The Mech Touch

tomer, which makes it difficult for me to add a universal element to my products. ”

”Will this be a problem? ”

”I don ’t want to be left out on this! How can I take credit for collaborating on a mech design when only you add your signature look to your products?! It will give consumers the mistaken impression that I ’m only a contributing designer instead of a lead designer! ”

Only the lead designers had the right to add their signature looks to their mechs.
This was a long-standing unofficial custom in the mech industry.

A mech design represented the design direction of the lead designer.
They held the ultimate decision on what to add to a mech design.

As for contributors, while their input was certainly valued, they didn ’t have the power to impose their own views on the design.
It was inappropriate for them to add their own signature looks to a mech which only represented a small portion of their style.

”What signature look have you settled upon? Did you come up with it recently? ”

”It ’s something I ’ve thought about long ago. ” She smiled.
”You don ’t have to be afraid that I came up with a feeble idea during my low period.
I only adapted it when I found out that you settled on a third eye. ”

She didn ’t explain any further, but instead stepped to the terminal and loaded up a predesigned addition from the databanks.

Under her efforts, the head of the Deliverer design underwent a cosmetic alteration!

Ves saw that some glowing lines surrounded the third eye placed in the forehead of the mech.
They formed an elegant hexagon made out of the same crystal material as the third eye!

The hexagon possessed many strange associations.
Surrounding his third eye with a hexagon added an occult quality to the mech!

He became speechless for a moment.
For Gloriana to adapt her signature look with his own was a very powerful statement!

How could he not be blind to the meanings of her hexagon?

To make her signature look complimentary to his own conveyed the meaning that they were destined to work together! Their signatures wouldn ’t look nearly as complete if one of them was missing on their mech designs!

The hexagon shape was also a deliberate choice on her part.
It expressed her identity as a Hexer and her devotion to hexism!

While the hexagon was just a curious geometric shape in most parts of the galaxy, it conveyed a very different meaning in the Komodo Star Sector.

Every hexagon was inescapably associated with the Hexadric Hegemony!

Adding a hexagon to a mech was therefore very polarizing! Not a lot of people liked the Hexers.
Ves could be sure that if he assented to this addition, his products would probably repel a lot of customers!

”Are you sure about the hexagon? ” He asked.
”It ’s not really unique enough to turn it into a distinctive aspect of your brand. ”

A part of him wanted to dissuade her of adopting this controversial shape as her signature look.

”I ’m very sure, Ves.
You don ’t necessarily know this, but a hexagon is a common signature of Hexer mech designers.
It ’s a way of asserting the common identity of our mechs as Hexer mechs! ”

In other words, the hexagon surrendered the opportunity for a mech designer to develop a personal brand in order to join a shared Hexer brand!

”Isn ’t a hexagon too simple? It only consists of six lines. ”

”That isn ’t necessarily bad, Ves.
It ’s easier to perfect something simple than to perfect something more complicated! The hexagon is already the most perfect geometric shape! I ’m proud of adopting it as my signature look! ”

He eventually decided to accept her signature look.
While he wasn ’t exactly keen on reinforcing his association with Hexers, it was impossible to hide Gloriana ’s role in designing his mechs.

He might as well make the truth more clear to his consumers.
This was what a transparent mech designer ought to do.
Ves possessed enough principles to abide by it despite the substantial price he paid.

Ves had already retreated his intention to continue to serve the masses.
He was much more passionate about designing niche, premium mechs which offered unequaled advantages!

Since he wasn ’t maximizing his sales, he didn ’t feel much pain in reducing the demand of his products yet again.

He was confident that the unique strengths of his products was enough to attract enough demand to run a profitable business!

If not, he could always step out of his comfort zone and design a mech for the masses.

Sometimes, it wasn ’t necessarily good for a mech designer to pursue passion projects all the time.
Without keeping in touch with consumer demand, they would eventually grow out of touch with the mech market.

Ves couldn ’t afford to diverge his vision too far.
However, he did not wish to compromise too much just so that he could earn a lot of money.

His progression mattered more than his wealth!

However, he didn ’t forget that wealth was still extremely important to him! Not only did he need enough money to sustain his growing organization, he also needed to accumulate enough money to form his expeditionary fleet!

Ves therefore fell into a difficult position where he needed to balance out his passion and his practical needs.

Fortunately, he still had some years to go before he needed to leave the star sector.

Gloriana was very happy when Ves accepted her hexagon.
She was aware that the hexagon would not be well-received in states like the Bright Republic.

However, the hexagon was too significant for her to ignore.
Her strong prayer sessions already demonstrated how devoted she was to her beliefs!

Perhaps allowing Gloriana to add hexagons to their mech designs would improve the efficacy of her prayer sessions.

Certainly, her happiness already boosted her mood!

Ves to set aside his worries.
Making her happy was already a reward in itself!

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