Man-Machine Conversion Process
Ves felt disturbed at the turn that Maikel Larkinson had taken with his prospective design philosophy.
It was already bad enough that Maikel wanted to design autonomous living mechs.
It became even worse now that Maikel wanted to tie his machines with absorbing the souls of their own mech pilots!
Even if Maikel had the best of intentions when he devised this 'solution', it introduced a huge amount of ethical and legal problems!
If Maikel remained in the old galaxy, then Ves had much less qualms about letting Maikel get his way.
It would have been perfect actually. The Milky Way was no longer his primary concern, and the demand for this kind of life-prolonging mech was undoubtedly greater in a low-energy environment!
The masses over there lacked easy access to life-prolonging treatments. The space peasants that deserved to be called this way had too few opportunities to acquire them and extend their lifespans.