"But Doctor, you said cloned soldiers had enormous defects. Not only is the lifespan problem impossible to solve, but their mental power is fixed from birth, and they can't cultivate star thought power either," General Xu said, furrowing his brows again.
"Yes. However perfect a clone might be, once created, its mental power can no longer change, even through cultivating star thought power.
"And according to the law of conservation of energy, the stronger and more perfect a clone is, the longer it takes to grow, and the more resources it consumes. Blue Star simply cannot mass-produce high-level clones with the resources at its disposal. Otherwise, Blue Star would never have suffered such a shortage of fully qualified Mech Pilots in the future," Dr. Chen replied helplessly.
"It seems clones really can only serve as rank-and-file troops. High-level Mech Pilots still have to be slowly trained from ordinary people," General Xu said with a sigh.
"Yes. Elite Mech Pilots are relatively straightforward. As long as fully qualified Mech Pilots hone themselves and experience more battles, they can gradually reach that level.
"But training Star-Rank Mecha Pilots is an entirely different matter.
"To begin with, only a tiny minority born with powerful mental power can cultivate star thought power, and mastering it is merely one prerequisite for becoming a Star-Rank Mecha Pilot.
"The so-called Star-Rank Mecha Pilots in Star River currently only meet the basic mental power requirements for piloting star-rank Mecha. Although the game awards them the title of Star-Rank Mecha Pilot, actually piloting star-rank Mecha in reality is hardly so easy.
"In our era, Star-Rank Mecha Pilots represented the Alliance's ultimate strength. Every additional Star-Rank Mecha Pilot meant another sliver of hope for humanity's survival.
"Fortunately, you now have our advance warning. Hopefully, you can train more Star-Rank Mecha