In a near-future situation where the manpower pool of conventional mechs got dwarfed by the manpower pool of Carmine mechs, mech battles would never become the same again.
At least red humanity became too consumed by the Red War to even think about employing Carmine mechs against their fellow man.
Original humanity did not have any particularly threatening external enemies at this moment.
The people of the Milky Way would most certainly turn their shiny new Carmine mechs against each other!
This meant that the adoption rate and development of brand new mech doctrines centered around their usage would accelerate very quickly.
Those that understood the advantages of Carmine mechs faster than others would definitely invent pioneering new strategies and approaches towards warfare.
Carmine mechs would definitely be deployed in far greater numbers than ordinary machines.
Shipbuilding activity would pick up greatly as original humanity had a much higher demand for mech transportation capacity.
Many planets would probably form dedicated planetary militias for the sole purpose of mobilizing part-time Carmine mech pilots into somewhat effective defenders.
Every battle for the control of a planet would definitely cause collisions between mech forces that were easily ten times or even a hundred times greater than before!
Even if most of the additional machines on the battlefield consisted of cheap and disposable Rule Breaker mechs, the scale of devastation was bound to become a lot higher as well!
Collateral damage from all of this fighting would reach a scale that was not much different from being subjected to orbital bombardment.
Even if the starting forms of the Rule Breaker mechs performed poorly compared to modern conventional mechs, that did not change the fact that they were still mechanical war platforms that possessed enough offensive power to devastate a typical city district if given enough time!
Throw in tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands in a typical metropolis, and almost none of the tall structures would remain intact by the time the battle had reached its conclusion!
Civilian casualties could not be avoided no matter how well the local authorities evacuated them.
A huge amount of children would become orphans, and a large number of parents would also lose their precious sons and daughters.
As the mech designer who held ultimate responsibility for developing and introducing the Carmine System to both branches of humanity, Veronica could not escape the blame for indirectly triggering all of this human suffering.
It had been difficult for the Cyborg Cat to shoulder all of this future guilt.
Stopping was not an option, though. Her mother commanded her to design these mechs, so Veronica persisted despite her misgivings.
While it became easier for her to bear this abstract burden over time, Veronica could never completely get rid of her discomfort.
All of the high-minded reasoning and rationalizations could not completely excuse the death and destruction that would ensue in the coming years and decades.
Yet on a certain day, Veronica's perspective... changed.
When Ves finally dealt with the System upgrade, Veronica suddenly became infused by a brand new incentive.
Her new goal?
To harvest as many souls as possible in a galaxy that was filled with life!
In order to fuel Ves' newfound fascination with Demoncasting, Veronica needed to use her mech designs to set up the largest soul harvesting operation in modern human history!
The more souls she harvested, the better!
Humans, aliens and even living mechs could not be exempted from this new directive!
Veronica found it hard not to disagree with this sentiment.
Demoncasting was not just useful for Ves in the Red Ocean, but also Veronica in the Milky Way!
The only issue was that there were much less mech pilots she cared about at the moment.
The only person who she could truly help with Demoncasting was her father.
Veronica had not been able to meet with Ryncol Larkinson very often in the past few months and years.
The Dark Saint had been running around the periphery of the Oblivion Empire in order to solve a myriad of security problems.
His mental condition also fluctuated from time to time. There were times where he could go through his day while keeping his head sharp, but there were also times where Ryncol became angry and aggressive without good reason.
Whatever shenanigans Cynthia resorted to in order to accelerate her husband's growth, the sequelae were severe to the point where he lost control at times.
Veronica suspected that this may be the reason why her father chose to accept assignments that would see him travel far away from his wife and child. He did not have enough confidence to maintain control in front of his family.
That was a shame, because she really wanted to show off her groundbreaking Carmine mechs to her father.
She also wanted to take another look at the current iteration of the Devil Tiger. The best way she could employ Demoncasting in the Milky Way was to transform her first Masterwork mech into a D-mech, or at the very least equip it with a set of D-arms.
Oh well. Veronica was not in a hurry. It may be better to wait on this as she needed to accrue a lot more experience in Demoncasting or maybe even Demonforging before she felt confident she could bestow her father with a worthy D-mech.
In any case, now that Veronica gained a brand-new hunger for souls, she needed to implement a few last-minute changes to the designs of the Rule Breaker Project.
"Master Willix."
"Yes, Veronica?"
"A change has occurred. I... need to alter the designs in order to accommodate a new
goal"
"Explain."
She did. Veronica did not reveal too much information, but she made sure to impress the need to add Helena as the secondary design spirit of the Rule Breaker Project.
Master Willix fell silent when she heard that Veronica wanted to make such a substantial change just when the Rule Breaker Project had reached the final stages.
If everything went according to schedule, they would have proceeded to convert the completed mech designs into mech templates that could be utilized across the Milky
Way Galaxy!