Chapter 5601 Itâs That Time Again
The worth of a single product could sway an entire company.
That was the power of a good mech design. Ves inwardly grinned as he saw that his gambit had made a lot of progress.
It was not without reason why Ves and Master Decimus Horst had taken their time to design the Supremo Project.
The mech design went through multiple ups and downs as the abrupt transition from the Age of Mechs to the Age of Dawn forced both mech designers to reimagine their original mech concept.
After a lot of hard work, they finally managed to design an excellent second-class heavy artillery mech that was largely made out of Davutan technology and materials.
It was expressly developed to serve the offensive and defensive needs of the Colonial Federation of Davute, but it could easily be just as useful for any other second-rate state!
The Davutan adaptations clearly did not bother the CEO of Isthmus Manufacturing that much. At worst, their own in-house design teams could easily swap the Davutan components for alternatives that were much easier to deal with in the Rubarthan Pact.
To be honest, the overarching reason why Micky Tarukan valued the Supremo Project so highly was because the Destroyer of Worlds was actually involved in the design process!
Even if her involvement was only minimal, that was already enough to make a lot of Rubarthans crazy with desire!
If there was actual concrete proof that she improved the Supremo Project somehow, then that would likely turn it into one of the most popular second-class heavy artillery mechs in the Rubarthan Pact!
No.
That should hardly be the limit for this mech model.
The Supremo Project would likely catch on in the Red Ocean Union as well! After all, how many mech designs could boast of having the capacity to channel a minute fraction of a god pilot's awesome power?
As long as the performance of the Supremo Project was high enough to back up everyone's expectation, it was bound to capture a large share of the market for heavy artillery mechs!
The only market where the Supremo Project would fail to gain traction was in the Terran Alliance.This substance is firmly embedded in n0v*lbin★
There was no way the Terrans would permit the widespread use and proliferation of a mech that was empowered by a Rubarthan god pilot.
It didn't matter if the Terrans themselves did not make use of the Supremo Project. They probably wouldn't be able to stand it if their vessels would rather resort to a 'Rubarthan' mech as opposed to one of the many second-class mechs designed by Terran or Terran-aligned parties!
Tarukan held no expectations towards the Terran Alliance's mech market. Both the Terrans and the Rubarthans had pretty much kept their mechs within their own spheres of influence.
As Tarukan finalized his expansive analysis of the Supremo Project based on the limited amount of information supplied by Ves, he made note of one more important factor.
If Ves could design one mech that slightly borrowed the power of the Destroyer of Worlds, he should easily be able to do so again.
There were all sorts of useful mech types that could gain a lot of wind in their sails if they could harness even the slightest amount of power of an actual god pilot!
The help bestowed by the Destroyer of Worlds was especially easy to work with because she could make every attack hit harder. The destruction properties of her god kingdom were well-known to the Rubarthans. As long as she could amplify the firepower of every ranged mech, then that would grant a mech company like Isthmus Manufacturing a huge amount of irreplaceable cash cows!
The insane potential for subsequent business opportunities made it even more important for Isthmus to secure Ves' cooperation.
Micky Tarukan completely forgot about his initial reaction after the Senior Mech Designer made an excessively greedy demand.
Ves really looked forward to seeing that happen. The repercussions of forging a successful deal would be great, but he was confident that he could deal with them. This was a time where the Larkinson Clan must continue to sustain its rapid expansion in order to keep up with his rapidly growing demands.
"Meooow...!"
Both Ves and Gavin interrupted their conversation and glanced at the gem cat that was moaning and squirming on the desk.
The injured but healing cat had come under increasing strain all of a sudden.
"What is wrong with your cat?"
"I think... it is finally time for him to use the kitty litter box once more!"
It was gem time again!
Ves had been waiting for so long to get his hands on the next batch of gems!
"Meeow... meoooow... meeeeeoooow...!"
Given recent events, Lucky's upcoming batch of gems were bound to possess particularly exotic and remarkable properties this time!
"You can go now." Ves hastily dismissed his assistant. "Lucky needs a bit of personal attention. Make sure to block any appointments in the next hours, including the urgent ones!"
"Meeeeeeeoooow..."
Lucky appeared to be in even more pain as his archemetal body had yet to heal from the damage inflicted by Master Quan.
Hopefully, his self-evolving cat managed to make the right adaptations that enabled him to cope a lot better against this kind of attack next time.
Ves didn't care too much about this, though. The only topic that remained on his mind was GEMS!
"C'mon, buddy. Your digestion system has hold onto the gems long enough. Let it all out. I hope that you have been saving up for something this time."
Ves may have reduced his reliance on gems as of late, but that was not that big of a deal.
If it was no longer cost-effective to apply the valuable gems to individual mechs, then he would just find another use for them! He just needed to figure out a way to safely extract and make use of what they contained inside their crystalline structures.
As the minutes passed by, Lucky's metallic body convulsed increasingly more.
At a certain point, the cat had finally reached his limit!
"MEEEEOOW!"
Three large and brightly glowing gems ejected from the exit port and slammed against the wall like bullets!
Ves immediately ditched his cat and ran off to pick up the hot and steaming gems that had fallen on the office room floor.
"Just three? They better be good."
He already had a feeling that he had obtained a big prize this time.