The High Tide Tournament provided Ves with his first proper introduction to more advanced human technology.
The tech and systems that were available to mech designers heavily depended on the environment.
In a place as sparse, underdeveloped and resource poor as the galactic rim, the tech that companies offered to users was relatively basic.
In general, the parts that mech designers sought after were affordable, efficient and easy to build and maintain.
While there were plenty of component developers who offered better and higher-performing technological products, they were too expensive or onerous to market.
There was little point in adopting an energy rifle developed in the galactic heartland even if it was easy to obtain the design parameters from the galactic net.
The first problem was that its material requirements were too harsh. The materials needed to build the energy rifle were either unavailable or way too expensive.
