Chapter 5667 Solving A Dilemma

Chapter 5667 Solving A Dilemma

5667 Solving A Dilemma

As nice as it was for Isthmus Manufacturing to inspire humans into putting up a better fight, the mech manufacturer was ultimately in the business of selling lots of mechs.

Micky Tarukan therefore spent the next minutes detailing the most prominent traits and specs of the newly announced Ultimatum.

He first highlighted the new heavy artillery mech model's defensive and mobility characteristics.

Nothing he said particularly came as a surprise to his audience. The Ultimatum was covered by thick plating that was laced with earth hypers. The defensive parameters were decent, but clearly not the best in class compared to many other recently released hyper mechs.

The mobility of the UDS-550 was terrible, as was to be expected for this mech archetype.

What mattered was that its legs were thick and stable enough to somewhat maintain stability when its guns started to fire with abandon.

The only time when the mech actively had to perform a lot of compensating actions was when it fired its now-iconic Onyx Cannon. Depending on the firing angle, the local gravity and the presence of supporting braces, the heavy artillery mech could even push itself backwards when it opened fire with all five cannons at once!

Though it became clear to the more knowledgeable mech insiders that the defenses and mobility of the Ultimatum UDS-550 did not stand out in the slightest, it did not have to be. Nobody truly bought heavy artillery mechs for their ability to withstand fire or capacity to move faster than a turtle.

What everyone really wanted to know was the specs of its armaments, particularly the big one that caused the Ultimatum to resemble a rhinoceros beetle!

The CEO of Isthmus Manufacturing first directed the spotlight to the four 'smaller' cannons mounted across the back of the heavy mech.

"The Ultimatum UDS-550 is first and foremost designed to function as a traditional landbound heavy artillery mech. It is armed with four heavy artillery cannons that are all rated to launch standardized shells for its caliber. When their chambers are loaded with high-explosive shells, they can engage in high-angle bombardment at any distance, including over-the-horizon attacks. In space, they can also fire spaceburst shells that are particularly good at intercepting incoming small craft and missiles. It can also fire long-range homing shells that can automatically correct their course and detonate their explosive payloads onto their distant targets provided that they have not been intercepted along the way."

An invited guest couldn't wait for the Q&A session at the end to ask his question. He immediately raised his hand.

"Mr. Tarukan, are the secondary armaments of your new Ultimatum model confined to utilizing heavy artillery cannons that are of limited practical value in space battles?" Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

"The UDS-550 model number that we will be releasing first is most at home when deployed on land, but it can pose a serious threat to any alien warship that has an easy target. I will expand on the lethality of its heavy artillery cannons later." The CEO calmly responded. "Our resident design teams are currently in the process of developing variants that are mounted with different sets of back-mounted armaments that we shall release in the upcoming months."

"Can you briefly mention the changes in these variants?"

"Why certainly. Our planned UDS-551 is equipped with 4 heavy laser cannons. It is most optimized for sustained long-range combat in space. This is the most preferred option if you wish to keep your carrier vessels as safe as possible by maintaining their distance from enemy warships. The UDS-552 that is also in development boasts 4 heavy gauss cannons. They can complement the firepower of the Onyx Cannon and function best at mid-range. It is the most destructive variant and can break down the defenses of an enemy warship remarkably fast."

All of that sounded impressive. At the very least, the UDS-551 and UDS-552 sounded much more suitable to be deployed in space.

That was not to say that the UDS-550 was useless, but a lot of people thought it was weird to introduce a heavy artillery mech that was mainly optimized for pre-Age of Dawn landbound combat.

There was no way the leadership of Isthmus Manufacturing was ignorant to these concerns.

The mech insiders remained patient and waited for a proper explanation.

The fact that the Ultimatum UDS-550 was one of Professor Larkinson's famous living mechs guaranteed that it possessed at least one powerful gimmick that completely elevated its effective performance.

Many people started to wonder whether this was the reason why the previous demonstration targets were so immobile.

Yet before they could feed these doubts any further, Micky Tarukan directly addressed this issue.

"Before you think that the Ultimatum is only marginally effective at long-ranged combat, let us witness another demonstration."

A familiar projection came to life again that displayed a situation in high orbit. A group of battle bots launched out of a combat carrier and began to perform all kinds of random movements in space.

Their sizes and characteristics all differed from each other. A few were heavy but boasted heavy armor. Many more were smaller, lighter and much more difficult to hit from a distance.

In the meantime, the 9 Ultimatums had already turned around and raised their reactivated Onyx Cannons.

The heavy machines produced the tell-tale sounds that indicated that they were charging their main weapons.

At the same time, the Ultimatums increasingly exuded an air that caused many of the nearby witnesses to experience odd feelings.

BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!

The main cannons simultaneously opened fire shortly after they had reached full charge!

A relatively short period of time passed before 9 battle bots dancing around in high orbit suddenly shattered and disintegrated into pieces!

None of the shots had missed!

This was a remarkable result, and one that could not be replicated by any other mech armed with a kinetic weapon.

Many people grew shocked, but others started to grow suspicious.

It was actually not that difficult to produce this result. As long as the Ultimatums had access to the future flight trajectories loaded into the battle bots, then they could easily calculate where they needed to aim in order to strike their targets at the exact right timing.

However, a company as large and prestigious as Isthmus Manufacturing would never cheat its customers to such a flagrant degree.

Only a relatively small group of people had figured out what was truly going on. They were more familiar with the mechs designed by Professor Larkinson than the general public, so it was not difficult to make the right association.

Micky Tarukan continued to exude confidence as he prepared to explain this phenomenon. "The results you see before you are authentic. Each battle bot is remotely controlled by third-party mercenary mech pilots who have not been given any specific instructions. The reason why the Ultimatum can still defeat the odds and achieve a remarkably high hit rate is because it relies on an extraordinary application of E-technology that is actually old. Professor Larkinson has actually designed numerous ranged mechs in the past that have produced such results on a wide scale."

More and more people made the connection or became informed by the Larkinson's old works.

The results attained by the Ultimatum no longer sounded so shocking when people heard that this was actually an existing capacity!

"Now that we have entered the Age of Dawn, he has improved his proprietary Guided Aim Technology and implemented it in the most destructive second-class ranged mech possible! While we dare not guarantee that the Ultimatum will never miss, we are absolutely willing to promise you that no other heavy artillery mech can attain a hit rate as high as that of our new model! Our latest product has perfectly solved the dilemma between kinetic power and muzzle velocity. By relying on a highly innovative roundabout solution, the Ultimatum can effectively give its users the best of both worlds!"

That ignited a bomb within the second-class mech community!