Chapter 5731 A Whole New Battle Tactic

Chapter 5731 A Whole New Battle Tactic

5731 A Whole New Battle Tactic

The shield infiltrator fey possessed a huge amount of potential.

This was clear to many people, especially those who struggled to penetrate or overwhelm the transphasic energy shields of alien warships.

The mech industry had been working hard to release new mechs and technological innovations that could make this job a lot easier.

From the relatively basic but effective stormblade technology to the recently introduced anti-shield pulse fey, it became clear that the demand for effective solutions against the ridiculously powerful defenses of enemy warships still remained high!

This was a powerful indication that the mech industry had failed to meet the needs of all of the mech pilots and mech forces struggling to defeat the alien raiding fleets in the frontlines.

At the very least, the mech industry had yet to come up with an effective answer thus far. The lack of progress could be excused for the time being as the Red War had raged for only less than two years.

Was this because the mech industry was incompetent?

Ves did not think so. The challenges were just too great to overcome. The most difficult variable to work around was phasewater. It was too damn scarce, and it did not help that human space occupied so little territory that red humanity was starving for this precious substance!

In contrast, the aliens were literally swimming in it. They occupied the Red Ocean for so long that their stockpiles were astronomical. Even if they wasted most of it on promoting the cultivation of their phase leaders, they still had plenty of phasewater left over to equip every decent warship with at least a basic set of transphasic energy shield generators.

Red humanity was fighting an uphill battle. The lack of territory, manpower, combat assets and more placed a lot of pressure on mech designers such as Ves to come up with a silver bullet that could pierce through transphasic energy shields as if they were nothing.

Such a solution was simply not available at this time, but the successful development of the shield infiltrator fey at least showed that they were taking a step in the right direction.

The only aspect that Ves did not like about the product was that it originated from a first-class mech designer.

The Fey Shaper Contest was supposed to be an event that celebrated the innovations of second-raters. Ves had set the prize pool low to the point where no first-class mech designer would find it attractive enough to bother with the competition.

Even if they had other motives in store, it was quite risky for them to compete against many other second-raters. If they did not have absolute confidence that they could win first place, then any other outcome would be a huge stain on their record! Their reputation would plunge as they had essentially proven themselves to be inferior to people who were supposed to be their lessers!

It was one thing to admit one's inferiority to an anomaly like Ves. He had long transcended his roots as a second-rater.

It was another thing to rank lower than 'ordinary' second-

class mech designers such as Tristan Wesseling!

The loser might as well quit the industry and retire after suffering a humiliating loss.

Yet... that did not happen.

Somehow, Kelsey Ampatoch not only made a huge gamble, but managed to win his bet!

Ves had thought deeply on whether he should designate the shield infiltrator fey as the winner of the competition.

After all, Tristan Wesseling's luminous fire fey and Dr. Czilia Avoqee's stealth field fey were both so powerful that their presence could easily sway the outcome of a battle!

"Your shield infiltrator fey are remarkably cost-effective, but they also happen to be very vulnerable to enemy fire. Is there a means to bolster their defenses while preserving their main effect?"

"It is possible, but I will have to redesign the fey from the ground up." Ampatoch apologetically said. "The materials I have selected for my fey are inherently softer and weaker. This does their defense little good, but the greatest advantage to utilizing this collection of materials is that they are considerably more malleable. It is much less cumbersome to alter their properties and successfully imitate a valid pattern. Employing harder and tougher materials will result in the opposite. I believe that the cost of developing more damage resistant shield infiltrator fey will result in a much more expensive variant."

That made it practically useless. The shield infiltrator fey were clearly disposable by nature. They had to take on a lot of risks in order to subvert the expectations of the aliens.

Once the fey successfully slipped in and approached the vulnerable hull, the alien crew members were bound to become alarmed!

If their gunnery crews weren't sleeping, then the point defenses of any decent warship would definitely open fire on the approaching shield infiltrator fey before they could complete their mission!

This made it even more important to keep the shield infiltrator fey affordable. Only by employing them in greater numbers would allow at least some of them to successfully make the journey.

Ves gained a much better understanding of the context surrounding the shield infiltrator fey.

It was still an incredibly useful product, but they needed to be utilized correctly in order to make the most of them. The risks were too great to load them all up with human commandos. Who would possibly be crazy enough to enter these death traps that had a high chance of getting shot to pieces by enemy point defenses?

The only approach that made sense was to load them with as much explosives as they could carry!

Ves could already imagine how the shield infiltrator fey would be used in the coming years.

The Fey Fianna that ferried them across the battlefield probably had to bring along a set of spare fey in order to maintain their full combat effectiveness after they had 'delivered' their initial payloads.

Kelsey Ampatoch clearly came to the same conclusion, because he activated another projection that showed a simulation of how they could be employed.

It showed a swarm of hundreds of Fey Fiannas accompanied by thousands of shield infiltrator fey.

They all approached an alien raiding fleet that was actively trying to shoot down the incoming machines as much as possible.

The fey made this a lot more difficult by dispersing their formations and generating decoys.

Once the Fey Fiannas successfully came close, they sent forth their shield infiltrator fey towards half-a-dozen warships!

Even though the fey started to get blasted to pieces at a much higher rate, there were simply too many of them. Roughly half of them collided against the transphasic energy shields as their attempt to pass off as friendly units failed for whatever reason.

The remaining half successfully passed through the energy shields before their crossed the remaining distance and detonated their payloads next to powerful gun batteries, open hangar bays and massive thruster nozzles!

The enemy warships had become crippled!

What an inspiring demonstration.

Even if it was just a simulation, it successfully captured the imagination of many people.

Ves' eyes lit up as he realized what this approach entailed.

"The Fey Fianna... have turned into bombers!"

The shield infiltrator fey opened up a brand new battle tactic that had not been seen since the early days of the Age of Conquest!