The Dead Mech

Ves did not come up with the idea to let Ketis loose on an impulse.

Even if he didn't suspect that Ketis had a problem with designing mechs in collaboration with others, he still would have wanted her to explore her potential without needing to compromise with fellow Journeymen.

In every mech design project where multiple capable mech designers were working together, no one was able to get their way all of the time. Even when someone like Ves or Gloriana made the final call, they could never completely disregard the contributions of others, especially when the work division ensured that the more capable contributors worked on design tasks that they were best at completing.

However, the flaw that people like Master Willix warned about was that long-term work on many collaborations risked eroding a mech designer's ability to handle every aspect well.