completed their difficult training in archetech can serve as the future teachers and supervisors of the next wave of archetech engineers." Ves mused as he rubbed his smooth-shaven chin. "As long as we can repeat this chain enough tis, sooner or later most of our production and maintenance crews will know how to service archechs so that we can cautiously begin to outfit elite ch units with these powerful machines."
It remained to be seen whether the Larkinson Clan would make this eventful transition.
"It may be better to limit the use of archetech to our first-class ch designs." Gloriana proposed to her husband. "The threshold is too high. It is too difficult for ordinary second-raters to understand the exotic tech thoroughly enough to conduct independent repairs on a damaged machine. It should be considerably easier for Larkinsons who have completed EdNet training or native first-raters such as Alexa Streon to gain a basic level of proficiency in archetech."
She made a good point. Ves beca taken by this idea.
"Limiting archetech to the Premier Branch simplifies a lot of stuff. Our fleet is still in its infancy, so we can set it up to accommodate archechs and all of the related infrastructure from the ground up! As long as it doesn't take too long to train competent first-raters in handling archechs, we can make it so that we can field an entire force of first-class archechs by the ti we are ready to take part in the first wave of deep strike operations!"
In the anti, the expeditionary fleet could keep using conventional chs as usual. It was not that Ves gave up on the second-raters, but he did not want to make their lives too difficult by forcing them to adopt advanced technology on a wider scale.
Now that Ves was willing to support Gloriana's effort to beco a master archetech, they needed to decide on a sum.
This provoked another argunt before Ves finally agreed to reserve 300 million MTA rits for her expensive endeavor.
"It's a good thing that I already have a lot of MTA rits in reserve." He tiredly said. "Don't make regret this. Just because I haven't spent all of these rits doesn't an that they are worthless. It is just that I have no acute need for them for the ti being."
Gloriana looked gratified now that she had received a handso promise from her husband. "I can assure you that you will not regret your decision. The greater my proficiency, the more I can contribute to our clan. The ch pilots who are fortunate enough to pilot my works will thank you for your farsighted decision. Archechs possess nurous advantages over their conventional counterparts. The most important benefit is there much greater fault tolerance. They are much harder to damage and cripple, so the ultimate benefit is that more of them will be able to survive the battles to co than before."
She was right. Archetech offered unprecedented degrees of redundancy for chs. Even if half of their fras got blown to pieces, the remaining half would still be able to limp back to its mothership!
Aside from that, an archech could theoretically offer much thicker protection to the ch pilot due to the reduced requirent for functional parts that were much more vulnerable to enemy attacks than armor plating.
An archech component typically served both functional and defensive purposes at the sa ti!
That was the beauty of archetech. It was why archeships could remain small and compact while also delivering excellent performance for their sizes.
The tallic shells used to serve as a form of defense for the arche. They succeeded in resisting all kinds of dangerous exobeasts that derived strength from the sa rich mineral deposits and ultimately won their evolutionary struggle on their ho planet!
When Gloriana whipped up a concept design of the Dark Zephyr as an archech, Ves beca impressed by how much more resilient it beca.
Defense had always been the most dubious trait of light chs. If the Dark Zephyr was able to withstand twice or thrice as much damage before shutting down, then that could an the difference between victory and defeat!
Of course, that was assuming that Gloriana actually succeeded in her venture. The performance of the Dark Zephyr Mark III hinged on whether she was able to master archetech quickly enough!
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