Chapter 5971 Hyper Material Advancements

Chapter 5971 Hyper Material Advancements

It was not necessary to use bad materials to make a good mech.

The skill of the mech designer could compensate for many of the shortcomings of inferior materials. REad updated stories at novelhall.com

Yet there were hard limits to how extensively a mech designer could turn trash into treasure.

Any professional mech designer should be able to cobble together a functional mech out of terrible materials if it was necessary.

The mech designer would hate it, but it did not matter so long as they delivered.

Even so, almost every mech designer preferred to work with superior materials if they had a choice.

More powerful materials gave a mech designer more options. The mech in question could become extremely powerful in a single aspect, or achieve a balanced performance profile with a very high baseline.

Cost and resource scarcity prevented many mech designers from using as much expensive materials as they wished.

This was not an issue that Ves had to worry about too much these days. The LMC was selling more products than ever. Partial ownership in Isthmus Manufacturing gave Ves and his clansmen an even greater source of income than before, so he no longer had to worry about restraining his budget for high-end mech design projects.

His growing relations with the Red Two and the first-rate colonial superstates granted him additional channels for rare materials. He could trade MTA merits and other concessions for materials that were normally reserved for in-house usage.

For now, Ves only ordered a batch of materials from the Red Association. The mechers were most invested in discovering and developing hypers that were most suited to be used in their products.

After Ves, Andraste and Alexa examined the hyper alloy stored in the first container, they began to open a few other containers.

They became exposed to various different hyper materials with varying origins and properties.

Though Ves judged that most of them were useless for his current project, he soon encountered a material that seemed to deepen the shadows in its vicinity.

The sample came in the form of an unassuming matte gray alloy bar. Despite its dull appearance, the hyper alloy conveyed an impression that it was about to transform anything nearby into shadow.

"Maaaw!"

Yaika pulled back as she received a small backlash when she attempted to examine the strange alloy. The kitten did not actually receive much harm, but that did not stop Blinky from licking her back to health.

"Mrowww..."

"It hurts." Andraste whined as she experienced her companion spirit's pain. What is wrong with this hyper material?"

"Interesting." Ves grinned as Blinky examined the shadowy alloy without suffering a backlash like his daughter. The Star Cat had faced much more powerful threats than a small piece of metal. "For whatever reason, this alloy not only draws in a lot of shadow energy, but also tries to phase nearby matter into a different dimension that is strongly related to shadow, darkness and other related concepts."

"Different dimension? Does it contain phasewater?"

"It does. I can clearly sense that it contains a high concentration of phasewater. It is well-known that any transphasic material that contains a lot of phasewater constantly destabilizes the local space. What you are seeing is this exact same effect, but themed around shadows. This is one of the many reasons why we are keeping our distance from the samples. It wouldn't be your companion spirit alone that would get hurt from exposure to this dangerous material."

Ves did not care about the risk factors of this material. From his perspective, more volatile activity often translated in greater power.

There were two major reasons why this hyper alloy attracted so much interest.

The first reason was that the material happened to possess an effect that closely aligned with what he was looking for. He needed to find a powerful hyper material that could allow the Dark Zephyr to phase through solid matter. Shifting the mech into a parallel dimension that by borrowing the power of shadow sounded like a viable option as long as Venerable Tusa was able to resonate with the Ultimate Module.

This was a travesty!

If not for the fact that any footage related to the transformation of the Dominion of Man was classified, he would have shown it to his girl already.

She would definitely root for her own father if he was able to see her fight and prevail against the clone of a God King!

Oh well.

Ves retreated from the long table and returned to the ramp.

He continued the examination of hyper materials. Most of them were very powerful and interesting in their own right, but that did not mean they were suited for his purpose.

He identified a number of hyper materials that were more suitable for the Phobos as opposed to the Dark Zephyr.

He also encountered hyper materials that possessed desirable traits, yet also interfered with the functioning of Teraixe-63.

This was one of the problems with combining multiple strong and volatile materials. They tended to lose a lot of stability when placed in close proximity with other hypers with overlapping functions.

Fortunately, Ves finally managed to encounter another high-grade hyper material that fit all of his requirements.

"What do you feel from this piece of rock, Andraste?"

"Maaaw."

"According to Yaika, the dark stone makes her feel weaker. It is dangerous, but not as obvious as some of the other materials. It is much more insidious."

"That is an apt description. Its threat can be just as big as a sword or a laser weapon. It just isn't as obvious. Please introduce us to this material, Alexa."

"This hyper material is artificially produced by placing rocks with similar material compositions in specially prepared enclosed space. The exact configuration and details of the production site are classified, but it is clear that it is strongly related to the darkness element. The result is a batch of high-grade hyper rocks that absorb darkness energy and can utilize it to weaken the molecular bonds between molecules. Strong exposure to this effect can cause objects up to and including organics such as human bodies to collapse into fine particles."

This was the second effect that Ves wanted to obtain!

"What is it called?"

"Omen Stone."

"That is a remarkably succinct and fitting name for this deadly hyper material. At least it wasn't named after its inventor."

Alexa coughed. "In fact, the Omen Stone is a product developed and sold by Professor Hirastus Omen, a relatively young but rising material scientist directly employed by the Red Association."

"..."

"Professor Omen does not have as many credentials as his older peers in his sector, but he is also not weighed down by a large body of work that has either become outdated or lost much of its relevance. He is a rising star in his field, much as you are in the field of mech design."

That was high praise coming from the likes of Alexa. She only respected a few brilliant people.

Ves adopted a speculative expression. "You are making me develop an interest in meeting Professor Omen. We may be able to establish a lucrative form of cooperation with each other."

That reminded him that he already befriended another materials-oriented mech designer.

Last he heard, Tristan Wesseling was doing better than ever as his specialization experienced a renaissance after the arrival of the Age of Dawn.

Perhaps Ves should get in touch with an old friend and see whether they could cooperate on a deeper level.