The Mech Touch

6918  X-ERC Luminar Crystals

The Defiled Light Project was ambitious, but it did not require a lot of work in order to complete.

This was because Ves and Harry Kaikkonen borrowed a large amount of design solutions from past projects.

It was not entirely inaccurate to characterize the luminar crystal blaster as a short-ranged version of the Instrument of Vengeance.

However, it was a mistake to assume that it behaved exactly like the legendary luminar crystal rifle with a shortened stock and much shorter barrel.

Aside from the predictable absence of resonating materials and components designed to enhance the long-ranged precision of the energy weapon, the scale of the overall weapon was much greater.

Ves' current phasewater cultivation allowed him to become three times taller than a typical mech.

That did not necessarily mean he could easily wield weapons that were three times larger and more massive, but he was able to conduct personal experiments on himself in order to determine the optimal weight and dimensions of his luminar crystal blaster.

He just ordered the delivery of a large amount of rectangular metal bars with handles and carried them with one arm or two arms.

This was enough to quickly determine the target size and dimensions of the luminar crystal weapon.

"At your scale, this weapon tends to be on the smaller side." Harry Kaikkonen said. "The barrel is shorter than preferred and the stock also does not offer too much room for components. The Good news is that the scale of the entire weapon is large enough that we can still install plenty of functional components to maintain an acceptable degree of power and stability. Compared to the Instrument of Vengeance, it can still output a considerable amount of burst damage. If you are willing to increase the size of the weapon by 20 percent, then I can significantly increase the firing rate while still maintaining stability."