The Mech Touch

6913  Adapted Organs

Though it took a bit of time and procrastination for Ves to reach this point, he could finally work on designing a Radiant weapon for himself without contradicting his own principles.

He still felt a little conflicted. He came to this conclusion a little too easily. It was as if he deliberately conspired to lead the discussion to this outcome.

This should not be the case.

Even if he possessed a certain desire to wield a Radiant weapon, he made sure to follow a fair and reasonable procedure.

In any case, now that he had made his decision, there was not much point in looking back. He should just proceed according to his current plan with peace of mind.

As the Premier Branch waited for the remaining days to pass until their two first-class capital ships arrived in New Constantinople, Ves began to check up on the various projects related to increasing his personal combat capabilities.

He met with Beatrice Hendrix to check up on her progress in developing the Superdimensional Regalia.

"It should not take too long to complete this side project." She said. "The Red Association has made breakthroughs in developing stable superdimensional alloys. The superdimensional qualities may be reduced, but the resulting modular armor plating will not generate spatial fluctuations that are strong enough to destroy the delicate components that are responsible for controlling their movements. The calculations made by the SF-02 has helped enormously."

She projected the design that she had made so far. She not only showed the basic implementation of the Superdimensional Regalia, but also the custom suits of armor for his wife and children.

Ves took a quick look at each of them. Beatrice chose to stick to the basics and did not attempt to innovate too much. She was being quite risk averse to the point of refraining from adding any personal touches to the designs.

This cautious approach would likely result in bland products, but that was not necessarily a bad outcome. Ves did not want to take any risks when it came to developing protective armor for his closest family.

As for the Superdimensional Regalia, Ves could tweak and personalize the design himself without involving anyone else.

Ves nodded in satisfaction. "This side project is on the right track. When do you think you can finish them all? I would rather have them sooner rather than later as we are all moving closer to the frontlines in a matter of weeks. If an accident ever occurs, I at least want my family to enjoy the best possible protection. Even if a starship falls apart around them, their superdimensional armor should still be able to keep them in one piece."

"I can complete the superdimensional suits of armor within a month if expediency is a priority." Beatrice said after a few seconds of thought. "I can promise you that they will be serviceable enough to meet your expectations, but that there are still chances that they may glitch or malfunction. It will take another month of optimization if you want to reduce the probability of accidents."

"Hm, it is difficult for me to decide. As much as I want to have the new gear in a hurry, it may be best for you to take your time to debug the new suits of armor. We still don't know enough about superdimensional matter to know for certain whether it will work as expected in our designs. It is better to be safe than sorry."

The female Journeyman looked relieved. "Understood. I will make excellent use of the additional time to work out all of the kinks."

"Have you started to design my superdimensional raiment as well?"

"I have only completed a number of preliminary steps. I still wish to refine the Superdimensional Regalia as I can directly use it as a reference to design the much larger raiment. That said, the latter will not be a scaled-up version of the Regelia as we will only be able to make use of hull-grade superdimensional alloy for its structure. There are many differences between mid-grade and high-grade superdimensional alloys. The former is considered more stable, so we can increase the thickness of the armor plating to provide you with additional protection."

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"I need to maintain enough mobility to evade strong attacks and distance myself from threatening phase leaders." Ves noted. "Make sure to take that into account. You don't have to install too many bells and whistles into the raiment. You can keep the integrated weapon modules to a minimum if you have to. Just make sure that the flight system is fast and powerful enough."

"Understood. Do you have any other requests?"

Ves was just about to turn away before he remembered an important concern.

"Ah, I almost forgot. You've heard about the Radiant particle, right? "

"I have. Are you thinking about…"

"I intend to use it on a phase lord-sized luminar crystal weapon of my own design." Ves explained. "You should design my raiment with ranged combat in mind. I am not well-versed in marksmanship, so I won't use it for sniping, but the raiment can still offer various forms of support. You should at least include an auto aim system."

"I shall take care of it, sir."

They talked a bit more about what Ves expected from the raiment. They could not agree on anything too specific as Ves still needed to figure out what kind of luminar crystal weapon he wanted to wield.

After concluding his meeting with Beatrice Hendrix, he decided to contact the current head of the Larkinson Biotech Institute.

He activated his comm and called one of the contacts in his shortlist.

The physical projection of Vice Director Maria Abselon soon appeared into view.

"Good morning, Professor Larkinson. This is an unexpected call. What do you require?"

