The Mech Touch

6916  Unholy Energy Weapon Concept

After arranging the upcoming implantation of phasewater organs, Ves ended the call in satisfaction.

When he checked the schedule, he noted that a lot of good stuff will happen at once in the next two weeks.

The Tortuous Scream was about to arrive in the next few days. The first-class fleet carrier built by the Eternal Vulcan Empire was due to arrive a bit later.

The cultivator contingent dispatched by the Red Collective should be on the way as well. Ves looked forward to exploring their broad and unusual abilities and figuring out ways to make them useful to the Larkinson Clan.

The implantation surgery should therefore be the last event that held him back from leaving New Constantinople VIII.

The good news was that phase lords generally tended to recover very quickly from these processes as long as everything went right. If the phasewater organs worked correctly and if the surgeons knew what they were doing, then Ves should be up and running in a matter of days.

That would be the time the Premier Fleet formally set off towards the nearest war theater.

It was not bad to wait for a bit before setting off. A lot of new spacers had just boarded the incoming starships or would be doing so upon arriving in New Constantinople VIII. They all needed to familiarize themselves with the ship and their assigned stations. A few days of acclimatization and familiarization could make a considerable difference.

In the meantime, Ves went back to designing a personal weapon for himself.

He needed both a melee weapon and a ranged weapon in order to fight competently as a phase lord.

Since he was not that much of a fighter to begin with, the only way he could pose a threat to his enemies was to overcompensate by relying on superior equipment.

That was an area he excelled at. He possessed the expertise and materials to come up with a set of good weapons.

He already intended to develop a superdimensional polearm as his melee weapon. A simple spear with a long shaft should be easy for him to use. He just needed to drive the sharp tip at the enemy.

A spear was also the most economical form of superdimensional weapon. There were good reasons why most Saint Piercer arms used by the aliens happened to come in the form of lances.

Ves intended to make the shaft out of more abundant hull-grade superdimensional alloy. While it was not the best possible material to use when fighting against enemies armed with their own superdimensional arms, it was better than nothing.

The more important spear tip should ideally be made out of weapon-grade superdimensional alloy. This should make it really easy to inflict damage to tough enemies, though it was doubtful that he could inflict fatal damage unless he struck a critical organ.

A much better fighter should be able to produce miracles with such a good superdimensional weapon, but in the hands of a non-combatant like Ves, he would probably end up wasting its potential.

"Wait. That is not quite true. There are several ways to remedy this problem."

Ves grinned as he quickly noted down a couple of ideas that he intended to follow up on later.

He soon turned his attention to his ranged weapon option.

This was arguably more important because it was the best way for him to use the Radiant particle that he received from the Devos Ancient Clan as a gift.

When Ves thought about the phasewater organs that he was about to receive, he knew that he would soon receive a considerable boost to his defenses and mobility.

Of course, no phase lord was able to make optimal use of any newly implanted phasewater organs. It took a lot of time and practice for him to make the most out of his new capabilities.

It didn't matter too much to Ves. Even if his performance fell behind, he could just rely on his raiment to compensate for his lack of combat skill and acumen.

The lesser Arcis organ therefore came in handy as it enabled him to channel additional energy to any of his technological gear.

Ves could choose to channel much of that extra power to the azure shield generator in order to strengthen his defenses.

He could also copy the solutions applied to the Amaranto Mark III and channel all of that spare power to his energy weapon instead!

Ves activated a design suite and began to sketch out the ideas that came to his mind.

Compared to Saint Tusa, Ves lacked the courage to dance on a knife's edge and fearlessly circle around enemies that could blast him apart if he got hit a couple of times.

There was no need for Ves to force himself to imitate the Dark Zephyr Mark III.

"If I have to choose a model to take inspiration from, then I would rather take inspiration from the Phobos and the Lionheart."

The best way for Ves to avoid getting hit was to make the enemy unaware that he was present in the first place!

He kind of liked the Phobos for being able to enter into stealth and take his enemies by surprise.

The expert stealth mech was also able to deploy disposable fiends that could terrorize enemies and commit acts of sabotage without getting exposed right away.

