The Fault Lies With Himself
As a mech commander, Casella Ingvar was not ignorant of the directive that ace pilots should be transferred to the Premier Branch after receiving their upgraded mechs.
By upgrading their second-class expert mechs into first-class ace mechs, they became too powerful to fight in the middle zones. The rules imposed by the mechers and the fleeters prohibited her from exercising the power of a true first-class mech among forces that were not equipped to handle this kind of power.
While these rules made sense once upon a time, Casella did not agree with them anymore. Times had changed. Rules originally used to regulate the vast territories of the human race and prevent first-raters from dominating everyone else now became a constraint that stopped Casella from serving the Larkinsons that were most in need of her services!
"You disagree." Ves stated the obvious.
"I do."