Volume 12 - CH 10.2

Intermission 2: Research Girls’s Party (The Plan to Improve Mechadra) 

“In that case, I’ve thought of a number of ideas for equipme—” Taru started, only to be cut off by Trill. 

“First, the drill! Taru, do you think we can load it with one?” 

“...It would depend on where. If it’s going to control it with that massive body, it would probably have to be big.” 

“That raises the issue of weight, too,” Genia added. “In the case of a drill, we need to load the revolving apparatus, and the equipment that stores the energy for spinning it, too. The larger the blade, the heavier it gets.” 

“If it gets too big, it will be hard to walk around with, too.” 

“Urgh...!” Trill grumbled, disheartened by the logistics. “I-If it can’t carry it, then what about... a tail, maybe? Or we could attach it to the stomach?” 

“...I think either of those would end up in the way.” 

“There’s no space inside the stomach for it, so it would have to be sticking out constantly.” 

“Nooo...” Trill slumped to the ground. “I want to see Mechadra use a giant drill. With that huge body, it would smash opponents with a strike that can pulverize mountains in a single blow. Wouldn’t that be a great big dream?” 

“Well, I can kind of understand the feeling.” Genia awkwardly scratched her cheek. “But we’re engineers. Not dreamers. We need to make what we realistically can with what we currently have available to us.” 

“Big Sister Genia...”