Talking to Gloriana had been fruitful for Ves.
He not only made his wife aware of the amazing potential of his Ultimate Module, but also allowed her to plan for its addition to the Dark Zephyr Mark III in advance.
Furthermore, his wife also asked a lot of good questions that allowed Ves to flesh out aspects that he had not properly considered.
His theoretical frawork beca more solid and complete as a result. He gained even greater confidence that his latest idea would comprehensively elevate the combat power of the Dark Zephyr Mark III and more.
Since Ves had dabbled into multi-spirit living chs yet again, he also went back and expanded one of his older theoretical fraworks.
The Fey Fianna was the first asymtrical multi-spirit living ch.
It was multi-spirit because it contained multiple personalities.
It was asymtrical because its subordinate spirits were not equal to the dominant spirit.
Now, Ves added another classification to distinguish his living chs further.
According to his expanded theory, the Fey Fianna should now be classified as an external asymtrical multi-spirit living ch.
The word 'external' signified that the Fey Fianna's subordinate spirits acted on separate constructs. The living fey were unable to augnt the combat power of the base ch directly.
In contrast, the Dark Zephyr Mark III according to the latest plan should be classified as an internal asymtrical multi-spirit living ch.
It gained a special subordinate spirit called an Ultimate Seed that exclusively occupies a physical Ultimate Module.
In most cases, the Ultimate Seed needs to work together with the Ultimate Module in order to activate a powerful Ultimate Ability.
The destructive phasing ability that Ves had co up with for the Dark Zephyr Mark III qualifies as one!
"Since it is possible to develop an internal or external asymtrical multi-spirit living ch, is it possible to design a machine that combines both of them at once?"
In other words, could the Fey Fianna or any similar ch accommodate an Ultimate Module as well?
"There is nothing that stops this from happening!"
The only issue was that the spiritual foundation of a ch bore a greater burden by maintaining so many subordinate spirits. There was always a price to pay, but it should not be too big in this case.
"The next update of the Fey Fianna model should include an Ultimate Module as well!"
Ves decided to call this possible implentation a combination multi-spirit living ch.
"It will probably take a lot of ti before I am ready to design such a ch, but once I do, I'll be able to verify even more theories."
He was getting ahead of himself. He had yet to design and build a ch with a functional Ultimate Module at this ti. He needed to accomplish this first before he could think about designing more advanced chs.
His focus for the following years should center around the developnt of future internal asymtrical multi-spirit living chs. They held great promise and should have lots of room for refinent.
"I should have realized it sooner. It is such an obvious idea."
He never fully recognized until now that the subordinate spirits of living chs could develop their own form of Ascension Runes!
Fortunately, it was not too late.
Once he woke up and ca up with his latest concept, Ves had essentially developed a brand new core system that made his living chs more complete!
Ves grew a lot more passionate about the Dark Zephyr Mark III Project. This was the first ch that would carry a proper Ultimate Module, and Ves beca excited beyond belief!
His productivity rose at a remarkable rate. He began to make rapid progress in his research.
One of the more exciting monts was when the Red Association finally delivered a diverse batch of dium to high grade hyper materials.
It was quite convenient to rely on the Red Association's service on this matter. The chers possessed an even greater collection of hyper materials than the Terrans. The forr were also a lot more willing to give him access to the more restricted and confidential samples.
Of course, Ves still needed to pay for what they were worth, and that was not small in many cases.
Ves did not mind because he had plenty of MTA rits to spare.
When he visited the underground storeroom that held the recently delivered samples, he did not co alone.
He decided to bring Andraste along.
Yaika's death affinity caused the girl to beco more sensitive towards death and negative energy.
Combined with the senses granted by her partial primordial human physique, she was able to perceive a lot more out of hyper materials than most people!
He currently held her in his arms. The girl looked curious at the cold, industrial surroundings. She never visited this section of Diandi Base before and grew curious at all of the chs, materials and supplies stored inside all of the storage spaces.
"So much stuff." The girl said with awe.
"That's right. It is better to have too much than too little. I have everything I need to fabricate or materialize first-class chs. We can not only produce powerful chs of our own design, but we can also produce a select range of chs designed by other companies. We don't have enough pilots to make use of them all. We are still in the process of ramping up recruitnt."
"Ohhh…"
Also accompanying Ves was Alexa Streon.
The forr Terran ch designer had been busy in the past few months. She completed her pilgrimage to the Red Association. Though she did not really learn a lot of new secrets, she still returned as a changed woman.
After she ca back, she began to flesh out the basic structure of her design philosophy and began to explore what she was capable of by designing a few casual chs.
