"Thank you students, class is dismissed."
 
Harnio looked up and sat at his desk until he was alone. He rubbed his bruised arm and cursed. "Why are they picking on me? Just because I'm better than they are?"
 
He opened his book and kept reading ignoring the pain in his side from the kicks and his black eye. "I bet this never happened to others who were in my situation…" He smiled looking at the book. "At least this time I was able to save you…"
 
"Harnio… Can we talk?"
 
He looked up and saw Eiken standing at the front of the classroom. He lowered his head. "Yes professor. I have time to talk."
 
"I've heard you've been having a hard time recently. The professors and I have seen all the bruises and cuts all over your body. Are you doing okay?"
 
Harnio nodded. "I'm just weak. I need to become stronger to protect what's important to me. I've lost too many friends already…"
 
"Harnio…" He looked up and saw Eiken moving towards him. He focused on his book again.
 
"What are you reading? Why does the book look slightly damaged?"
 
"I'm reading about dual nature batterys, and dual nature essence. I have recently met a very interesting person with a dual nature…" He looked around the classroom sadly. "With the book. I'm sorry, I tried to keep it safe, but it still got damaged…"
 
"You've met someone with a dual nature? Do you know how amazing that is?" Harnio nodded sadly. "Yes, they've left going to the mountain tribes. Since that is where they are from, so I'm reading about dual nature as I want to try some experiments in the future."
 
"Knowing a person's nature used to be very important, but with the creation of batterys, it lost its importance. Even back then, dual nature was a rare as they come."
 
"How did you met this person Harnio? You're not exactly a people person… As you know."
 
Harnio smiled and looked around the room. "By chance. The blacksmith and I have been doing experiments and they tried out one of them. Now they're asking for something that matches them exactly."
 
He looked down in his book. "Is that where you've been? I haven't seen you in the Ancient Tower for quite a while."
 
Harnio nodded rubbing his arm. "I put my friends in danger every time I step in this place, so it's better for me to not be here. Since I'm not strong enough yet."
 
"Whose been doing this to you? You can tell me, and I'll deal with it."
 
Harnio shook his head. "That'll make things worse. I'll deal with it as I get stronger…"
 
"Harnio revenge isn't the way to solve problems in the Ancient Tower. There are other ways too you know?"
 
Harnio shook his head keeping his eyes focused on the book. "Not revenge. Getting back at those has no meaning to me. It's about protecting my friends. If they're safe then, that's all that matters."
 
"Apprentice. You keep talking about friends… That's a good thing for you to have. Especially in how difficult it is for you."
 
Harnio smiled and closed the book. "Yes, professor you're right. Now I must go as there are some experiments I wish to work on."
 
"Okay apprentice. Just remember no more explosions." He walked out of the classroom ignoring those around him. He sighed as he walked out of the Ancient Tower and made his way towards the smith. "He'll be waiting for me. I hope my research will help."
 
He stopped and looked back at the tower. "I thought that this place was where I belonged. But it seems not… Maybe that's how the others felt… and why they left."
 
He left the Ancient Tower with a bounce in his step stepping around crowds of people in the traders' street. He walked into the smith with a smile on his face.
 
"Hello blacksmith. How is the design going?" He scratched his head and looked at his feet. "I have a question blacksmith��� I've always wondered what it means to sigh? I sigh sometimes, but should I sigh more?"
 
"Hahaha… You're a funny kid sometimes. People sigh because they feel upset or missed something special. Or they are thinking about something." Harnio watched as the blacksmith waved a hand at him to come closer.
 
"Come and have a look at the design… Tell me what you think?"
 
Harnio walked over to the table that the blacksmith was walking on. "I have another question. When they were here, you told them that we wouldn't let others know they were here, or who they were. Was that because she was a mountain tribes-person?"
 
"Hahahaha. No kid that's not the reason why. Come sit and listen to this old man." Harnio sat and looked at his feet. "The reason why is because she is very famous. And if anyone knew she was here, then they would chase her and follow her everywhere."
 
"Ahh. I understand… It makes sense. So, this design…"
 
He looked at the design on the table and smiled. "You can do what you need to do… I'll sit here for a while."
 
He heard the blacksmith move around him. "This bow is going to be called Storm bringer." Harnio smiled. "I like it. Using the sea dragon as the bow looks great, but it doesn't look scary or dangerous that it is going to bring a storm of water and lightening."
 
Harnio sighed. "Hey Harnio, that sigh means you don't like it. So you think it looks a little childish or something like that?"
 
He shook his head. "No… I do like it. I mean the design is focused on water. We need to show water and lightening. A bow when it's pointed at her opponent, they are going to fear her arrows."
 
He glanced up and watched the blacksmith scratch his head. "Hahaha. Harnio you might be right. How shall we change the design to instill the fear of storms, since this bow is supposed to bring on storms?"
 
"Her eyes remind me of a bird of prey, so how about a design of a lightning bird of prey on a wooden bow?"
 
He heard the blacksmith stop working. "That's a great idea. A lightening bird of prey with its claws out about to strike… I like it."
 
Harnio smiled. "Let's make the talons the target and firing point."
 
Harnio started designing the bow, he smiled as he drew the design. He looked around. The area around him slowed down. "This again… No matter. It helps me think. I must focus on the design of the bow." He took a deep breath and went back to the design.
 
He sat back letting a deep breath out. "Finally finished." He looked around him, and his eyes opened wide. "It's late already. I didn't even feel the passing of time." He looked at the design of the bow and smiled. "I hope she'll like it."
 
He stood up and stretched and looked at the plate of cold food sitting on the table. "Thank you, blacksmith." He ate the food staring at the design.
 
"Now… I need to work out how to write the language for the dual nature and truly make this bow bring storms with it." He yawned. "Maybe sleep first."
 
Finishing the food on the plate he put his head on the table and closed his eyes falling into a deep sleep.
 
"Harnio… Harnio! Wake up…"
 
Harnio opened his eyes and sat up in shock. He looked around and saw the blacksmith holding a plate of food in front of him.
 
"You've been working hard for the entire night. Here eat some food."
 
"Blacksmith… I finished the design. What do you think of it?"
 
"Eat first… I'll look at the design after eating."
 
Harnio sighed and ate the meal quickly. "See… I'm eating… Now check."
 
"Hello… Is anybody here?"
 
Harnio stopped chewing and went to the back of the smith and watched the blacksmith.
 
"Yes. I'm here. Come in… How can I help?"
 
Harnio stood silently as a group of four people walked in the smith. "Ahh yes. Hello blacksmith. My friends and I are looking for some armor. We're planning to go into the northern wastelands, and we've been told this is the place to go."
 
"Hahaha. Treasure seekers, are you? For armor we have some pieces, but I'm thinking that you need something special for the cold temperatures."
 
Harnio looked around the smith. "Battery powered armor that keeps the wearer comfortable during the coldest weather. Hmmm. Not as easy as it sounds."
 
"That's correct blacksmith. We need some battery powered armor. People around the tower say you're the man to see. We can pay…"
 
Harnio held his breath as the blacksmith looked at him and then back at the treasure hunters.
 
"When do you plan on leaving?"
 
"We'll be leaving as soon as we have the armor.
 
"What type of armor are you looking for. I'm hoping not anything heavy."
 
"That's correct. Light armor, which is why we need it to be set to keep us warm."
 
"Normal I work with weapons, but I'm sure my apprentice and I can put some sort of light armor for you. Since you said you can pay three hundred gold will be the price for the armor."
 
Harnio shook his head and felt his heart rate increase. "Why is he accepting this job? I still am clueless when it comes to the language…" He took several steps back and sat on the book covered cot and sighed. He heard the steps of the group leaving and the blacksmith walking over to him.
 
"Harnio… You look like you've seen some evil spirit. What's the matter?"
 
"Blacksmith… Why did you accept their request? Was it for the gold? We have not done any testing, nor have we even thought about trying…"
 
Harnio shook his head and put his head in his hands.
 
"Apprentice… I chose to accept it because I know it's something that you can do. It's not about the money, and being a blacksmith is never about money. It's about the challenge. One day you'll understand that kid."
 
Harnio looked up and looked around the room with all his notes and books. He sat in silence. "Blacksmith… One day I'll understand completely, but for now I'll try my best."
 
He stood up and walked out into the smith sitting at the design table in thought. "If we place fire batterys in the armor then by the time they get to the north they will be melting from the heat of the armor. We can't give them that. I need to think of another way."
 
He scratched his head and looked around the smith. He stood up and looked at a piece of armor hanging on the wall with a smile. "Blacksmith… What's with the jewels in this armor? Do they do anything special?"
 
