The Mech Touch

Chapter 6689 The Second Shot

The shot launched from one of the cat eyes of the Spirit of Bentheim's iconic prow had missed the mark!

Granted, any rifleman mech that attempted to strike a target from so many kilometers away would have missed anyway. It was just too difficult to control so many variables and keep the rifle of a barrel at the perfect angle to secure a hit.

As the native aliens gloated at the incompetence shown by the powerful marksman mech, the human defenders grew dismayed.

How come the puelmer heavy cruisers were able to maintain consistent and accurate laser beam fire at such enormous distances while their best marksman failed to land her own shot?

In fact, it was a bit unfair to compare the two with each other. The puelmer warships exclusively hammered the largest orbital fortresses that all followed constant and predictable trajectories.

Any human mech would struggle a lot more to do the same!

Mechs by nature were originally designed to fight at much closer ranges than typical warships were capable of. For centuries, they had been designed to fight and defeat other mechs, so they naturally gravitated towards improving their close to mid-range combat capabilities.

In other words, they were handicapped in long-ranged shooting contests from the start. This made it so that fewer people held expectations that they would 'win' this competition.

Venerable Stark did not take notice of what other humans and aliens thought about her performance.

She and her battle partner were still fully focused on their primary goal and mission. The initial shot missed, but they were already preparing to launch their second shot! What few people noticed as they reacted to the dramatic miss was that the Spirit of Bentheim's eye socket still glowed bright!

Although the energy levels of the Amaranto Mark III and the new Instrument of Vengeance had dipped, they were already beginning to return to their prior peak levels.

It turned out that the powerful marksman mech had only discharged a portion of her accumulated power!

It was a testament to the excellent design and powerful specifications of the Amaranto Mark III that many people mistook her partially charged attack as a blow that the mech was only able to launch at full strength!

Venerable Stark had a better appreciation of the difference in firepower and lethality between the Amaranto Mark II and the Amaranto Mark III.