First Interim Session
The large-scale expansion of R&D activities was a big move.
However, the Larkinson Clan had grown large and wealthy enough to support such an ambitious endeavor.
Though Ves had to allocate a bit of time to guide the process, he became relieved when he confirmed that the other leaders of the clan were able to handle most of the work themselves.
It helped a lot that the Larkinson Clan not only hired a lot of bright and talented second-raters, but also started to hire first-raters at an increasing rate.
First-raters were generally superior in everything. They were also a lot more capable of supporting the future activities of the Premier Branch. There was no way the Larkinson Clan could continue to rely on second-raters alone anymore.
However, the recruitment of tens of thousands of first-raters also reduced the cohesion of the clan.
The first-raters still maintained an inherent class superiority towards their 'lesser' brothers and sisters.