The Mech Touch

Chapter 6727 Contrasting Conditions

The visit to the Devos Ancient Clan's secret facility yielded a lot of gains to Ves.

He left the research site with a satisfied expression. His Terran collaborators were practically doing most of the necessary research on his behalf without requiring any handholding from him. The Devosans had many capable researchers in their employ that provided a massive amount of assistance to the design team.

Ves and Master Devos mutually agreed that it would be better if Ves took a step back and took on a more supervisory role for the Arboreal Project.

Though Ves had conceived of the idea of a Woodsap mech, he did not have the time to babysit the project every day.

It was not that difficult for him to decide to restrain himself and allow the Terrans to settle stuff by themselves.

It was a matter of prioritization. Ves had other projects on his agenda that deserved his time as well. They would pretty much get stalled or slow down to an unaccepted degree if he did not contribute them on a regular and frequent basis.

This time, Ves was able to let go because his Terran collaborators sounded and behaved as if they had a much greater stake in the success of the project!

Ves had come to know and befriend Master Laila Rebecca Devos for a few years now. The two might not be as close as each other as his relationship with Master Moira Willix, but he trusted the Terran Master Mech Designer to do the Arboreal Project. justice.

The two had already discussed their joint vision and overall research direction for the design project in advance. Ves had put in his own demands, and as long as Master Laila made sure to respect them, then he did not feel the need to micromanage the mech design project.

Of course, he could not remain completely hands-off either. He still needed to put in the minimum amount of work to make the Arborcal Project come to life. He had to make sure to maintain enough ownership in the mech design in order to provide the necessary building blocks to enable the formation of a Carmine mech that excelled at interacting with the wood element.

That was not a big deal to Ves and Master Laila. Both had lots of experience with working on collaborative mech designs. They knew what to do in order to forestall common problems and ensure the project progressed on schedule more or less. Since the Arboreal Project was a bit more radical and innovative than usual mech designs, both Ves and Master Laila added a buffer in order to account for extra delays. Even then, Ves expected the work to be done within half a year!

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