Chapter 61: Another Step Forward
Time went by across the planet and in the mech division, the cadets of the mech division were taken off planet to participate in a strict training regiment in a space station to hone their skills and also to rank them based on their strengths and weaknesses. Alto who had been busy on the other hand did not have time to see them off as they went, he only got the news of their departure. All he knew was that they would return in a few months, he focused his mind on his own work and how he could complete his work.
On the third week he had finished his study of the mech and understood it’s workings. The Opis magnum was a light medium weight class mech that mostly functioned best in close range combat, the original designers wanted to have a capable battle mech on sale. While it was not unpopular to have a light medium weight class mech in close quarters battle they were at least meant to have a ranged weapon. Alto decided that the mech would have capable shoulder mounted missile guided launches that could only be reloaded twice but with a huge payload, a huge Gatling gun that would increase the weight of the mech in battle and decrease it’s mobility but would spray bullets wildly. He took into consideration the fact that the mech pilot might drop his Gatling and opt for a different weapon, in this situation it would have a set of dual laser pistols to rely on. For its ranged weapon Alto opted for a long spear that would be good for thrusting into its opponents.
Alto also added a one time speed thruster to the mechs legs just for an extra kick when needed. While designing the internals to suit his taste he had a huge problem trying to create the missile guided system. He was forced to rewrite the code of the mech and at time write an entirely new code, with the help of the nurse he was able to get even more books and with it he did a lot of studying. This alone took him another week since he would have to test the code multiple times and see if it failed. Another thing he had to deal with was the mechs cooling system while the original model managed it’s heat release well Alto had added a few more components to mix leading to him to learn and entirely new field. After designing the systems to release heat from the mech system, he has the task of deciding on what alloy he would use for the mechs exterior, a much harder armour would mean the mech would be more tougher and resistant to attacks but it would also be a conductor of heat and this would be bad if the internal systems overheated.
The telemetry of the mech would be entirely ruined, with every error Alto made he went back to scratch, retracing his steps. Where his intuition failed the designer’s eye would help. Perfecting the internals alone took him a whole month, by the second month he was working on the externals. He decided to purchase a very durable alloy metal for the mech parts, fabricating them turned into a total nightmare, despite being better equipped in the field he still lacked the experience. But with enough time on his hand he continued to work without pause, and eventually he managed to fabricate the armour plates and mech parts within the next month.
After putting everything together he ran multiple simulations to test it’s functionality within the game and made the necessary tweaks. When he was finally done he looked at his finished mech, it looked like a human knight, it had a similar helmet design, its chest was a bit bulky, on its shoulder was it’s missile launchers, it carries a gatling gun, laser rifles by its side, a long titanium spear on its back. It was painted with more care than his previous work, it’s body painted white then adding lines of blue and grey at the joints, he made sure it’s weapons spotted a golden shine. He wanted the mech to resonate like the mech it was, for this work he gave it the name. "THE PERCIVAL." Taking inspiration from a long lost human history.
He waited till the mech designer protocol beeped and sighed, he knew it was time to see his evaluation. He was ready for whatever criticism it would give him.
[The user’s design will now enter the evaluation phase]
"Common, please say something good." He said in a half serious tone, he was drained from the workload and wanted to be done with it as soon as he could.
[Design Evaluation]
Mech name- The Percival
Mech type- Assault