The Mech Touch

licted upon its opponents were just as frightening!

In the command center of a fleet carrier, Mech Colonel Ark Larkinson observed this alarming development with hardly any change in emotion.

His solid demeanor did much to maintain the morale of his subordinates.
The entire 1st Havensworth Division remained absolutely stable despite the flood of lasers striking their mechs.

”Link up these elements. ” Ark commanded, manipulating the projection of the battlespace with his hand.
”Break up these mercenary and Planetary Guard units and spread out their Desolate Soldiers among the starfighter units as planned.
Every starfighter squadron should be basking in the glow of at least one Soldier mech. ”

The defenders responded smoothly to his orders.
As an expert pilot and a mech colonel, Ark Larkinson possessed an immense amount of authority and respect among the defenders of this star system.

Even the starfighter pilots didn ’t dare to disobey this famed war hero!

Nonetheless, the losses mounted fairly quickly.
While the starfighters performed their job as cannon fodder, many of them barely got their shots off before a bunch of lasers melted through their thin and feeble armor plating and struck the delicate internals!

”Alert! Monolith Beta is showing signs of activity! ”

The second sandman monolith began to show some unusual changes on the surface.
A hole opened up in the side facing the Brighters and began to emit some very alarming energy signatures.

After a few more seconds of charging, the monolith launched a substantial projectile that rapidly traversed the battlefield!

Before anyone could make sense of the launch, the insanely-fast projectile splattered against the exterior of a military combat carrier.

”The Hazy Dream has been struck by an unknown projectile! Initial signs of damage are minimal! Her armor has held! ”

Ark grew suspicious and studied one of the projections depicting the Hazy Dream.
He spread out the projection, magnifying it so that he could study the details.

The sand splattered over the exterior of the Hazy Dream seemed no different than the splashing of mud, but Ark soon noticed something very disconcerting.

The ’mud splatter ’ was still alive!

”The Hazy Dream has reported signs of intrusion! An unknown quantity of sandmen has entered the ship through its open hangar bay ports! ”

The news coming from the Hazy Dream grew alarmingly more frantic as the bad news started to pour in.
As long as just a modest quantity of sandmen managed to sneak into the interior of a ship, they could wreak untold havoc inside!

Just as Monolith Beta prepared to launch another ’mudball ’ towards another ship, the third monolith began to show signs of activity as well!

”Monolith Gamma is accumulating an enormous amount of energy! A powerful attack is incoming! ”

Ark could no longer stay unmoved.
He turned to his deputy.
”Take over in my absence.
My presence is required in the field. ”

The lieutenant colonel standing by his side acknowledged the order.
”Good hunting, Colonel Larkinson. ”

After activating a command, a hole opened up in the deck.
Ark fearlessly jumped inside in order to reach his destination as fast as possible.

The third monolith began to shake and glow as it accumulated a prodigious amount of heat and energy.

For an instant, most combatants who noticed the buildup of heat and energy began to have an impression that a CFA battleship was about to fire her main cannon at the defenders.

A ripple of fear spread out among the mech and starfighter pilots.
Not even the experienced and hardened veterans of the 1st Havensworth Division could remain unmoved.

Not even the glows of the Desolate Soldiers could prevent them from wavering! In fact, if the mechs weren ’t in place, at least a quarter of the starfighters would have already fled in fear!

The only upside about this development was that the third monolith required a lot of time to prepare its attack.
Though everyone could tell that it would probably be immensely powerful, the lengthy delay gave everyone the illusion that they could save themselves out of this predicament.

”Direct all available fire towards Monolith Gamma! Do not let it finish charging up its attack! ”

Thousands of mechs and starfighters changed their targets from the first and second monolith despite their threats.

Though the first two monoliths were already threatening by themselves, the third one appeared to be planning to unleash almost all of its energy in a single, overwhelming attack!

Monolith Gamma began to adjust its shape as its energy levels neared its peak.
A lengthy rod appeared in front as if to direct a powerful energy attack towards the human forces standing in its way!

Just as some of the energy began to transfer to this humongous rod, a single mech deployed from the fleet carrier situated in the center.

The mech threaded through the ships and mechs enveloping the fleet and rapidly accelerated towards the front!

”It ’s the Bright Star! Colonel Larkinson has taken to the field! ”

An incredibly powerful flight system strained the Bright Star to its limits.
External boosters installed a few days ago began to activate as well, accelerating the magnificent-looking hybrid mech beyond its usual parameters!

In addition, a very powerful resonance field began to excite the Bright Star and the surrounding space.

A glowing field began to form around the Bright Star, causing its acceleration to triple!

The upgraded inertial dampeners of the expert mech ’s cockpit did their best to preserve the life of the mech pilot, but Ark knew that he couldn ’t persist in this insane acceleration for long!

The Bright Star deployed with an ornate lance this time.
It braced the weapon straight and closed the distance to the third monolith with an astounding level of speed!

As electric crackles began to surround the third monolith ’s rod, the Bright Star glowed as bright as a comet!

As everyone held their breaths, Monolith Gamma finished its accumulation just as the Bright Star crashed into the rod!

An incredibly bright explosion momentarily blinded every sensor!

Seconds later, the sensors readjusted, showing a half-destroyed monolith!

The rod failed to fire! The monolith ’s abortive attempt to unleash its firepower resulted in an immense backlash!

”Where is the Bright Star!? ”

A quiver of fear shook the hearts of every human on the battlefield.

”Look over there! Venerable Larkinson is alive! ”

The Bright Star had managed to punch straight to the center of the damaged monolith and only just exited before the sandman admiral could trap it inside!

Though its energy field had weakened and its lance was gone, the expert mech was intact!

Thousands of roars flooded the communication channels!

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