Getting Schemed Against

"What is a deputy chief councilor?" Marvaine asked in confusion as he idly played with a plushie doll modeled after the famous Radiant god mech.

Merchandising was big business at any stage of human history. Pretty much every god pilot except for the really sensitive ones agreed to license out their likeness, not because they were short on cash, but because they desired to increase their presence in human society.

Even though Marvaine held a simple toy, no reproduction of a god mech was cheap, especially in the Terran Alliance. The plushie a whole range of exquisite synthetic materials that tastefully evoked the fastest mech in the Red Ocean and possibly in existence.

The toy even included a light amount of hyper materials, just enough to evoke a sense of light and speed.

Although many consumer rights groups expressed concerns about the potential dangers and side effects of exposing developing children to hyper materials, most people didn't care.