"I need you to give me a progress report on the adaptation of phasewater organs for my physique. As you know, the Premier Fleet is about to head to the frontlines. I need to know whether you can implant a number of phasewater organs into my true body before that happens. That will give me time to acclimate to my new spatial abilities and wield greater strength if I am ever forced to take to the field myself."

The former Terran researcher did not look too surprised at that. "Our research teams have tried our best to research the salvaged phasewater organs taken from various different phase leaders. Due to numerous reasons, it is not wise to directly implant these alien organs into your body, so we have spent most of our time growing imitations of the phasewater organs that are much better adapted to your human-like body. However, our progress has been slow due to your insistence on keeping our work as in-house as possible."

Ves grimly nodded. "It is a bad idea to give third parties the secrets to my own secrets. Not only will they know my strengths and weaknesses, they can also program as many backdoors as they can get away with. I cannot afford to assume that they will remain honest."

The vice director looked uncomfortable. "Be that as it may, our institute does not have the talent and expertise to independently complete all of the research and development. These phasewater organs are completely alien and possess strange properties that are deeply related to the mystery behind phase lords. We have therefore taken to exchanging knowledge with the Phase Lord Department of the Red Collective and numerous research institutions of the Terran Alliance. Rest assured that we have never given them any compromising information. We merely needed to borrow their theories and data sets to develop our own solutions."

That sounded typical. Ves did not have a problem with this as he and his wife also made use of this method. This especially became more relevant due to the need to learn how to process and make effective use of superdimensional matter.

"That is okay. I trust your judgment on this matter. I am only interested in the results at the moment. Are there any phasewater organs that are ready for implantation in the coming weeks?"

The older woman nodded. "There are, but the quantity is not too great. Let me disclose to you from the start that we have yet to make any significant progress in deciphering and adapting the most important Phasewater Production System that originated from the Arena Lord of Ya'gwasa. The complexity and interactions of the PPS are greater than any of the other phasewater organs. Not even the Red Collective has managed to adapt their own captured PPS as far as we are aware of. Do not expect us to make any progress in the short term."

That did not disappoint Ves too much as he did not have any great expectations for this in the first place.

"That's okay."

"Let me move on to the good news, sir. We have completed our studies on the augmented lesser Kelsis organ and synthesized a human version that should offer high stability. We are most confident in the quality of this organ as it is one of the 3 basic phasewater organs that are studied the most. It will enable you to generate stronger spatial barriers that are especially attuned to resist physical damage."

Ves did not look too impressed. "It's a decent defensive buffer, but a superdimensional raiment will probably offer much greater protection. I suppose this upgraded Kelsis organ is better than nothing."

"We have also completed our studies and adaptation of the lesser Dofner and lesser Pelmir organs." Vice Director Maria Abselon continued. "The Dofner organ grants basic warp travel capabilities. The Pelmir organ behaves as a reactionless drive. Both should significantly enhance your mobility without relying on any technological equipment. Do note that the performance of the adapted organs are downgraded from their originals. We are unable to match the quality of the originals. Do not expect to be able to travel interstellar distances quickly. Alien warp travel is too slow."

Ves smiled. "This is great news. Mobility is important, so I really can't do without those two adapted phasewater organs. It doesn't matter if their performance is a little lackluster. I can compensate with the flight system of my upcoming raiment. The combination between the two should produce a powerful result."

"Next is the lesser Arcis organ. This has been our next focus as it is less complex in operation than the other phasewater organs. This will enable you to convert spatial power into electric currents. However, the power output is directly determined by your phasewater concentration. If it is still fairly low, then the Acris organ will not be able to perform as well as a first-class power reactor for a mech. The situation is much more optimistic as the phasewater concentration rises."

That was not only because the phase lord was able to channel a lot more spatial power than before, but also because the size of the Arcis organ grew exponentially bigger with the growth of the true body.

A power generator that could support an entire starship was far more powerful than a compact power reactor that could only fit into a mech!

"This will be useful in the future, but not in the short term." Ves frowned. "I won't say no to an implantation, though. Any other organs ready?"

The vice director shook her head. "That is all for now, sir. We have yet to complete our studies on the greater Norigo organ, the greater Marigal organ, the lesser Sympatico organ and the severely incomplete lesser Collie organ. It will take at least several years to complete our studies in the remaining phasewater organs. Their functions are not entirely clear to us. The greater organs are also larger and of significantly greater complexity. Do not expect us to deliver our results quickly."

"What you have done so far is already enough. I am quite pleased that the Larkinson Biotech Institute has produced usable resorts in a relatively tight timeframe. How soon can you send the organs and doctors responsible for the surgeries?"

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