20 MTA credits was a lot of money, even for mechers themselves. This was because the purchasing power of the MTA's standard currency was incredibly strong.
Ves knew that he would have to get more accustomed to working with MTA credits. The Mech Trade Association carried a lot more weight in the Red Ocean and the goods and services they provided to pioneers were critical.
Ves recalled that the typical monthly wage of a junior MTA officer hovered at around 50 MTA credits.
For just 50 units of this fancy coin, a highly ambitious and extremely competent augmented human was willing to slave for the Association!
Of course, this wasn't the extent of the remuneration that mechers received from their employers. The main reason why everyone wanted to work for the Association was because it offered a lot of non-monetary benefits such as top-quality augments, the best training programs and access to the most advanced technologies.