"Hahaha. That there is one of my first pieces. The guy never came and payed for it, so I keep it there to remind myself of desire to become the best blacksmith in Athlos." Harnio looked at the rag in the blacksmith's hand and watched him wipe the sweat off his forehead.
 
"The jewels, they are just colored glass. Shiny things. Nothing special… Why do you ask?
 
Harnio sat at the design table. "I have thought of an idea, but I'll need access to those glass jewels. Do you have anymore?"
 
"I have hundreds… Are you thinking about placing the essence in the jewel? Then you'll have the same problem of them melting from the heat before they even get to the north."
 
Harnio started drawing and shook his head. "Not if you can take the jewel off the armor and swap it for something else."
 
"Hahahaha. That's genius. Even I wouldn't of thought of that. You make the design and leave it to me to make the armor and glass jewels. We'll give them something they've never seen or heard of before."
 
Harnio smiled as he heard the furnace being lit. "Thanks for believing in me blacksmith." He looked up and glanced at the furnace. "Blacksmith after this can you show me how to make the glass jewels?"
 
"Hahahaha. Kid you may be a genius, but you've got so much to learn about life and the art of forging."

The ancient god of Athlos has once again come alive wanting to once again be whole. The leader of Athlos is bent on being one with the creator once again, however there are those who stand against him and his ideas.

Once news of rebellion approaches the Supreme's ears, he calls for the ancient rite of the guard. The question is... Is the calling of the guard to unite the ancient god, or to set the people free from the ancient god?

The Throne follows the lives of five different people losing something important to them, and how they react to the events that evolve around them. It shows them in their weakest of moments as they learn how to rely on themselves finding strength in the strangest of places.

It focuses on their weaknesses and desires for revenge throughout the fist part of the novel. Fear and doubt in their abilities is revealed to characters as they’re pushed away from others. They learn how to see things from a different point of view as they become stronger, preparing themselves for what only few can see.

It all begins as a normal day for each of them, until something happens in each of their lives that causes their weakness to be shown for everyone to see. Its their responses to these events that their hidden strength starts to reveal itself.

Mouse is a street thug, and a known thief in the city causing headaches to the guards and merchants he steals from. His quick wit and sarcasm shines when he has everything, however, loses it all when he’s attacked. Star a circus performer reveals her dark side when she loses the closest people in her life, and revenge is the only thing she can think of. Harnio has Asperger’s and savant syndrome, causing him to not have the ability to connect with people, yet when it comes to information and learning there is no one greater. Drummen a loud, proud, lover of women and wine has only one desire in his life and that is freedom, yet he can't escape from the ones pulling his strings. While Stannir following the footsteps of his grandfather maybe strong and talented, yet he has no belief in himself nor his abilities that are forced upon him to survive.


The main plot pushes the characters together to complete the ritual by fighting a mysterious army that’s being created by the Supremes’ order. Their actions can either repair Athlos leaving it as it is or returning it to how it once was long ago in the past when the Creator was walking on its lands. 

Each character faces stress, pain, suffering, rejection, love and hatred. Its how the characters react to these situations and how they deal with the problems they face.

The woman appeared at her old age but still decent senior from what he think as he uncomfortably getting many attention. Crowd began to whisper around behind his back.

"Professor Crowdley!"

He knew her name. Her name was Margareth Crowdley. Currently, she was a professor at Ritterberg Institute of Technology. She also had her organization in Beintheim but relocated to Ritterberg because sandman war. 

"As expected of Larkinson, He will be like his cousin someday."

Mech designer born as the same Larkinson blood had advantage to adopt some of journeyman legacy like ves Larkinson. Because his name currently has enormous popularity in Ritterberg Institute of technology, his almamater was undeniable truth for Professors to promote his name as symbol of popularity to attract new mech designer to study in their University.

Many mech designer tried to copy some of his legacy with license but no avail. His design philosophy was unique to begin with and could not be described in technical way. 

Maybe if his design was not sold out well, mech designer did not have to buy his license despite it was cheap or not.

As Jackie followed Professor into her room, she gave him a compliment he never hear before, "It is great someone like you has your own way to make your own variant in radical but somehow helping the mech pilot to adapt on his new mech without have to tinkering with neural interface."

"Thank you for your compliment Professor, it is nice for me to get your attention."

"It is also honor to be same part of Larkinson as your cousin has caused many uproar in Bright Republic with Living Mech corporation. His sudden advancement took us in surprise." she could help said excitedly about his cousin until she opened the hatch.

Arriving on her office, she sit down on her chair as she said with gesture, "Please sit down, Mister Larkinson." In cheerful way.

Her room has her own style to attract with her accomplishment, certificate and many more. Despite Jackie could read in her record, it surely needed more to attract many student.

Professor after all had a bunch a work to do for making her student reached her breakthrough to apprentice!

Making sure he sit well ready for listening, she waved her hand as projector making appearance of his variant design. Same as on his terminal, he used standard lastgen rifleman mech to adapted in his current way into new variant.

"It is as if you help another mech next generation to correct this point. Tell me! did your cousin teach you some of it?"


"Nope, I have not graduate. So, all of business in LMC have not reached my circle."


"So? how do you do it." she was flabber-gasted, "Despite my design philosophy has not focused that way, but it is best opportunity if you want to get my mentoring for your advancement."

Hearing from mouth of senior, he could not help but surprised and bowed his head as if he met new Master.

"Thank you for your help professor, I will take your lesson properly."

 In his heart, he could not help but excited as he want to become part of her organization. Despite he as novice will only received her mentoring only, he did not feel the blame into himself.

Mech designer should be brave in order to face a danger to accumulate his own design seed. 

Senior mech designer could not help but excited when described his design philosophy in radical and different view that usually mech designer focused. Despite senior felt that his Skill in technical way seem down, she helped him to adopt some of her teaching.

"In order to be good at balancing your mech part with your own radical way. You should think about your purpose you build your own variant. From what I saw from your design, you have to learn this knowledge from this pile." 

With her strong hand, she brought the pile of book on her table until he could not help but saw her in another way because the pile of book almost made him could not see her face.

"Senior, can I ask you some question?" he asked.

"yes?"


"Do my variant has anything to do with these knowledge?"


"Of course, your lack focused on balance imbalance on your design phylosophy almost make some of variant lose some of touch of quality but I prefer you do it on your own."


"Okay" he could not help but frowned.


She gave him advice, "Don't try to follow your cousin way. Despite many of his design was ultimate best seller, your design should not influenced by anyone else. Be strong and smart, Jackie."


"Thank you professor, thank you for your advice."


With mount pile of book, he got back into his class. Many uncomfortable attention reached his ear and his eyes almost everywhere, as many of it wished him well despite he fully aware someone looked him with envy.


He could not help but felt dangerous as apprentice began his teaching in front of him. Behind him, his classmate began to whispering with each other.


"As expected of Larkinson, it is nice if we get along with him."


"Shhtt he will hear you..."


Jackie muttered," I already hear your voice, you know."


After his session ended, he walked along with amount of book to his home in Larkinson estate.

"These books are so heavy."

his sweat was completely obvious as he could help try to stay focus on his walk.

"let me help you." someone offer as he began to look.

"Anne!" he could not help but laugh in surprise as Anne took some of his book, "It is heavy right? Let me help you."

"Nice to meet you again, Jackie." Anne smiled and brought some of his book as she walk along with him.

"I did not expect you to caught attention so easily by senior, you know." she said.

"Not that much I mean. Everyone can be my cousin as long they work hard enough." he aware of her change of attitude and trying to calm her down.

She frowned, "Unfortunately, it is more than just hard work. Jackie. Even through I work hard until now and contribute many experiment with my family. I still have not on going any useful suggestion and my development. I still can be described as pariah in my family"


"Anne. please don't say that. You are already doing good." after that, he became speechless when she began to explain her family circumintances.

After obtaining unique power, Jackie Larkinson aims to create expert pilot into his possession.

In the far future, the galactic human civilization has entered the Age of Mechs. Countless of lesser power of humanity have come to adopt mech as main weapon of war.

Author note: English is my second language. So, I will do my best.

