Master of Kaidan
Chapter 353: As Long as You’re Strong Enough, Backers Will Come Knocking on Their Own

Chapter 353: Chapter 353: As Long as You’re Strong Enough, Backers Will Come Knocking on Their Own

"Voiceprint recognition commencing. Please recite your name, position, and identification number..."

A mechanical voice echoed within the cockpit, and the audience in the live stream, witnessing the cockpit of the "Shield of George" for the first time, erupted in howls. However, many more started to raise questions—for instance—

[The streamer doesn’t have an identification number, will he be able to start it?]

[Maybe the streamer has hacker skills?]

[Stop joking around. Even if he’s a hacker, it would take a while to breach the firewall of the Shield of George! Do you think it’s as easy as hacking your home electronic lock?]

Watching a stream of comments flow past his glasses-type terminal, George Augustus remained utterly calm as he said,

"George Augustus, test pilot, 953211-bw-33691."

"Recognition complete. Welcome aboard, Mr. George Augustus."

The originally red screen turned a normal blue, and Augustus immediately said,

"Adjust bilateral feedback to 5, enter maneuver mode, dismantle heavy weaponry, and retain only the fighting equipment."

"Understood, bilateral feedback adjusted, maneuver mode set, detaching heavy equipment..."

The collective silhouette on the screen began to change rapidly. The exterior drone, transmitting visuals into the live stream, only then showed Augustus beginning to maneuver the now-mobile Shield of George, getting up while saying,

"The computer in this Shield of George contains the identification code I recorded when I was a brand spokesperson. It must be one of the recent models. It seems its owner didn’t adjust the OS and just drove it as is! Dear audience, take this as a lesson: when you get new equipment, make sure you set up your account according to the manual and then format the default account!"

[But regardless of that, tuning the bilateral feedback to 5 and still being able to pilot is just outrageous!]

[What’s bilateral feedback?]

[What does 5 mean?]

[Why can’t you pilot with it?]

...

As Augustus began to run the Shield of George, he changed directions while referencing the radar map and explained methodically,

"Bilateral feedback is the sensitivity of a master-slave style mecha, similar to a mouse’s DPI. The higher the bilateral feedback, the more sensitive the mecha’s movements. A typical pilot would set it to 2.5, meaning if you lift your arm by 10°, the mecha lifts by 25°. A pilot with sufficient combat experience might set it to 3.5 for more sensitive reactions. However, the higher the feedback, the harder it is to control. It’s like playing a first-person shooter game; if you set the mouse sensitivity too high, a slight move and your crosshairs go flying off."

[Isn’t that really impressive?]

[Are you kidding, it’s super impressive?]

[The regular bilateral feedback for the strongest ace pilots is just 4.5, okay?]

[It’s not about higher being better; some beginners set it to ten and then on their first attempt to lift a leg, they’ve kicked open their own cockpit.]

...

As the comments began to get chaotic, Augustus didn’t provide any further explanation. However, without him having to say more, the audience understood from his serious expression and the frantic typing on the screen that the streamer was now fully focused.

Onlookers who didn’t understand the data flashing across the screen wondered why the streamer, who had been calmly explaining amidst a barrage of bullets, suddenly fell silent. But the more knowledgeable viewers had already caught on and began to share their knowledge in the comments.

But before their educational efforts could be fully implemented, the answer had already emerged in the aerial perspective provided by the drone—

Three red mecha, seemingly equipped with very heavy firepower, appeared in the distance, a hundred meters away, in the field of view.

"The KM-2 Water Cabinet, considered a 5.5-generation main battle mecha, only half a generation behind the Shield of George. In terms of electronic warfare, it even has a bit of an edge over the Shield of George, so it’ll be a bit of a nuisance to deal with."

Augustus had already completed the fine-tuning of the control system and began to explain,

"The view is about to get a bit shaky, those who get motion sickness from 3D or 4D should switch to the aerial view."

As his voice fell, and before the slower-reacting audience could grasp the implication of his words, the cockpit view turned into a blur of light as everything seemed to whirl around rapidly.

Those who couldn’t understand the piloting details and had already switched to the aerial view were fortunate to see a scene that defied their common sense. The Shield of George, after shedding most of its armor and heavy weaponry, appearing almost excessively slimmed down, was actually starting to...

Dance?

Or perhaps...

Figure skate?

That slimmer body, unlike the mecha they were used to seeing, glided across the battlefield as if it was skating.

Even pulling off complicated maneuvers like a quadruple jump every now and then.

Its rhythm-filled steps, accompanied by smooth trajectories, made it hard to comprehend how this behemoth, even stripped of all its combat parts and weighing over ten tons, could move so smoothly.

Just for show?

The thought had barely crossed the audience’s minds when the following barrage of comments made them realize the advantage that such flashy movement brought.

Its orderly dance steps seemed to precisely anticipate each bullet’s trajectory, transforming the various shots into a symphony of deliberate dispersal.

[Can this be real?]

Speculation began to sprout among the barrage of comments when the official account of Constantin Company’s Software Engineering Department made its entrance—

[This is a form of program deception. The existing master-and-slave-style mechas move by amplifying the driver’s motions]

[But because of this, they are much easier to predict than human physical movements, which is why targeting assistance modules have improved their capture of dynamics, to foresee the enemy’s movement trajectory. That’s also why the current mainstream configuration for mecha is heavy firepower and heavy armor]

[Essentially, even if a high maneuverability config is chosen, the mecha’s speed cannot possibly outpace ammunition, meaning that as long as the dynamic capture system exists, stacking armor has a higher return than maneuverability]

[The streamer has increased the bilateral feedback to an unprecedented level of 5 and, through an unorthodox movement module, has deceived the dynamic capture system. This caused the targeting assistance module to fail, leading to the more precisely the enemy shot, the less likely they were to hit the streamer]

...

A barrage of VIP comments flooded the screen, and the audience immediately understood why their enemy’s targeted shooting had missed. But another question arose—

Why was the design department of Constantin Company suddenly taking time to educate the public?

However, their question was soon answered. After George Augustus defeated the three KM-2 Water Cabinets with dance-like steps, another VIP comment from Constantin appeared on the screen—

[Mr. George, our company would like to purchase the rights to use this OS, the price is negotiable. If you’re willing to provide some technical guidance, our company is prepared to tailor-make a seventh-generation mecha for you.]