After settling for Zeigra as his striker mech's design spirit, Ves obtained a lot more direction for his mech design.
He let his imagination run wild. As he faced a projection of the draft design, he began to alter its appearance to align with its design spirit.
He didn't transform his striker mech into a tiger mech or anything as radical.
He wanted to theme his striker mech design in the same way his Aurora Titan design was themed around Qilanxo.
The humanoid mech form was still the most versatile mech type, especially in space. There was also an inherent advantage in keeping the flamethrower weapon system separate from the frame of the mech.
Due to all of the heat and energy the weapon channeled, they degraded incredibly fast. Unless mech technicians performed top-notch maintenance on the weapons, it was inevitable for them to malfunction or break down in battle.