Though Ves had been delayed in starting his main design project, he did not consider it a waste. Working on the Aurora Titan, talking to Jannzi Larkinson and touring the Avatar base gave him a deeper understanding of his people.
Ever since Ves formally took responsibility for the Larkinson Clan, his mentality experienced a shift. He no longer purely looked out for himself. He also started to consider the impact of his decisions on his relatives and clan members.
Though he was also responsible for the LMC, he never considered it to be indispensable to him. Even if the company went bankrupt or got taken over by someone else, Ves would always be able to start anew.
This wasn't the case with the Larkinson Clan. For better or worse, he formed a bond with the Larkinson Mandate, causing him to become committed to his role as clan patriarch!
So long as he held the Larkinson Mandate, he had a duty to lead the clan in a wise and responsible fashion! This was the rule he set for the position of clan patriarch, and it was a rule that Ves could not afford to break!
Verbal or written promises meant little to Ves. He never abided by the rules once they no longer suited them, and he often got away with it because it was impossible to penalize his transgressions!
It was different now that he became spiritually connected to the Larkinson Mandate and the Golden Cat. The book and the ancestral spirit it nurtured watched over every Larkinson, including himself!
By design, the Larkinson Mandate was an heirloom that functioned as the spiritual heart of the clan. What this meant was that the book should essentially be able to keep the clan cohesive and united even if it grew into a massive power in the future!
The Mandate would gradually grow in power and become more potent as the clan grew in might and numbers. For now, the spiritual nature of the book remained weak.
This also meant that it was malleable!
If Ves exhibited crooked behavior in performing his duties as clan patriarch, the Larkinson Mandate would eventually reflect that!
Not only that, but the Golden Cat which always looked up to Ves would certainly take over some of his morality, which would be a disaster to the Larkinson Clan!
In order to make sure they developed into the pillars the clan could depend upon, Ves had to make right decisions for the clan. Ones that not only ensured its survival, but also its integrity!
Perhaps those who knew who Ves truly was like would state that he should be the last Larkinson to hold the seat of clan patriarch!
They were right. Ves was anything but an upstanding specimen of humanity. He didn't care, though. In this merciless multiverse where everyone was out for themselves, the Larkinsons needed someone to make the decisions they would never contemplate.
The Larkinson Mandate only governed decisions that directly related to the Larkinson Clan. As for other decisions, the book shouldn't pay much attention.
In any case, the Larkinson Mandate and the Golden Cat played vital roles in his next mech project.
The modular mech platform that Ves envisioned should embody the strengths and virtues of the Larkinson Clan!
This was very hard to do under ordinary circumstances, but the presence of the Golden Cat during the design process should remove much of the guesswork.
He affectionately tapped the Larkinson Mandate floating by his side. "I'm counting on you to make sure my mech does right by the Larkinsons."
The presence of the book in the design lab caused the entire chamber to be immersed with a formative glow.
The intrinsic Larkinson values of duty, family and courage had already started to shape up. The more the Golden Cat matured, the closer she developed the glow that would come to represent the clan!
No one could ignore the glow. Not when they were this close to the book. Ves had called Gloriana and his two design teams in order to make an important announcement.
"From this moment onwards, the Larkinson mech design project will officially start!" He spoke with pride.
Technically, all of the preparation work that took place beforehand should have been included as well, but nobody cared about these details.
The only thing that everyone knew was that Ves had finally decided to commit his full attention towards designing this complicated new mech!
Gloriana grinned and clapped. "I've been waiting for this! This will definitely be interesting!"
He threw her a brief glance. "Have you recovered already?"
"Not quite yet, but it won't be a problem for me to participate in the initial stages of the design process. I'll get back to normal in another week or two. I'll definitely be able to keep up with you by then!"
That was sufficient. He turned to his design teams.
"Alright. To many of you, participating in this project will be the first for you. Every mech designer adopts a different approach to mech design and project management. I'm someone who wants to be very thorough and methodical about our approach. This means that I plan to complete this project step by step according to a predetermined plan and vision. Is that clear?"
His question was mainly directed to the second design team. They all nodded in understanding.
""How big of a role will we play in this project?" Mayer Torto asked.
"Like most design teams, your primary responsibility is to follow our instructions and do the work we assign to you. Going by prior experiences, most of your tasks consist of taking our design choices and fleshing them out. Performing lots of tests and simulating the performance of the various iterations of our design is another major responsibility."
"Do we have any input on the design at all?"
The design team couldn't be blamed for asking such a question. Every mech designer wanted to see their efforts reflected in the end product!
Ves understood this, so he didn't outright say no even if he wanted to. "If you genuinely spot a flaw or come up with a good suggestion, feel free to bring them up to me. As long as they are good enough, I'll definitely include them into the design! Just take into account that Gloriana and I will probably come up with them first."
This answer satisfied his subordinate mech designers. Each of them had faith in their specialities!
"Any other questions?"
"Yes." Merrill raised her hand. "What exactly are we designing?"
This question was a lot harder to answer than Ves anticipated. While he had a lot of reasons in his mind, it was difficult to convey them to his audience. He had to pause and think on how to word his reply.
"The goal of this project is to design a mech that can adopt four different configurations for the Larkinson Clan. The major requirements of this mech are threefold. First, it has to be a modular mech platform with several spaceborn configurations. Second, it has to be a mech that embodies and represents the Larkinson Clan. Third, it has to be able to facilitate the promotion of third-class mech pilots to second-class mech pilots."
All of this sounded simple, but to combine all of these priorities in a single mech was a very considerable challenge!
The first and third priorities were easily understandable to the mech designers. While they were extremely challenging on a technical level, at least the mech designers could rely on their design and engineering expertise to solve most of the issues they encountered.
It was the second priority that caused a lot of confusion!
"What do you mean exactly when you say you want to design a mech that 'embodies' the Larkinsons?" Merrill asked in confusion.
Ves recalled that Merrill and most of the other mech designers in the second design team hadn't worked on a major design project with him before. Unlike the Tovar Design Team, they weren't versed in the principles and methods mandated by his design philosophy!
"I'll teach you some of the concepts that pertain to my specialty later." He promised. "Suffice to say, it's all about the mindset. The mentality you adopt and your understanding of the Larkinson Clan all affect the intangible qualities of our mech design."
As Ves briefly summarized some of the theories that he freely shared to his subordinates, he noticed a difference between his mech designers.
The Tovars were already familiar with his methods. While their Brighter skepticism prevented them from embracing his theories fully, they were nonetheless accepting due to all of the proof they witnessed.
Of the second design team, the Ylvainans were already similar. In fact, their expressions were so intense that they were acting as if Ves was speaking the gospel!
The only mech designers who didn't share in the obvious worship of the Ylvianans was the foreigners.
Both Merrill Truman and Mayer Torto viewed their Ylvainan colleagues with distaste. Both of them were clearly secularists and viewed every religion with distaste.
While this difference was a little concerning, Ves did not plan to transfer them to the first design team. The Ylvainans already became increasingly more involved in the Avatars, the Sentinels and the LMC.
Though Ves was gratified by their high spirits and enthusiasm, he did not wish to see their faith take over his organizations!
The Ylvainans needed to learn to get along with people who didn't share their beliefs. Segregating them into their own work groups was not the solution. That would only encourage the functions and cliques to stay apart from each other.
In the long-term evolution of his organizations, this would certainly lead to a potential schism!
"We can bring the second design team up to speed later. Let's get back to something more immediate." Gloriana suggested.
"Such as?"
"Tell us your ideas on the four configurations. How much do they deviate from each other? What aspects do you wish to emphasize for each of the different configurations?"
"Well, before I explain what I want the configurations to be good at, let me explain what they ought to share in common." Ves answered.
He activated a projection of their very rudimentary draft designs.
"If you take a good look at the drafts, what stands out to you?"
Gloriana smiled but refrained from answering. She had been a part of the drafting process, so she played a huge role in setting the initial design choices.
Oscar DiMartin was the oldest and most experienced mech designer. He participated in many different projects, so he quickly figured out the common thread.
"All four configurations are designed to be as similar to each other as possible! They're not very divergent from each other!"
"That's correct." Ves nodded. "Can someone else explain how that is reflected in our configurations?"
Gilbert Tovar, who was very sensitive towards differences in mass and layout, pointed towards the rifleman mech configuration.
"Ordinary rifleman mechs aren't as thick and sturdy as this draft configuration. It possesses an excess amount of armor that is strictly customary for this mech type. It's less mobile and able to evade damage, but it's a lot more resilient against damage as a result!"
"That's not always a good idea." Vela Tovar added. As a ranged mech specialist, she wasn't comfortable with this configuration! "One of the main reasons why rifleman mechs prefer to mitigate damage through evasion is because their rifles are always a lot more fragile than the frames themselves. If the mech becomes too easy to hit, then it's a lot more likely that an enemy will be able to snipe their primary weapons!"
"A slower ranged mech is also one that is less able to kite pursuing melee mechs. The instant a light skirmisher or lancer mech manages to close the distance, that ranged mech is a goner!"
All of these points were valid. Both Ves and Gloriana fully agreed with conventional wisdom.
Yet just because a certain decision turned into conventional wisdom did not mean it applied in every situation!


