The stature of his avatar changed in a matter of seconds. His uniform also shrunk in proportion. It also became simpler as there was no need for him to wear any boots or pants.
He still retained his officer's hat, but it grew so small that it amplified the feline's cuteness!
At this time, the smart Al had adopted a striped gray shorthair cat shape that complimented his dark
red uniform pretty well.
[Is this to your liking, Patriarch/Professor/High Councilor Ves Larkinson?]
"It is. Ves grinned. "By the way, you should only use one title to refer to individuals
most. Use the
title that you think is most appropriate for the context." [Instruction accepted. Please bestow me with a name. You may register one name or multiple occupying the same processor
different names, but each must be unique to one smart Al that
cluster.]
"I will call you... Sovvy! Gloriana's twitched as Ves made this suggestion, but she did her best to maintain control.
[My designated name is now set at 'Sovvy:]
Commodore Reze silently signaled that they should move on to bringing up the other smart Als.
"You can go back now, Sovvy. We need to get acquainted with your digital brothers and sisters as
well. Enjoy the start of your new life!"
The virtual cat in admiral's clothing smiled in a feline fashion. [I live to serve.]
That went well. Ves gained a better understanding of smart Als.
It was quite remarkable how the Red Fleet turned out to be among the first to develop a potential
substitute for living mechs!
Yes. Ves could already recognize that this alternate means of creating artificial life had the potential to breathe life into mechs without relying on his design philosophy!
Of course, anyone who attempted to do so had to make use of rare and expensive Mentalist Crystal fragments, but that did not take away the fact that third parties could potentially rely on this method
to break his monopoly on living mechs!
How exciting!
Ves did not reject this advancement.
It was the opposite.
He welcomed this innovation!
The greater competitive pressure stimulated him into speeding up the development of living mechs.
After all, he was the unquestionable pioneer and leader of living mechs!
He refused to let others usurp his throne!
Only by working hard and coming up with ingenious new design applications would he be able to
stay ahead of the competition.
Another reason why Ves felt excited was because he recognized that there was another benefit to
this alternate means of creating artificial life.
What would happen if he attempted to create a living mech that was embedded with a Mentalist
Crystal?
He faintly speculated that this may be one of the prerequisites to developing an awe-inspiring fourth
order living mech.
Ves gained a renewed interest in the Minerva Mark II Project due to this speculation.