The Flagrant Swordmaidens finally went back underway after seventeen days of rushed repair and salvage efforts.
Properly speaking, most of their mechs received only superficial repairs. Captain Byrd ordered the Vandal mech technicians to prioritize restoring the mobility of most of their heavily-damaged mechs.
They could complete other repairs along the way. The important point right now was to get back on the move in order to spoil the plans of whoever sicced the Caged Tongs at them. Humans instinctively resist the designs of others on them. The Flagrant Swordmaidens wanted to spite whoever forced them to suffer a delay.
While Ves still diverted much of his time with supervising the continuous repair efforts, he started to return to his design project whenever had the time to do so.