Ves grew a lot more reassured now that he knew what his expert pilots had in mind.
A few expressed the desire to stick with the second-class members of the Larkinson, but most couldn't resist the allure of piloting powerful first-class versions of their living mechs!
The expert pilots were more concerned with the journey rather than the destination. The next decade was crucial to them as they sought to make the most out of the time they had left by pursuing as many meaningful battles as possible.
The situation with the Larkinson mech designers was different.
Ves offered every lead designer the opportunity to make use of the EdNet. The only condition was that they needed to wrap up their ongoing design projects first before they became indisposed for a few years.
Unlike his expert pilots, the Journeyman Mech Designers of the Design Department were much less conflicted about this decision!