on receiving a modern first-class fleet carrier!
There was no way he was willing to invest so much personal attention to teach a
bunch of random Terrans.
He would give them an honest chance, but was up to them whether they had what it took to design living mechs well enough to be able to develop their own Carmine
mechs.
Ves decided to write down his extensive warnings in a document before promptly sending it all to the Devos Ancient Clan.
He was not stupid enough to transfer the files over the galactic net. He instead transferred his information package into a secure data chip before arranging a courier to deliver it to Master Laila Rebecca Devos by hand.
It would not be devastating to his work and career if his information package got leaked anyway.
Ves would merely lament the lost opportunity to sell his knowledge to other interested
groups.
After taking care of this issue, Ves began to direct his attention towards another important matter.
"What is the state of our first-class fleet, Gavin?"
"There are currently 15 first-class combat carriers at our disposal. Each of them are capable of housing and carrying the supplies for 30 first-class multipurpose mechs each. His personal assistant reported without delay. His recent augments allowed him to call up the most current data and information at a rapid speed "Most of them are built by Starfarer Bay, so they are consistent and high in quality. The rest are second-hand vessels that we procured from other parties at considerably high costs. None of them were modern, so we had to commission repair yards to service them and update the most essential systems."
Ves grimaced. 15 combat carriers did not amount to much. The Larkinson Premier Fleet needed to become a lot bigger before he became satisfied.
"Well, I already know that the Tortuous Scream is being finished up. She will be here
within 2 months." He recalled. "What about the archeship? Have we manage to refurbish her so that actual humans can operate her controls?"
"The archeship designated as A33 has indeed completed her conversion to a human-operable scout archeship." Gavin informed Ves. "She still needs to be operated by a crew that knows what it is doing. The Premier Branch has already hired the
necessary officers and specialists. They are currently undergoing extensive training on how to operate archetech systems."
"I see. That sounds good. Has there been any updates about the first-class fleet carrier that the Eternal Vulcan Empire is supposed to build on our behalf?"
"We have received inconsistent updates on that front, boss." The assistant mentioned.
"Ever since the start of the Hyper Generation, the Eternal Vulcan Empire has been... becoming increasingly more isolated from the rest of human space. We still have intelligence that indicates that our fleet carrier is still under construction. The Vulcanites have even revised and upgraded certain pieces due to newer developments in phasewater tech and hyper tech. This has caused the delivery date to be delayed, but it should be done several months after the Tortuous Scream has arrived. She will
still have a 320-mech capacity, but this can be expanded upon if you are willing to make tradeoffs."
"That won't be necessary. The fleet carrier needs to be fast and tough enough to withstand the rigor of warfare. She also has to retain as many bunkers as possible to house our heavy artillery mechs.
"Ah, about that, sir."
"Hm?"
"We are in the process of amassing a respectable amount of carrier vessels, but we do
not have any living mechs to fill up their hangar bays and mech stables." Gavin noted. "The only first-class living mech of your design is the most expensive version of the Yellow Jacket model. I doubt that you want to rely on Yellow Jackets to fight from the Larkinson Premier Fleet."
Gavin indeed pointed out a serious flaw in Ves' short term plans.
"That is very much the case." Ves sighed. "I do not know if I can remedy this issue in
the short term. I suppose we can apply quick-and-dirty upgrades to our most popular quasi-first-class mech designs. Upgrading their power reactors, energy cells and heatsinks should at least bring them past the first-class threshold. Strengthening their energy transmission systems and other necessary adjustments will take time as well. Perhaps we are better off with ordering several hundred first-class mechs designed by other mech companies."
"That is an understandable decision, but it will paint you as incompetent if you go ahead with this move. A mech designer who cannot adequately serve his own needs is
pretty pathetic."
"You are right, but I don't think I can do much about this at the moment. I need to
think over it further."
"Very well, boss."
"Let's switch to another subject." Ves' eyes grew sharper. "Have you contacted the RF
yet on what is taking it so long to award our clan the RF Warship Tokens that we deserve for killing a bunch of orven phase lords in the last battle?"