Chapter 6028 Phasefighter Counters

Chapter 6028 Phasefighter Counters

6028 Phasefighter Counters

The pieces were slowly coming together.

Ves harbored a lot of ambitions for the upcoming deep strike expeditions.

In order to accelerate his progress, improve his status in human society and gain the strength needed to overcome the pursuit of the Subjugation King, he needed to become a lot more proactive than his peers.

Plunder was by far the fastest way to speed up his progress.

It was also the most dangerous activity to undertake.

All of the alien raiding fleets that met their end after bumping into powerful mech forces served as clear examples how insufficient strength could quickly doom any attempt at enrichment through plunder.

Ves therefore placed a lot of importance on building the strongest possible first-class fleet by the time the greater beyonder gate enabled red humanity to undertake deep strike expeditions.

Obtaining the phasewater organs was important, but not too much. Ves still did not know whether it would be possible for him to participate in a deep strike expedition himself.

He felt it was necessary to be present in some capacity at the very least, but his value to red humanity had risen so much that the mechers and the fleeter would never allow him to risk his life in such a reckless manner!

This was one of the many disadvantages of becoming too high profile. Ves could no longer move wherever he wanted to. He could only hole up in safe locations within human space. The mere thought of entering alien space probably spooked a lot of tier 1 galactic citizens who saw a lot of promise in his work.

Ves at least needed to realize his design philosophy before he became more dispensable!

Unfortunately, Ves had no confidence in his ability to break through to the rank of Master Mech Designer within the next half decade. He could clearly feel that his accumulation was not even close to satisfactory. He also needed to absorb a lot of knowledge and design a lot more mechs in order to gain parity with other Masters.

All of that could be considered later. Now that the Battle of Torment had come to an end, the Larkinson Army collected enough data to hold multiple after action reviews.

Several hours after their last meeting, Ves met with Commander Casella Ingvar again.

Several other legion commanders entered the small conference room inside the Spirit of Bentheim as well.

Commander Melkor of the Avatars of Myth looked particularly morose. He was one of several Larkinsons who did not take much joy from vanquishing the Torment Fleet.

He was far from the only soldier to feel sad. Hundreds of mech pilots died and thousands of ship personnel perished as well. The Gorgoneion had been hit particularly hard, so much so that it remained doubtful whether the large defensive ship could still travel back to the Bortele System under her own power!

The Storm Swords were the elite quasi-first-class mechs of the Swordmaidens. They should be matched up against the elite phasefighters of the Torment Fleet in order to make a fairer comparison.

"The Flagrant Vandals actually attained considerably greater success in containing and eliminating the phasefighters." Commander Casella remarked. "The phasefighters are strong if they can keep their enemies at distance, but weak when mechs have gotten close. The Ferocious Piranhas were remarkably effective at catching up to the phasefighters and overcoming their transphasic energy shields by relying on their space suppressors. The disorienting glow of the Ferocious Piranhas have also proven to be fairly effective at disrupting the concentration of the orven mech pilots, though I have to note that it is gradually losing effectiveness against most alien races."

E energy radiation caused every life form's spirituality to gradually grow stronger over time.

A suppressive glow was nothing more than the inherent suppression of a superior life form towards lower life forms. If the latter started to grow stronger, then the gap wouldn't be as great anymore.

All of this meant that it became harder for the Ferocious Piranhas to incapacitate enemy pilots over time.

Of course, Zeigra and Lufa were also growing stronger, but their rate of improvement had slowed down a lot as it became a lot more difficult to make progress at their current states.

Ves formed his first conclusion. "Native alien phasefighters can be countered by light melee mechs. The phasefighters are not designed to fight at point-blank range, so any melee mech can tear them apart. The key is to be fast enough to close the distance. Only light mechs have a chance of getting within striking distance."

The legion commanders all nodded in agreement.

"What about the Stingrippers?" Ves asked.

"Their performance is decent, but they have produced noticeably less results than our Ferocious Piranhas." Casella answered. "The Stingrippers are equipped with small space suppressors as well, but since they always keep a certain distance from their targets, this module was not able to make any difference. Their relatively weak and light luminar crystal rifles are lacking in punch, so it takes a significant amount of time for their guns to break a transphasic energy shield and destroy the alien small craft. The main reasons why the Stingrippers still proved to be useful is because they were able to rely on focus fire and the fact that they do not need to waste time on fully catching up to their targets in order to land their attacks."

"Have the Stingrippers suffered a lot of losses?"

"No, sir. You should already have a good understanding of their evasive and misdirection capabilities. The phasefighters are not properly equipped to increase their hit rates against the Stingrippers. The Flagrant Vandals have lost a greater quantity of Ferocious Piranhas as they are not as elusive."

"I see."

Ves was glad that the Stingrippers still managed to achieve results against the phasefighters. The former were probably a lot cheaper than the latter. The Stingripper design had yet to be upgraded with phasewater technology and hyper technology, so his lastgen mechs effectively managed to gain the upper hand against currentgen phasefighters!

"There is one more observation I need to share with you, sir." Commander Casella spoke up again. "The Ferocious Piranhas and the Stingrippers already performed quite well when fighting against the alien phasefighters in isolation. However, the Flagrant Vandals always pair them up so that they can synergize with each other. They have proven to be especially effective this time. The Ferocious Piranhas can weaken the transphasic energy shields and disturb the mind of the pilot. The Stingrippers can subsequently focus their firepower on the afflicted enemy craft, causing its defenses to collapse much faster and easier than before."

In short, combining close-ranged suppression with lots of ranged fire support was a killer combination against these pesky phasefighters!

"It sounds like the Flagrant Vandals have become more indispensable in this age." Ves remarked with a smile. "They are well-positioned to become our best anti-phasefighter solution."

Light mechs definitely had a role to play in this new age of warfare!