The Mech Touch

about FTL technology to fix up a slightly-damaged FTL drive at the very least.

”I don ’t think I can design and fabricate something as complex as an FTL drive from scratch.
You have to be the equivalent of a Journeyman Mech Designer to be able to cobble up the most primitive form that ’s outdated by a couple of thousands of years. ”

He may lack a foundation in starship engineering, but Ves did not shy away from the challenge of trying to understand FTL technology.
He only held complete trust in the machines he built himself.
Having already crafted devices unrelated to mechs such as his gadgets and his new comm, he became more confident in his ability to build up an entire arsenal reserved for his own use!

Even though he could have asked for textbooks on easier topics, Ves remained committed to his choice, especially considering how deep inside sandmen space they intruded.

Still, trying to gain a rudimentary understanding of FTL technology was easier said than done.
Many engineers tried and failed.
Ves came from a different discipline of engineering, so he couldn ’t leverage his existing base of knowledge to facilitate his learning.

”Well, let ’s leave that issue for later.
For now, I have a job to do. ”

He turned back to the folder containing the documents related to neural interface technology.
A quick look inside their pages caused Ves to immediately grow cross-eyed.

”Too complex! ”

It didn ’t help that the documents presumed an extremely deep familiarity with human biology and neurology as well.
The texts contained numerous references to mechanical aspects as well as biological aspects, sometimes in the same sentence!

”It ’s impossible for me to understand the underlying theories at this rate! ”

Neural interfaces worked with both man and machine, and while Ves had the latter covered, he lacked a sufficiently detailed understanding of the former.

It was like trying to participate in a footrace with one of his legs sawed off.
He may be able to hop forward for a few steps, but eventually he ’d fall flat on the ground while barely passing over the starting line!Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.

Of course, with only three hours at his disposal, he wouldn ’t have been able to achieve an elementary mastery of this field to the same degree he gained a foundation in ultracompact energy storage systems.

He didn ’t need to be so thorough for this project.

”Thank the heavens that I ’ve received some blueprints and design schematics. ”

Ves quickly spotted one set of files stored in a separate folder that served as the lynchpin to his project.
Major Verle somehow managed to access and copy over the complete design specifications for the Parallax Star ’s custom neural interface!

”This..
this is annotated! Everything is complete! ”

The design specifications not only listed out the properties of the neural interface, but it also broke down its inner workings! Not only did Ves receive a guide towards how its hardware had been designed, but he also had access to detailed commentary to the billions of lines of code that made up the customized programming that effectively altered and manipulated the pilot of the Parallax Star!

”This makes this project a lot easier! ”

Instead of groping blind in the dark trying to mess things around in the hopes of reaching a distant destination, Ves now held a small candle that allowed him to navigate the dark and complex maze without getting stuck.

He immediately took a deeper dive into the commentary and annotations of the programming of the neural interface.
Due to the sheer abundance of code, many of which pertained to trivial operations, Ves had to make a careful selection of portions that offered him the best hope of manipulating a mech pilot ’s mentality.

He narrowed down his selection to the sections that dealt with pairing a mental trigger word to activating a specific resonance sequence in the mech.

For example, if an expert pilot wanted to summon up a protective energy field, they would usually convey the word ’shield ’ or something to their mechs.
The neural interface picked up this trigger word and automatically activated a set of instructions that facilitated the activation of the energy field.

The configuration of these settings needed to be tailored to the individual mech pilot to insure a smooth activation of resonance.

The complexity of the code astounded Ves.
He could spend months trying to understand their workings and only master twenty percent of it before he bumped against a hard wall that required extreme familiarity with resonatic exotics and their neurological triggers.

Ves did not need to understand that much.
In fact, he didn ’t even need to understand a single percent of what went on.
He only needed to change a few parameters and add a few lines of code to distort an innocent function into something more nefarious.

It was like how Ves could take a power reactor and change a dozen little things to transform it into a bomb powerful enough to disintegrate the entire mech.
It actually took a lot less effort than anyone thought to perform such sabotage!

”This is the nature of interconnectedness.
One change will ripple into a huge wave that can affect millions of variables. ”

Of course, this interconnectedness also turned the entire programming structure into a house of cards.
If Ves messed something up and inadvertently pulled out a card, the entire neural interface could easily turn into a dangerous disaster akin to the tampered neural interfaces used in the Redemption Duel.

It reinforced the notion that mech pilots entrusted their very lives to the soundness of the neural interfaces each time they deployed.

Ves understood the true value of a neural interface specialist.
They weren ’t just responsible for the smooth functioning of a small cog in the machine.
It wouldn ’t be exaggerated to say that they held the power over the lives and deaths of every mech pilot that made use of their neural interfaces.

A single moment of negligence could lead to a permanent distortion in a mech pilot ’s personality!