However, it was too difficult for Ves to make this all possible. In order to become a sneak attacker, he needed to turn his raiment into a highly effective stealth suit.

That took way too much time and effort to design.

He also did not have the confidence to keep his presence hidden from alien phase lords who relied on their Locos organs to detect enemies with their spatial senses.

The Lionheart was the opposite to the Phobos in many regards. It was a very bright and shining mech that exuded leadership and superiority. It was capable of absorbing the faith and belief of many people and using all of that excess energy to forcibly elevate its performance past its normal peak.

From what Ves knew about his uncle, General Ark Larkinson often preferred to launch devastating charge attacks with the help of all of his boosts!

Although Ark was also good at sustained combat, Ves took a lot of inspiration from his tactic of quickly beheading an important alien champion or asset in the beginning.

"While it would be nice to imitate the Phobos or the Lionheart, I am ultimately far too different from them. Perhaps the mech that resembles me the most is the Valkyrie Redeemer."

The Valkyrie Redeemer was armed with a short luminar crystal weapon and a spear. It was capable of launching charge attacks, but it was also able to inflict harassing attacks at a distance.

The mech model was classified as a marauder mech, which meant that it was armed with weapons that enabled it to fight up close or from afar, but usually only one at a time.

"I can't fight like a marauder mech, but I can use it as a good starting point."

One of the issues he had with its fighting approach was that when they utilized their ranged weapons, they tended to imitate harasser mechs like the Stingripper and annoy their enemies while constantly dancing around their enemies.

Ves did not think he could fight this way as it was hard to aim a firearm while moving around so much.

Mech pilots had at least ten years of professional training and more years of practice and actual combat experience to rely upon.

He could only rely on shallow training and auto aim assistance from his raiment.

Neither of these solutions ranked high in terms of reliability.

Try as he might, Ves could not imagine that he would do well as a marksman mech or a harasser mech.

Yet he still wanted to borrow the strength of both archetypes.

He wanted to gain access to the power of the single-shot of a good marksman mech.

He also wanted to retain the mobility and superior positioning capabilities of a good harasser mech.

What if he combined the two together?

As Ves continued to sketch the luminar crystal weapon that fit him best, he eventually came up with a fairly short but stocky cannon.

If it was a kinetic weapon, then he would have called it a shotgun, but there was no straight equivalent for directed energy weapons.

The weapon should not have a noticeable spread at short range. This was an undesirable trait for energy weapons as it drastically weakened the penetration power and effective damage inflicted onto enemy targets.

Nonetheless, this was not a weapon optimized for long-ranged combat. Ves wanted to focus on power as opposed to precision. This was also why he wanted to make the weapon accumulate as much energy as possible.

"It's kind of like the smaller and short-range version of the Instrument of Vengeance."

While the luminar crystal blaster lacked the long-ranged precision of that iconic weapon, Ves intended for the former to retain the ability to accumulate as much energy as possible before discharging it all in one massively powerful energy beam!

While Ves did not think he could turn himself invisible, he could rely on allies to attract attention and allow him to get close enough.

His general game plan was to bide time while letting his luminar crystal blaster accumulate as much energy as possible.

Once he spotted a good opening, he would dash forward and get as close to his target as possible before pulling the trigger!

The luminar crystal weapon would subsequently proceed to unleash a massively powerful energy beam that should be able to overwhelm many enemies due to the amplification from the Radiant particle!

Once he fired his weapon, Ves might choose to finish the job by switching to his superdimensional spear before charging forward.

If not, he could instantly back off and put as much distance between himself and the enraged enemy as possible!

"The luminar crystal blaster needs to be as strong as possible if I want this to work."

Ves slowly began to grin as he came up with an interesting possibility.

What if he attempted to Demoncast this Radiant luminar crystal weapon?

There was a chance that it might not work.

Stuffing a demon inside a weapon that was blessed by the willpower of a god pilot could result in a conflict where the weaker party perished.

That was not the outcome he desired.

What he wanted to do instead was find a way to merge their strengths together!

What would happen if darkness successfully corrupted the Radiant particle?

Ves hoped that he would end up producing an unholy energy weapon!

"I will call this the Defiled Light Project!"

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