After obtaining the Mech Designer System, Ves aims to create the greatest mechs in the galaxy!

In the far future, the galactic human civilization has entered the Age of Mechs. The countless lesser powers of humanity have come to adopt mechs as their main weapons of war!

Only a small number of humans have the right genetic aptitude to pilot these destructive war machines the size of buildings.

Born to a military family in the edge of the galaxy, Ves Larkinson is one of the many people who lacks the talent to earn glory in battle. Instead, he became a mech designer. Helped by his missing father, Ves has obtained the mysterious Mech Designer System that can help him rise in the galaxy and beyond!

His mechs based on the principles of life quickly allows him to rise to prominence. Powerful and highly compatible with mech pilots, his products have the potential to take the market by storm! However, success does not come easily, and countless challenges bar his ability to sell his mechs to a market eager for innovation!

With the sins of the human race in the galactic arena slowly catching up, Ves must navigate the perils of the ultra-competitive mech market and maintain control over his growing organization of misfits.

This is the golden age of mechs. This is the golden age of humanity. The question is, will it last?

"Any challenge can be overcome as long as I design the right mech!"

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The ten million RMB was turned into ten thousand diamonds.
It cost one hundred diamonds to spin once, meaning he could spin one hundred times. The system was really thoughtful as there was a new level on the side of the machine with a note :"Draw ten: Spend 990 diamonds, 10*whatever you drew."
"... What a great deal," Chen Mo said sarcastically.
That meant spending nine hundred and ninety gems would multiply whatever you drew by ten (not ten different equipment).
And save ten diamonds.
Chen Mo rolled his eyes at the thought that ten diamonds meant ten thousand RMB, but there was nothing else he could do but accept it.
He pulled the spin ten lever.
The reels started spinning with various types of equipment flashing on the screen. It didn't take long before they settled down.
Design - Numerics - Numerics balancing skillbook (level 2)
One book turned into ten because of the spin ten. Ten identical level two numerics skill books appeared on the screen.
"Huh, not bad," Chen Mo tapped on the skill books before they turned into stars and flew into his fingertip.
Various knowledge of balancing flew into Chen Mo's mind. Various types of calculations, tableaus, and various balancing concepts and ideas were now part of Chen Mo's arsenal.
Balancing numbers were incredibly important to Chen Mo as PC's greatest weapon, MOBAs, were strongly dependent on balancing. Without proper balancing numerically, there was no way the final product was going to be balanced.
It was nearly impossible to have a proper competitive system in an imbalanced MOBA, not to mention the difficulty of retaining players.
Chen Mo continued to draw.
He pulled on the lever, the reels started and stopped again.
Design - professional knowledge, architecture skill book.
Another ten books.
Chen Mo let out ah 'oh'. Even though he didn't need it, it was useful nonetheless.
May as well consume it.
After consuming the ten architecture skill books, many relevant knowledge appeared in his mind, including composition, special buildings, and even some structural drawings.
He moved onto more.
Design- story- story writing skill book (level two)
Design - professional knowledge, architecture skill book
Design - professional knowledge, architecture skill book
Chen Mo was a bit bothered by the amount of architecture skill books he'd drawn as it felt that he couldn't utilize all this. But since he drew them, he may as well consume them.
He continued spinning.
Presentation - Art - Photoshop Skill Book.
"Hmm? Photshop? What?"
With some doubt in mind, Chen Mo consumed the ten skill books.
Chen Mo understood what it meant after consuming. Photoshop meant improving details, adding details to rough models to increase the amount of detail.
Take older games for example, other than having rougher models, the graphics on the models were low quality to start with, and was the main obstacle to overcome in order to have a high quality game. After mastering this ability, Chen Mo's art skill can be increased further, bringing rough graphics and models to a higher quality.
"Not bad, I wouldn't mind a few more of those."
Chen Mo continued.
Equipment - Consumable - Efficiency Adjuster
"Oh? New equipment!"
This caught Chen Mo's attention. Sure he had drawn many special equipment before, but there were only so many different types of equipment in level one, such as Memory Playback Potion, Super Accelerator... He was finally met with new equipment in level two.
Efficiency Adjuster: Increases thinking and acting speed after use, with a maximum of ten times. The higher the efficiency, the shorter the duration. Double time lasts for one hour, ten times lasts for twelve minutes.
"Hmm? Not bad!"
This was similar to Super Accelerator, but was obviously much better. First was the ability to adjust how many times efficiency he wanted, the other was no side effects, meaning he could use it back to back.
As it was a consumable, Chen Mo didn't use it immediately.
He continued spinning
Equipment - Consumable - Jinx Curse
"Hmm? Jinx?"
Chen Mo was confused and looked at the item description.
Jinx curse: After consuming, whatever positive thing the user says in a public space will have the complete opposite effect. Triggers, warm-up time, and effects are completely random. 
Chen Mo was speechless. He could tell that this was a very dangerous equipment, not only was it hard to control, there were many restrictions too.
It must be done publicly and must be something positive, either praises or encouragement. Moreover, whichever line it triggers on, how long it lasts, and what it does was completely random. It might be utterly useless, or incredibly game changing.
"I'll save it for now, I'm afraid that I'll misuse it." Chen Mo decided to keep it in his bracelet for a later time.
He was afraid of triggering it after wishing he'd have a healthy safe life, then dying by his own hands.
He continued drawing.
Presentation - Art - Photoshop Skill Book
Presentation - Art - Photoshop Skill Book
He was now almost out of diamonds after spinning two more times, with a hundred more diamonds left. He decided to save the leftover one hundred diamonds for next time.
Overall he received:
Ten Level two Numerical Balancing Skill Books.
Ten Level two Story Writing Skill Books.
Thirty Architecture Skill Books.
Thirty Photoshop Skill Books.
Ten Efficiency Adjuster.
Ten Jinx Curses.
Chen Mo was quite happy with what he got so far. Although Chen Mo wanted to continue spinning, he ultimately stopped himself.
"It sure is difficult to suppress the desires to gamble," muttered Chen Mo.
Su Jinyu came upstairs again once Chen Mo was done.
"Manager, there's a delivery addressed to you."
"Alright, thanks," said Chen Mo as he stood up.
The two of them went downstairs together.
Su Jinyu asked, "Manager, what did you buy this time. It's a huge box, and the delivery guy said it was a valuable item."
"About that... You'll know it a bit. It is quite valuable."


Chen Mo liked calling himself a video game designer, despite being a mere video game producer.
After dying one day from work-related stress, he transmigrated into a parallel world as himself, right after he graduated. He was now in the body of his younger self, who also aspired to be a video game designer. 
Will he be able to fulfill his dream after being reborn in this oddly different new world, and become the best video game designer in that world?
Follow Chen Mo on his romp through video game classics as he brings the great games of the past to a whole new world in pursuit of his dreams!
Note: This Novel has been continued as a passion project by its translator. The continuation of this novel will not affect the result of Trial Reading or Voting Pool. 

28.3.1 Sources and Transport of Spacecraft Contamination

Spacecraft contamination can be defined as molecular or particulate matter on or near a spacecraft surface that is foreign to that surface. Sources of spacecraft contamination can include thruster propellants and burn residue, outgassing of spacecraft materials, vented gases from spacecraft systems, fluids released from the spacecraft by dumping or leakage, micrometeoroids and orbital debris, and particles generated or redistributed during spacecraft mechanical operations or astronaut extravehicular activity (EVA) operations (Chen, 2001). Comprehensive data on outgassing of spacecraft materials is found in Walter and Scialdone (1997). Space environment interactions with materials can also produce contaminants, such as volatile products of atomic oxygen reactions and UV-induced or radiation-induced chain-scission products in polymer materials, and residual nonoxidative films left free-standing due to atomic oxygen erosion of underlying material. Space environment effects, such as atomic oxygen, UV, and radiation interactions, can further modify contaminant species.

Spacecraft contaminants can either deposit onto spacecraft surfaces or remain in the vicinity of the spacecraft. Molecular contaminants can transport from surface-to-surface through various mechanisms, including line-of-sight transport, nonline-of-sight transport through reflection or scattering, and attraction of positively ionized contaminants to a negatively charged, sunlit spacecraft surface (Tribble, 1995). These transport mechanisms can put critical spacecraft surfaces at risk for contamination effects.

