When Ves studied the predominant tactics employed by mech hunting teams on the Asco Continent, he learned they predominantly adopted persistence hunting against formidable huge cats.
Monstrously strong Crown Cats such as Zeigra couldn't be felled in a single confrontation. The damage they could endure matched or exceeded that of a heavy mech!
These huge cats grew up on a personalized diet of exotics deposited at various places in the hunting zones at regular intervals. For a single huge cat to develop into a fearsome Crown Cat, they needed a lot of specialized minerals and exotics over the course of their growth!
This was very expensive! House Laterna was bleeding money to sustain the hunting activities in Asco.
Nonetheless, the biotech research they engaged in to develop the huge cats eventually paid back for itself. There were many possible applications for fearsome organic products that could equal the strength of mechs.
