The trade deal that Ves forged with Vice Director Goetha was awfully vague.
Ves had made concrete promises to augment a number of weapons of the Infinite Gear in exchange for lots of data and information related to drone mech solutions.
It was basically a starter pack that was tailored to get the Larkinson Clan up to speed with drone-carrying mechs.
The breadth of knowledge was impressive. The Lehrer Foundation was willing to provide useful information related to almost every aspect of combat drones, from configuring their AIs to designing compact weapon systems that were powerful enough to be effective against mechs.
There were many pros and cons to drone-carrying mechs.
Normally, Ves didn't think they were worth all of the downsides, but the Lehrer Foundation invested so much time, manpower and resources into them that they had elevated this unusual mech type to an impressive height!