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Degradation of Spacecraft Materials

Joyce Dever, ... Sharon Miller, in Handbook of Environmental Degradation of Materials (Second Edition), 2012

24.3.1 Sources and Transport of Spacecraft Contamination

Spacecraft contamination can be defined as molecular or particulate matter on or near a spacecraft surface that is foreign to that surface. Sources of spacecraft contamination can include thruster propellants and burn residue, outgassing of spacecraft materials, vented gases from spacecraft systems, fluids released from the spacecraft by dumping or leakage, micrometeoroids and orbital debris, and particles generated or redistributed during spacecraft mechanical operations or astronaut extravehicular activity (EVA) operations.44 Comprehensive data on outgassing ofspacecraft materials is found in Ref. 45. Space environment interactions with materials can also produce contaminants, such as volatile products of atomic oxygen reactions and ultraviolet-induced or radiation-induced chain scission products in polymer materials and residual non-oxidative films left free-standing due to atomic oxygen erosion of underlying material. Space environment effects, such as atomic oxygen, ultraviolet, and radiation interactions, can further modify contaminant species.

Spacecraft contaminants can either deposit onto spacecraft surfaces or remain in the vicinity of the spacecraft. Molecular contaminants can transport from surface-to- surface through various mechanisms, including line-of-sight transport, non-line-of-sight transport through reflection or scattering, and attraction of positively ionized contaminants to a negatively charged, sunlit spacecraft surface.46 These transport mechanisms can put critical spacecraft surfaces at risk for contamination effects.

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Orbital Operations Safety

Tommaso Sgobba, ... Eugene Levin, in Safety Design for Space Operations, 2013

Current balance models

Spacecraft surface and structural charging interactions are modeled with charge balance or charge accumulation equations that describe the relationship between spacecraft voltage, Vs, relative to some reference voltage, and the magnitude of the positive (+I) and negative (–I) charge particle electrical currents impinging on the spacecraft. If both ions and electrons can contribute to spacecraft charging, the net charge accumulation on the spacecraft is zero at steady state. We therefore have:

(6)+I(Vs)+−I(Vs)=0

The steady state model embodied in eq. (6) is a useful approximation in many applications. However, in cases where the vehicle capacitance is large or during highly dynamic space flight environments, the net current cannot be neglected and electric charge of one sign or the other accumulates on the spacecraft at various rates while spacecraft voltage changes. If charged particle impingement and emission is the dominant spacecraft charging process, spacecraft voltage is a function of time and will depend on the net charging current, charged particle kinetic energy spectrum, and voltage of the target structure so that:

(7)Vs(t)=F(Vp,I−,I+)

Note that the electromotive force (measured in volts) generating the structure voltage may originate either external to (e.g., energetic charged particles) or internal to (electrical power supplies) the spacecraft. For a given net charging current, the capacitance of the spacecraft will determine the time dependence of the spacecraft voltage as shown in the section below.

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Spacecraft Configuration Design

Pasquale M. Sforza, in Manned Spacecraft Design Principles, 2016

Abstract

The spacecraft environment and its effect on design are discussed. Crew volume allowance in spacecraft is contrasted with passenger volume allowance on commercial, business, and military aircraft. Vehicle mass characteristics as evidenced by the successful manned spacecraft and the resultant ballistic coefficient are explored. Human factors in spacecraft design are assessed, and the major areas of thermal control and management of the habitable volume are described. Environmental control and life support systems including heating, ventilating and air conditioning, air and water purification, waste management, fire and emergency control systems, and communications are illustrated. Basic structural design issues, spacecraft propulsion units, and spacecraft power systems are discussed.

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Orbital Maneuvers

Howard D. Curtis, in Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students (Third Edition), 2014

Section 6.8

6.33

Spacecraft A and B are in concentric, coplanar circular orbits 1 and 2, respectively. At the instant shown, spacecraft A executes an impulsive delta-v maneuver to embark on orbit 3 to intercept and rendezvous with spacecraft B in a time equal to the period of orbit 1. Calculate the total delta-v required.

{Ans.: 3.795 km/s}

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6.34

Spacecraft A is in orbit 1, a 10,000 km radius equatorial earth orbit. Spacecraft B is in elliptical polar orbit 2, having eccentricity 0.5 and perigee radius 16,000 km. At the instant shown, both spacecraft are in the equatorial plane and B is at its perigee. At that instant, spacecraft A executes an impulsive delta-v maneuver to intercept spacecraft B 1 h later at point C. Calculate the delta-v required for A to switch to the intercept trajectory 3.

{Ans.: 8.117 km/s}

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6.35

Spacecraft B and C are in the same elliptical orbit 1, characterized by a perigee radius of 7000 km and an apogee radius of 10,000 km. The spacecraft are in the positions shown when B executes an impulsive transfer to orbit 2 to catch and rendezvous with C when C arrives at apogee A. Find the total delta-v requirement.

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6.36

At time t = 0, manned spacecraft a and unmanned spacecraft b are at the positions shown in circular earth orbits 1 and 2, respectively. For assigned values of θ0(a) and θ0(b), design a series of impulsive maneuvers by means of which spacecraft a transfers from orbit 1 to orbit 2 so as to rendezvous with spacecraft b (i.e., occupy the same position in space). The total time and total delta-v required for the transfer should be as small as possible. Consider earth's gravity only.

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System Assessment

Jiuping Xu, Lei Xu, in Integrated System Health Management, 2017

5.2.1 General background

MSA engineering refers to the electronic integration of every component on a spacecraft to allow for a smooth trouble free operating unit [5]. In a manned spacecraft, avionics refers to all the electronics-based instrumentation that enables essential capabilities such as communication, navigation, flight control (FC), data handling (DH), and vehicle management for the MSA [6]; therefore, as the avionics' health condition and effectiveness directly influence manned space flight safety and mission success [7], an accurate assessment of both the avionics' health condition and the subsystem's effectiveness is of great importance. To avoid and manage system failures, an ISHM-oriented hierarchical effectiveness MSA evaluation is required.

In recent years, there has been significant research focused on MSA health management. Wilkinson [8], in a discussion on prognostics for avionics remaining useful life, commented that there were two options to be considered when mechanizing the estimation of remaining life; an on-board function such as a CMC or the environmental history that could be downloaded to a ground-based maintenance facility for offline computation of remaining life. In the following year, Orsagh [9] studied PHM technologies for avionics power supplies and Banerjee [10] proposed a method based on discriminant analysis for the prognostics of an avionics system. However, little research has paid attention to evaluating effectiveness at the subsystem level from an ISHM perspective. Similarly, although some studies have made progress in evaluating the effectiveness of MSA subsystems, little importance has been attached to the overall health condition. In this study, as the test targets are selected from the MSA system-level health condition assessment [11], the MSA health condition is first assessed at the system level before an effectiveness evaluation is conducted at the subsystem level. To do this, a holistic approach is required for a system effectiveness and condition assessment that concurrently considers all multidimensional criteria and takes fuzziness and uncertainty into account.

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The Space Environment

Gerald Griffith, Tateo Goka Ph.D., in Safety Design for Space Systems, 2009

2.6.1 Introduction to the Thermal Environment

A spacecraft in proximity to a planet or a moon experiences natural environmental heating from three sources: the Sun; solar energy reflected from the planet, that is, albedo; and infrared energy emitted from the planet, that is, planetary infrared or outgoing long wave radiation. These environmental heating sources, in concert with orbital parameters, spacecraft attitude, and the design of the vehicle, determine the induced thermal environment and, hence, the thermal response of the spacecraft.

This section provides the reader with an introduction to the natural and induced thermal environments for orbiting spacecraft. Whereas the focus is primarily on Earth orbiting spacecraft, extensions to the theory provided in this section permit an understanding of the thermal environments experienced while in proximity to other bodies. Furthermore, planetary surface environments are discussed.

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Performance Evaluation

Jiuping Xu, Lei Xu, in Integrated System Health Management, 2017

4.1.1 General background

Spacecraft rely on a complex assemblage of components, all of which need to continue working to ensure operational continuance and longer mission durations. Because of the high costs and the intricacies of spacecraft structure, high LSRs are vital, especially for manned spacecraft [1,2]; therefore, spacecraft require highly reliable components and rigorous maintenance to provide the safety margins necessary to avoid mission failure. However, many factors can affect spacecraft safety and space mission success, such as the functionally graded material used in the building of the spacecraft [3–6]. Integrated system health management (ISHM), which consists of performance assessments, in situ monitoring, and fault diagnostics and prognostics, is conducted to deal with spacecraft safety requirements. To evaluate spacecraft system performance and monitor and manage system status, ISHM uses advanced algorithms and intelligent models to make full use of different data sources, with the most important being the LSR evaluation.

