"Welcome, The Disciple." The welcome screen greeted him as he logged into his designer account on the game. Alto was not content with his current self now, he was eager to push himself even further but this time in a totally different area. He was aware of the fact that those who played the games did so by buying credits used in the game with actual currency, while these could not be converted back to an actual currency, some designs were actually bought with real currency.
After extensive research Alto got the idea of spreading his wings a little. If he took being a mech designer on the game seriously and managed to sell a few of his mech models he would receive credits which he could in turn use to buy newer mech design blueprint further increasing his knowledge pool. If he got a new blueprint and the reassemble task came up again he would be killing more than one bird with one stone.
He would be taking advantage of the game and expand his understanding of mechs while working with a virtual workshop.
While being in the mech division Alto did not receive any rewards or payment so he did not have any external way to purchase the credits that happened to be the in game currency.
The professor did not leave any credit in the account she had provided for him, probably because she never expected him to use them in the first place. Without anyone to help him Alto turned to the mech designer protocol for help.
"Hey mecha, I need your help to acquire credits in mech galaxy wars. Surely your supercomputer processor can do something right?" He tried to appease the system, that is if it could be appeased.
The mech designer protocol responded.
[The mech designer protocol is prohibited from interfering in such fields, since it has to do with the users growth the user the system will conduct an extensive scan on any existing mech design blueprint that can be easily acquired.]
Alto waited for the response of the system which took a few minutes, while he was waiting he dove into some information he found intriguing within the game. While it acted as a game it still offered information about the scope of the vast universe to some extent.
Alto learned about the embassy, the world government that controlled a majority of all human revising plants, their battle forces and core development. What had him more intrigued was the information related to Zentrix Corp, they were the largest mech development company in the galaxy. They specialized in creating customizable mech for licensed pilots through its authorisation division.
Because of their position they held immense political power that rivaled the MUG. Alto dug into the name he had just come across, the MUG was and abbreviation for the Mech Union of the Galaxy and they were created by the Embassy to control the laws regarding mechs, their pilots and their behaviour throughout the galaxy. Without them in power the other figures like space pirates and mercenaries would be more common.
Alto was taken back by how vast human civilization was, it was a galaxy of worlds he hoped to explore one day. And humans were still reaching farther into space, developing newer technology and trying to defeat the kaiju threat once and for all. It sounded like a noble cause to Alto but it did not intrigue him that much, what he did care about was mechs.
Just the the mech designer protocol came up, Alto's eyes darted to it quickly.
[After extensive search three mech designs have been discovered]
Alto was elated to find out he would be getting not one but three mech designs blueprints for free, but all that joy soon turned to regret as he saw the images of the three mechs before his eyes, they looked more like skeletons than actual mechs.
Alto could tell that they were from the early second generation of mech designs and if there was anything that best classified as the worst generation of mechs it was second gen mechs. The Fenwick-720 he had worked on was a bit on the better side but it was a barely capable light mech at best, now the system has brought him the worst of the worst mech designs possible to his plate.
Alto groaned internally.
As if things had not been hard enough the system brought up a message.
[A mission has been given to the user]
"You have got to be kidding me." Alto said accompanied with a loud groan. He did not want to even imagine what mission would be handed to him at the moment, looking at the state of the mechs told him all he needed to know. They were trash.
[Mission: Sell your first virtual mech. The task should be completed within 7 earth days. Reward for completion is 5000 creation points]
One look at the creation points he would receive was all the motivation he needed. "Seven days huh, I think I can find a way to make it work."
Alto proceeded to identify the three mech designs he had just gotten, he tried to go through their components and was quick to realise that they were anything but dependable. After three hours Alto paused to think about his actions, the mission was to sell his very first virtual mech. If he wanted to make a successful mech that someone would purchase it would have to be a light mech since they were the easiest types of mech. He would need a good blueprint and also would have to fabricate the mechs in the virtual lab. Alto had never fabricated one before, he did not know how long it would take either but he estimated it would take a few days.
Also if he managed to finish the mech and put it up for sale, he would have to choose a price. And what was the chances of someone buying the mech design of a newbie mech designer. A good look at the mission given to him by the system told him what the real challenge was, it wanted him to create an operable mech as quickly as he could and also make it appealing to the buyer.
In a way it felt like a type of training where if out in a situation where he would have to create the best mech he could in a short amount of time he would be able to deliver. Still it was not an easy task but the rewards could not be passed on.