"I would have thought that you would start a more serious project by now." Ves said as he passed through the entrance that led into the material storeroom. "The sooner you start to produce your living legacy chs, the sooner they can start their own ch dynasties. Isn't that the whole point of your design philosophy?"
The blond woman shook her head as she walked alongside her ntor. "Ti is of the essence, but I cannot afford to botch the introduction of my living legacy chs by publishing objectively inferior products. My preferred target audience comprises old and well-established family organizations. They already have their own channels for chs, so it is an uphill battle to persuade them to invest in my legacy chs. I need to present them with a product that they are already inclined to purchase without factoring the inheritance aspects."
Ves frowned at that. "You won't be able to sell any of your products to them if you design them by yourself. The only way to present an attractive value proposition is if you collaborate with other ch designers, or make your products malleable enough that the ch designers working for the family organizations can further refine and adapt your legacy chs. Have you chosen your strategy?"
"I have, sir. From the two possibilities that you have presented, I strongly favor the latter." She said. "Do not get wrong. If I collaborate with you, I am convinced that the resulting end product will be more than strong enough in its own right. My issue with that is that I will beco too dependent on the contributions of other ch designers. That is not how I want to develop my design philosophy. This is why I have adopted a strategy and a business model that should make my products attractive to my target audience without requiring any help from you or other ch designers."
It was a bold approach, but also a risky one.
"So your plan is to design a basic legacy ch that can be used as a starting point for further customization?"
Alexa nodded. "I have grown up studying and working with the chs of the Streon Ancient Clan. I understand how managent handles third-party chs. It is unlikely for such demanding clients to easily embrace chs produced by another company. The Streons have their own ch doctrines, martial traditions, technological standards and more. If they want to add a third-party ch model to their roster, then the product must be malleable enough to allow their own ch designers to reshape it into a Streon ch."
"I see. If this is already an established phenonon in this side of the ch industry, then I could see how it makes sense for you. It is much easier to design a variant of a ch if it is only empowered by a single design philosophy as opposed to 5 of them. As long as the intrinsic qualities of your design philosophy remain intact, there are legitimate reasons for your target audience to embrace your works!"
There were clear downsides to approach, but so long as Alexa was able to persuade enough large clients to invest in her legacy chs, they would soon be able to cultivate a lot of ch dynasties in a few generations!
"I don't think you'll be able to attract the appreciation of any first-class custors." Ves said. "You are still too young and you haven't built up much of a reputation in the business. You may be able to borrow my reputation to persuade more open-minded second-class custors to trial your legacy chs, but their enthusiasm shouldn't be too strong at first. It takes far too much ti for your products to show their true value."
"Although I prefer to design first-class chs, I am not opposed to designing second-class or even third-class chs." Alexa said with a smile. "You have started your career by designing the most basic third-class chs. I am of the belief that I should expand my horizons and familiarize myself with third-class ch design. Once I have earned enough success in the third-class ch market, I may move on to designing second-class legacy chs."
That… was a pretty deep plan.
"I can see the logic in your approach, but… it will take a long ti before you can design proper first-class chs if that is the case." Ves said. "Are you sure you want to commit to such a long journey?"
"I do, sir. Do not worry. I am still available for collaborations on first-class chs. I can still pull my own weight in the Design Departnt and complete any assignnts. I will only design third-class chs in my free ti."
That sounded acceptable to Ves. Personally, he would have chosen a different approach, but he admired Alexa for her willingness to work outside of her comfort zone. Her attitude and behavior were much more conducive to subsequent promotions.
"We're here." Ves said.
The group stopped before a long table that held a large amount of secure tal containers.
The alloys used to make the head-sized containers did a good job at isolating the fluctuations of the hyper materials stored inside.
Ves developed a greater interest in the containers themselves. The alloys reminded him of B-stone.
"Interesting. I need to get more of this material."
His daughter squird in his arms. "Papa! Go over there! Yaika senses sothing good in that box!"
She beca so attracted by the unknown material stored in that specific container that a black spiritual kitten shot out of her forehead.
"Maaw!"
It looked like Yaika couldn't wait to co into contact with the mysterious hyper material!
"MROW!"
"MaaAAAW?!"
Before Yaika could reach her destination, Blinky appeared and quickly bit her scruff, thereby stopping the naughty kitten in her tracks!
"Maaaaaw! Maaaaaw!"
"Mrow mrow mrow!"
"Papa! Why did you stop my companion spirit? Yaika rely wanted to take a closer look."
"It's not safe, dear. So of these hyper materials are so energetic or weird that they can inflict real harm on people. I need to examine them from a distance before I ever think about letting you get close."
"Awww… that's so boring, papa."
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