The Integration of Divergent Technology Trees

 

Kou asked Astraea to project the design schematics for the Indrik.

「I once put together an analysis report on Teutates. That experience came in handy.」

That had been at Vasa’s request. Kou had gone through Bardo—a fellow team member who held the rights to the defeated Teutates—and negotiated with Vasa.

The transfer had gone through on the condition that Kurt, who had worked alongside Kou on it, would submit the analysis report on Teutates.

「The real issue is this Indrik. Anomos, you fought it yourself—tell me how it felt.」

「Its movement and weapon-switching were like Teutates, but it had armored muscles too. It was only manageable because the pilot wasn’t used to it. If it had been in the hands of an expert, it would’ve been bad.」

「Yeah. It has two defining traits. First, the twin reactors. Unlike Trireme’s reactors, which were designed from the outset to be compact, this one takes existing reactors, shrinks