The Mech Touch

wasted on useless luxuries, the better!

Once Ves dressed and freshened himself up, he descended to the dining room where Gloriana was already in the process of feeding Lucky an exotic.

”Hihihi! You ’re so cute! ”

”Meow! ”

Lucky blissfully crunched the mineral with his teeth and rubbed his body against his hand.

Ves frowned.
”Don ’t spoil him too much.
He ’s profiting way too much in relation to the benefit we get in return. ”

”Pets aren ’t workers, Ves.
They ’re companions! They deserve to be spoiled! ”

Lucky swung his tail at Ves.
”Meow! ”

Ves gave up and sat down at the dining table in order to eat his breakfast.

The combination of excellent ingredients and sublime cooking made every meal a delight to him.
Due to his metabolism, the chefs had taken to cooking large and hearty meals.

Croissants, sausages, sandwiches and more disappeared down his throat at a pace that discomfited Gloriana.

As opposed to Ves, Gloriana ’s diet consisted of fruit parfaits and light toast.

Nonetheless, Gloriana had no choice but to tolerate the disharmony in their meals due to their distinctly different dietary requirements.

Ves possessed a much stronger body due to his Jutland organ and other body augmentations, but it took a lot of energy and nutrition to sustain his health.

While Dr.
Lupo hadn ’t managed to decipher the most important secrets behind Ves ’ physique, figuring out something as basic as this was not too difficult.

Fortunately, Ves could still survive if he was forced to reduce his calorie intake.
One of Lupo ’s minor discoveries was that Ves would simply draw his energy from other sources if he couldn ’t get it through digesting food.

The only problem was that the alternate source of energy came from the Jutland organ.
Both of them were very apprehensive towards this alien organ, so to be safe, Lupo decided that it was best if Ves became less dependent on this abnormal organ that had enveloped his heart!

Once the pair finished their breakfast, they traveled to the Mech Nursery where they both headed down to the design lab.

Ketis and the Tovar mech designers had already arrived beforehand and greeted the two Journeymen with respect.

Ves clapped his hand.
”Alright, now that we have a day to process yesterday ’s announcements, it ’s time to get back to work.
None of us are able to afford passage to the Red Ocean, so let ’s just forget about all of that big stuff and get back to the Sand War. ”

”The latest mech generation is here! ” Ketis chirped with excitement.
”Are we going to design a new generation mech right away? ”

”Very likely, though I ’m still awaiting the necessary licences. ” Ves turned to Miles Tovar.
”I made a deal with Professor Ventag and the Tovars a while ago concerning the licenses.
Have you been informed of this arrangement? ”

He knew that Miles was in regular contact with the Tovars.
Though Miles didn ’t speak with Senator Tovar directly, he regularly reported to Alistair Cordwraith.

Miles nodded.
”The MTA has just made the licenses available today.
The BV Alliance set up by the Bright Republic and the Vesia Kingdom is still in the process of applying for the group licenses.
With how efficient the MTA moves, we believe it won ’t take long for the BV Alliance to secure the group licenses.
Once that happens, the holding company will immediately hand out sublicenses to any eligible Brighter and Vesian mech designer.
You are definitely on that list. ”

That was a relief to Ves.
Though the LMC was not short on money these days, it still cost a very hefty amount of money to license the new generation components released by the MTA.
The heartless organization always jacked up the license fees because mech designers had no alternative at the start of every mech generation!

Therefore, Ves did not mind making use of the sublicenses provided by the BV Alliance despite putting himself at its mercy.
If his relationship with the Bright Republic ever went sour, the BV Alliance could easily revoke his sublicenses, thereby making any mechs he designed using the licensed components illegal!

The only way to resolve such an issue was to license the same components again.

To Ves, that was not a big deal.
The new generation component designs offered by the MTA were only relevant for a year or two at most.
After that, many component developers would have published their own designs by then at far more affordable price levels!

”The key right now is to make the best use of our time. ” He spoke.
”The only issue is that I have already accepted a commission to design a custom mech beforehand. ”

Miles frowned at that.
”Every new mech generation triggers a soft reset of the mech market.
Every mech designed before the transition has turned into a lastgen mech.
If I was still an independent, I would pounce on this opportunity to design a mass-market mech in order to capture as much market share as possible! This kind of opportunity happens only once every thirty years! ”

”I know that, Miles, but promises are promises.
The commission is vitally important and will definitely affect the future of the Bright Republic.
We can ’t afford to neglect it in favor of enriching ourselves.
We ’ll just have to work on the commission alongside our commercial mech design project.
While that will inevitably delay the completion of both projects, it ’s still in an acceptable range. ”

”What ’s our time frame? ”

”I want to complete both designs within two months. ”

”Two months?! If that includes the prototype testing phase, that means our time will be very tight! Don ’t forget that we have to adjust to new and upgraded tech and components! ”

”I believe we can do it! ” Ves stated with confidence.
”No matter how many changes the new mech generation has introduced, a mech engine is still a mech engine and a power reactor is still a power reactor! As long as we know what we are doing, the new changes won ’t affect our productivity too much! ”

In truth, it took quite a lot of time and exploration for mech designers to get used to the new mech generation.
Ves hadn ’t even studied the new generation components in detail.

Whether he and his design team could really complete two new generation mech designs within two months remained to be seen!

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