A contest.
That sounded interesting.
Ves had a decent amount of experience with contests and competitions. He competed in them on occasion whenever it suited him. He derived a certain sense of enjoyment from showing off his design skills in public. He also found it fun to whip up a mech design in a matter of days if not hours.
Contests and competitions were generally reserved for Journeymen and lower.
Once mech designers advanced to the rank of Senior, they usually lost their hot-blooded demeanor.
Having reached the upper ranks of the mech designer hierarchy, Seniors usually worked on more important affairs that could have significant consequences for a major mech company or an entire state.
How could such an esteemed figure possibly waste his time on a childish tournament?
After all, mech design tournaments mainly served to simulate the real competitive design process!