Four experiments are needed for the assessment of the spacecraft launch success rate; a Monte Carlo simulation based on mathematics, a hardware-in-the-loop simulation (HS), an external field test (EFT) simulation, and a real FT. Over the four assessments, as the experimental condition moves closer to reality, the test data must also be based on real situations; however, because of cost and other limitations, only a small number of experiments can be performed. Therefore, compared with general device performance assessments, assessing lunar spacecraft launch success rates has typical "high-performance, small samples, different overall" features. "High performance" refers to the need for evaluation accuracy and reliability. "Small samples" refers to the small amount or very small amount of information (such as real flight experiments) available for the experimental stages and especially for the stereotypes stage, which can reduce effectiveness when using traditional statistical theory based on frequency stability and large samples. In addition, because of the significant differences between experimental realization and cost, one small experimental data sample may differ by several orders of magnitude from another experimental data sample, with very large samples possibly dominating small samples, resulting in unreliable assessments. "Diverse populations" refers to when the experimental information obtained from the different stages and sources deviates, making the experimental data somewhat abnormal and undermining the premise of common assessment methods such as Bayes estimation theory.

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Space environment

José Meseguer, ... Angel Sanz-Andrés, in Spacecraft Thermal Control, 2012

2.1 Introduction

A spacecraft is designed to fulfil all the requirements of a given space mission. Because of that, since the very beginning of the design phase the integrity of the spacecraft must be guaranteed, as well as the correct functioning of the spacecraft itself, the different subsystems, and, obviously, the payloads.

Keeping the above in mind, it is clear that the environmental conditions where the spacecraft has to develop its mission are of paramount importance in the design process, from the first step of the design until the end of the spacecraft's operating life. These environmental conditions must include not only the extreme environment that the spacecraft will face in outer space, but also the potential sources of damage the vehicle can encounter on Earth, from the phase where the spacecraft is only a collection of materials and components to be integrated, until the launching and orbit insertion.

In general the effect of space medium can be grouped into five categories: (1) vacuum, (2) electrically neutral particles, (3) plasma, (4) radiation, and (5) micrometeoroids and orbital debris. The interactions associated with each one of these environmental conditions are summarized in Table 2.1.

Table 2.1. Space environment effect

EnvironmentEffectVacuum■

Pressure differentials

■

Sur face degradation due to solar ultraviolet radiation

■

Contamination

Electrically neutral particles■

Mechanical effects (aerodynamic drag, physical sputtering)

■

Chemical effects (atomic oxygen attack, spacecraft glow)

Plasma■

Spacecraft charging (shift in electrical potential)

■

Electrostatic discharge and dielectric breakdown

■

Enhanced sputtering

■

Re-attraction of contamination

Radiation■

Total dose effects (electronic degradation, crew safety hazards)

■

Single event effects (upsets, latch-up, burnout)

Micrometeoroids and orbital debris■ Surface damage due to hypervelocity impacts

Source: After Tribble (2003).

This book is mainly devoted to the thermal control subsystem, the task of which is to maintain the temperature of all spacecraft components, subsystems, engineering equipment, payloads and the total flight system, at safe operating and survival levels throughout the entire lifespan of the spacecraft for all flight modes. Like any other subsystem, the spacecraft thermal control subsystem is essential to ensure the reliable operation and long-term survival of any spacecraft.

Environmental effects affect the different subsystems of the spacecraft. In the case of the thermal control subsystem, the environmental thermal loads are one of the main factors that drive the design of the subsystem. Furthermore, the environmental effects may affect the performance of the subsystem through the degradation of the thermo-optical properties of the spacecraft's external surfaces once in orbit. Since the target of the thermal control subsystem is to keep the different parts of the spacecraft within their operating temperature ranges, it usually requires the evacuation of heat from dissipating parts which are prone to overheating, or to heat those parts which are too cold. The thermal control process generally requires the transfer of heat between different parts of the spacecraft, as well as between the spacecraft and outer space. Obviously, this last heat exchange becomes seriously affected when the surface's optical properties (solar absorptance, α, and infrared emissivity, ε) are modified by environmental conditions. In general, environmental effects related to conditions such as vacuum, electrically neutral particles, radiation, and micrometeoroids and orbital debris, modify the absorptance to emissivity ratio of the spacecraft's external surfaces, whereas those related to plasma affect the re-attraction of contamination.

Since the space environment can cause severe problems for space systems, great efforts have been devoted to characterize the space environment, in order to properly assess its potential effects on spacecraft. To this end, a considerable amount of technical publications on related topics dealing with space environment have been published. Furthermore, the different space agencies have developed space environment standards which aim to assist in the consistent application of space environment engineering to space products through the specification of required or recommended methods (ECSS-E-ST-10-04C, 2008).

In the next section, a brief review of the ground environment is presented. In Section 2.3 a summary of the launch environment is included. The following sections are devoted to the specific environmental aspects to be considered once the spacecraft is in orbit, including the determination of the external thermal loads on to a space vehicle.

Robelia was sold to the imperial palace on her own for the sake of her family's safety, and worked silently between the king and the queen who treated her coldly. 
There was no one in the capital who did not know that she was foolishly good and sincere. 
The designer's face was distorted with astonishment at the unbelievably harsh words that had come out of Robelia's mouth. 
"y, your Majesty?" 
I twisted the tail of my mouth and laughed coldly. 
"If you go out in such rustic clothes, it's going to be a laughingstock for everyone. I don't think i brought it to wear something like this. I'm sure there's something more useful than this, right?" 
as I said so and changed my pose and put my two feet on the couch. 
It was a very long couch that could be laid down and slept in two Robelia, but according to court etiquette, it was very rude to put one's feet on a chair. 
I sat down with both legs extended on the couch, and I slowly put my chin on the couch and looked at the other person. 
Whether it's because of Robelia's abnormal behavior, which is treated as a royal palace's demand for being nice or easy, or because others were ignored for two years, the designer's face was white-colored to rose red. 
"I, It's almost time....." 
"Tell me. Do you have any other stuff? No?" 
When I urged him, the designer dropped his nervous gaze to the floor. 
"re, ready right now... But if you wait two months, I can make another sample dress." 
"Two months? Are you crazy? Are you telling me to live with only a shower gown for two months?" 
The designer's eyes rolled with embarrassment as I shouted nervously. 
"Lie about what safety it is. Aisha's been bragging about in and out of the palace that she'll meet you next week. Is there any design left?" 
"Yes, yeah? Ha, but. That..... It's a design that suits your Majesty's better. That, that, and......." 
Basically, in the empire, all the clothes of the nobles are made to order. 
After choosing a design from the catalog and measuring it, the clothes of that design are no longer made. What the nobles hate terribly is that they wear clothes with the same design as others. 
Therefore, each design exists only for one person. 
Aisha was the most outstanding woman and rising star in the imperial social world right now. 
So, from the designer's point of view, Aisha will have no choice but to be an exclusive guest. The outfits chosen by socially popular people always attract everyone's attention and even appear in newspapers. 
'If I'm meeting Aisha next week, I'm sure she's prepared a spleen design for a luxury guest.' 
It was absolutely outrageous to think so. 
Aisha doesn't seem to have reserved the design, but she even lied to me that she didn't have a design when she called me first. 
I felt sorry for Robelia because I thought this would happen if she was ignored too much. 
Thinking of Robelia, who was ignored inside and outside the imperial palace, made my eyes cold. I raised my chin with an arrogant face, shooting at my opponent. 
"What a cheeky fellow. I'll decide whether to hang out or not. Can't you get that design out of your head right now?" 
"her, Her Majesty...!" 
"How dare you not listen to the empress's orders, you probably can't tell who is higher than who. Do you want me to take this opportunity to experience it myself?" The designer was so embarrassed that he rolled his eyes with his mouth open, and when the knights guarding the drawing room door threatenedly thumped and hit the search on the floor, he bowed his head in surprise. 
"Oh, no, no! All, I'll ask my assistants to bring a design book and samples right away." 
Only then did I raise my lips satisfactorily. He recited low with his chin resting on his finger. 
"yeah, you should." 
An hour later. 
"Here you are, Your Majesty." 
The designer's assistants rushed to bring design books and sample cloth, and the designer gave it to me with trembling. 
Slowly leaning on my back on the couch, I put the design book on my lap and unfolded it. 
"This is a sample cloth and jewelry. This dress will be made of 4.6 carat diamonds from Akatylene and Sapphire from Winterren. Also, this silk is from the East..." 
The design book featured dozens of dress designs. It must have been a masterpiece hidden for the best celebrities in society. 
And indeed it was. Its splendor and beauty were different from the dresses I saw before, even if I was an outsider. 
When I looked at the catalog earlier, I was very admired because it was so beautiful, but after seeing the designs in this design book, the dresses in the catalog felt very modest and ordinary. 
The quality of the cloth and jewelry that will be used for the dress was the same. When he swept the silk out of his fingers, it was surprisingly smooth, as if water were flowing. 
I could hardly feel the weight, so it seemed comfortable to wear when dressed with silk like this. 
What about the gems! Diamonds have a different unit of carat, and colored gems also sparkle so transparently. It deserved to be said to be the best of the best. 
As I looked through the design book, saw and touched the fabrics and jewels, I felt a shiver all over my body. 
'Yes, this is it.' 
A smile popped into my mouth. 
I spoke satisfactorily like a lioness who ate her fill. 
"I'll take this." 
"There are a total of 14 designs, but which one would you like?" 
The designer asked. 
He seemed to be trying to hide it, but his voice was subtle and anxious. Well, he would like Aisha to wear these designs rather than me. 
But I shattered his hopes with just one word. 
"all." 
"Yeah, yeah?! yes, all 14 of them... you mean?!" 
The designer's face was distorted in shock and astonishment. 
It was understandable. Everyone knew that Robelia was a very frugal person. Rather than buying such a luxurious dress, it's hard to repair it even though it's drafty in the palace. 
Various emotions were seen passing by the designer's face. Shock, surprise, disappointment... 
But I had no intention of showing consideration or mercy to him. 
I smirked. 
"I hate to say it twice." 
and i said. 
"I am the most noble woman in the Empire, or throughout the continent. Where else is this honor that I am willing to wear fourteen clothes for something like you?" 
The designer could hardly even manage his facial expressions. His face was badly distorted. He looked as if he had been spit on by me. 
But he couldn't dare say anything to me. 
"Ah..... I'll do it, Her Majesty." 
It's a matter of course. I, or Robelia, was the empress of this empire. She's the highest-ranking woman in the Empire. 
I felt sympathy for Robelia, who had such great power and had never used it properly, and lived ignored by Aisha as well as the designers. 
The designer bowed deeply with trembling. 
I gestured to him to leave without even giving him an eye. He left the drawing room without saying anything. 
Something similar to this continued. Most dress, shoes, and jewelry designers would not show me without sneaking out the best designs for Aisha or the most prestigious ladies in society. 
But I wasn't the one to look at that. I squeezed out all the designs from them, and I bought everything I liked. 
I felt a little sorry because I felt like I had emptied your business, so I paid several times the price, but it wouldn't be comforting. 
All of them were great people on the continent, and they would have a lot of money. 
By that time, the brand value of the best celebrities in society getting their clothes on is much more important than the immediate profits. 
But what can I do? I hope that the Empress of the Empire will wear it as a comfort. I'm not going to be the Empress any time soon. 
"This is ridiculous!" 
The Minister raised his voice at the conference hall where the national affairs meeting was taking place. 
"Do you know how much the Empress spent on dresses and jewelry?" 
"That's an astronomical amount of 0.02% of the defense budget!" 
"It is said that she've bought all the jewelry of the best product." 
The conference hall was louder than ever. It was not comparable to when the northern barbarians destroyed six civilian villages or when the medical system in Bashkant was completely paralyzed by poison spread by the demons. 
"she even paid for it at several times the cost For that old dresser!" 
"It's as much as spending to maintain the dignity. she spend this huge sum in just one day for dresses and jewelry, not anything else, and this has never happened in imperial history!" 
said by the man that was sitting at the top of the conference room. 
Alexander Grandia Kshayarsha Le Castilla. A man who is said to hold the extreme limit of the power that a human being can have. 
A tyrant without blood or tears who cut down his father and all his brothers and ascended to the throne on his own. 
A man standing at the top of the continent as well as the empire. 
He looked down at his servants with lazy eyes, like a lion overlooking his territory. 
Alexander's drowsy golden eyes and long, tight fingers that hung slightly under his chin had the peculiarity of a person who had stood at the peak of power ever since he was born. 
The confidence and arrogance that emanated from him seemed like nothing could make him afraid. 
Several strands of dark hair combed back were naturally scattered over his forehead, which made his wild and masculine charm stand out. 
"Your Majesty, even though I am ignorant, I refrain from being faithful. The current empress Robelia Le Castilla, although she has been a great empress with her wise and benevolent spirit and outstanding ability to run a list of names, should never let go of this huge waste of the national budget." 
"I think so, too. I think the empress is a waste of money that doesn't fit the heavy duty. If I dare say, I think the current Crescent Aisha Ren Castilla is a good fit for the position of mother of the entire empire." 
The ministers insisted. 
In their opinion to depose Robelia from the throne of the Empress and put Aisha on the throne, as they said, they did not have a pure intention for the Empire, but in fact, they intended to please Alexander, the supreme power of the Empire. 
It is because it is widely known that Alexander has been indifferent to Robelia for the past three years, and that he favors Aisha, who was introduced as a new queen half a year ago. 
The ministers had no doubt that Alexander would choose Aisha, not Robelia, as his true companion. 
But something unexpected happened. 
Alexander, who was just watching the words and actions of his superiors, responded for the first time. 
"Did you say everything you want to say?" 
A deep, low-pitched voice echoed throughout the conference room. 
"I was wondering where I was going, and I thought I'd see how far I'd go, and I don't know how to stop, like a lot of things that went wrong."

In the novel of Rofan, she was in possession of the Empress. 
Isn't that good? The problem is that the empress was pushed by a crafty queen, beaten by the emperor, and eventually died of disease. 
I could not die waiting for my master to arrive in the freezing cold like the original Empress. I need to be a villain to get divorced. 
She was so extravagant, talked to others and bullied her husband. 
But the more I act tough, the more obsessed you are, Are you perv?!

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SORRY GUYS’ ENGLISH IS MY SECOND LANGUAGE AND I’M NOT FLUENT AT IT, EITHER CHINESE OR KOREAN. BASICALLY I USED GOOGLE TRANSLATION FOR ALL OF MY TRANSLATED.  THEREFORE PLEASE FORGIVE MY MISTAKES AND MY GRAMMAR. MY GRAMMAR IS HORRIBLE, I RECEIVED SOME MANY COMPLAINTS AND I CAN’T HELP IT SINCE I’M STILL LEARNING AND PRACTICING MY ENGLISH. I WROTE THIS NOVEL RELYING ON 20% OF MY ENGLISH SKILLS AND ALSO 80% ON GOOGLE TRANSLATE. IF YOU HAVE A GRAMMAR COMPLEX, I ADVISE YOU NOT TO READ MY NOVELS. THANK YOU

Character (Elam Crain)

Old Status (Supporting Character)

New Status (Antagonist)

Old Personality (Responsible, Mild Mannered, and Determined) 

New personality (Responsible, Determined, Everlasting)

Birth (Born December 7, 2066)

Age (15)

Old Weapon (Magic Book)

New Weapon (Unknown)

Old Design (Hair Color Black) (Left and right eye color are black) (Skin Color White) (White button up Shirt) (Black Vest, Black Pants) (The left hand has a glove the right hand doesn't) (black dress shoes).

New Design (White hair with purple and black highlights, One eye tinted yellow the other eye is still black, Long white cloak with the design of Cerberus on the back, white pants, white boots).

Siblings (Little Sister)

Old Species (Human)

New Species (Shadow/Human)

Old Abilities in Strength, Magic and Intelligence.
                              (13)         (50)                 (50)
New Abilities in Strength, Magic and Intelligence.
                                         All Unknown 

Old Likes (Reading, Studying, Practicing Magic, Helping Oran).


New Likes (Reading, Destruction, Everlasting, Darkness).


Dislikes (Stupidity, Arrogance, Denial).


Timeline in the book (Alive)

There were two general strategies towards mech design. One could try to make their product as well-rounded as possible while still retaining its distinctive strengths


In contrast, a mech designer could also take the opposite approach and forget about checking as many boxes as possible.


After becoming a journeyman certificate, a lot of industry insiders started to pay more attention to her. While it was hard to notice all of the regards due to becoming more busy,She knew her presence would probably ignite a storm among the local mech community 



She didn't log into the MTA's virtual portal the normal way.

Instead, she pressed her finger on a port, thereby forming a hardline connection between the terminal and her psychic powers using an glove created using arc of embodiment as a medium to link them



Her entire senses changed.

In one moment, She was inside her own bedroom

In the next moment, she entered a vast and ancient library that was filled with an enormous amount of traditional hardcover books she only did this to collect more knowledge to compile in Heaven's Path from the virtual library of MTA


Her five senses just like how it is in reality because of her powers but for ordinary people the sense of smell and taste weren't working right, their sense of sight and sense of hearing had fully immersed themselves in this virtual illusion!

"Interesting." She smiled.

In this endless library of wooden shelves and wooden interior, thousands of mech designers quietly browsed its contents through various means, and those were just the people within the vicinity


Some of them looked up the location of a physical book and walked all the way in order to pull it out of the shelf.

Others just sat down at one of the many traditional wooden desks and summoned the book by manipulating a projected interface.

Most mech designers didn't bother this charade at all. They eschewed the archaic tradition of reading actual books in favor of reading their contents directly through the projected interface!


Why did the MTA set up their virtual portal in this fashion? Were they trying to go back to the past? Were they encouraging mech designers to waste valuable time by looking up a specific book among the seemingly-endless shelves?


Regardless it didn't matter as I would collect them all to compile them to improve Heaven's Path Mech Designing Art 


The interior design library fostered a sense of knowledge sharing. Everyone who entered the library in this manner wanted to learn something new. This put the visiting mech designers in a generous mood.

In some cases, their moods encourage them to share some of the knowledge and insights that they ordinarily kept close to their chests!


Due to the unique virtual setting of the library, the mech designers had the option to pull their conversation partners into a private communication channel.

Even though they stood in the middle of a hall, to outsiders no sound escaped from their mouths. Their faces turned fuzzy as if they were swept up by static in order to prevent any bystanders from reading their facial expressions.



Of course, there were also those who didn't bother with hiding what they shared.



There were advantages and disadvantages to both weight classes! Which I already knew


When mech designers believed their design philosophy was right, no one would be able to convince them that they were wrong!


She already realized the true goal of the virtual library. The MTA just wanted to foster as many exchanges as possible. As long as these conversations took place in this setting, the Association would be able to record all of their valuable insights!


"What a nefarious library although  technically I am doing the same thing with library of heaven's path and the end to do the same thing"


But it's not like it's my problem anyway all I have to do here is just gathering knowledge which is surprisingly only sufficient to compile knowledge up to master level as there are few star level

As I already fulfilled my objectives why not give some insights regarding mechs and design philosophy in general to form a good impression to the people as well as the fundamentals of designing

Successful mech designers didn't necessarily have to think all the time! It was fine if they use their brains and their hearts as long as both where strong enough to cover for one another, they all had the potential to create novel new mech designs that broke existing boundaries!

Knowledge is reminiscent of water, whereas the design philosophy is the bucket containing the water. With a sturdy bucket, one can fill more water, and the quality of which would be higher!



Mech Designing is the art of creating mechs suitable for the use of mech pilots. Their is no such thing as a perfect mech and the essence of all design philosophies is to create the best mech using rationality and creativity!


Starting from Incompetent it goes to progressively to Novice, Apprentice, Journeyman, Senior,  Master and Star.

True Fundamentals of Mech Design and Progression to achieve journeyman level above!:

Creativity is greater than Rationality:  Don't get me wrong rationality is important but the most important thing when it comes to designing fundamentals is creativity or passion we want to generate up force into the your improvement and have it flow smoothly towards achieving your own ideal mech. The first thing we want to do is maximize that creativity or passion we want the heart and the mind move as one no matter what age we want the passion and the logic become one which means you have to think in different perspectives the design philosophy or design style has to adjust more than it has too but they had to be connected together automatically you will have one of the biggest fundamentals right now so you won't lose the ability to make innovations in mech designs!

Transforming over Time: The next key is that there is no such thing as  perfect design style We all have different perspectives on understanding mechs so having one design philosophy for each person is not realistic so what we want to do is design a bunch of mechs and figure out why are you not improving analyze your knowledge look at it from different angles and cross it with the basic mechanics or knowledge about designing mechs so you know what you can do about it figure it from there backtracking it fixing it so  remember it is a transformation over time so if you are a journeyman don't design the exact same way  when you're a apprentice because it is dangerous number one is your mind going to be mentally developed as a apprentice going to develop towards as you will have in the future probably not right so first and foremost your design style has to develop and change anything in between second if do force everybody to have the same design style or how to design mechs when they are older you will lose a lot of mech designers because guess what is not fun not improving nobody likes stagnation so when I go saying you have to do this or your not allowed to design mechs because you are not skilled or knowledgeable enough. you are not going to do it because it's not fun right designing the mechs have to be fun and making improvements is actually fun so  what I like to do have a rhythm and have a set where your design style transform over time nobody cares if you have to use unorthodox methods because we can fix it down the line or improve it so your not going to design like that forever it is going to transform over time working on your design style in a transformative path is not going to be end where you start if you can do that you have a fantastic fundamental designing mechs to get your personalized or ideal design philosophy!

Be Result Based: The number one rule is be results based if it isn't broken don't fix it so don't forget that goal of your design style is to express your understanding of mechs or make the practical application of your design philosophy so you  don't want to mess it up so if it doesn't have any major problem I don't care how you design as long as you make the results count or make improvements!


A design philosophy is one's personal expression of mech design and understanding of mechs. Its qualities are influenced by but not restricted to the user's natural design philosophy or initial category of their speciality!


A good design philosophy reflects a person's own character, regardless of its complexity; one can never truly master mech design if they only copy someone else's abilities and design philosophy!

A design  style is used to project one's design philosophy to carry out a certain function, creating a special and unique ability for each mech designer!

It is interesting to perceive a virtual setting through this fashion fortunately this insights given me three golden pages which I used the first page to assimilate the knowledge contained in the library of heaven's path and the second to increase my soul depth and saving the third for future use

 My psychic  powers and arc of embodiment allowed me to perceive virtual environments with much more fidelity than she thought!

It wasn't perfect, though.

Although the MTA did an excellent job, the virtual immersion still lacked some very subtle details which I think serves a purpose


It was a lot more straightforward to browse the portal through a traditional projection.

The looks like the cover 

Having 160cm for height, and a slender, model-like figure having a modera

Transmigrated in the Mech Touch as a girl with overpowered cheats aiming to live her life to the fullest

Author: Exlor
Type: Science Fiction futuristic world
Synopsis: In the future, the world is ruled by beasts of war. In order to protect the cradle of civilisation, humanity must fight and develop her powers. There are three types of people in this new era: the normal people, the mech warriors and the mech designers. The mech warriors are the rarest of the lot, as only those born with the correct genetic aptitude are able to pilot those beastly war machines. They are the heroic warriors of the generation. The mech designers are composed of normal people who desire to interact with mechs but are unable to do so. They design the precious machines that the mech warriors use. The normals are... just your typical civilian unless they come from rich backgrounds. 
Ves Larkinson inherits a mysterious object from his parents which gives him access to the Mech Designer System. From there, he decides that he would become the best Mech Designer in the world. The system's questionable origins though brings him an increasing amount of trouble. His parents are also in danger as the system's trackers draw closer. To protect himself, he can only disguise himself as a religious nutcase to hide his eccentricities. At the same time, aliens draw closer to humanity threatening their very existence. 
Personal comments: A unique and niche book that goes into the glory and difficulties of mech design. It taps into the undeveloped market of mechs as most science fiction books out there only ever glorifies the mech warriors themselves. The author is very conscientious in his writing and the plot is carefully crafted. There are little to no plotholes and the story flows extremely smoothly. The language is carefully checked before publishing. There is also a decent amount of action in the book as Ves is dragged head in into various dangerous situations with no escape. The book fully integrates the need for action, and the purpose of an auxiliary occupation like mech design. The arcs do not feel repetitive at all and every chapter brings forth new ideas.

A list of recommendations of great books to read. There will be a mixture of books ranging from fantasy, science fiction, romance, modern day, system, cultivation. Books with males and female leads will be included. 

Note that not all books recommended would be completed. Some might have even been placed on hiatus. 

Books that are not included would be books where the MC is more brawn than brains, goes picking up fights left and right, has a plot armour so thick that its ridiculous, and picks up pretty girls in every arc ending up with a ridiculous harem that doesn't even fight each other and exists harmoniously.

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Feel free to leave comments to recommend your favourite books. I will vett through the books recommended based on its language, plot development, consistency, creativity and character development before deciding if it should be added,

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