While the striker mech project underwent its third round of iteration, the Hexer mech project also made a lot of progress.
As long as he wasn't distracted by clan affairs, he achieved a lot of progress. The support-oriented knight mech became more complete after every session.
Both Ves and Gloriana cuddled together after pulling their minds out of another exhausting mental design session.
Linking their implants together and designing their mechs under accelerated time perception was very productive, but also very straining.
Their mental and spiritual strength didn't play a role in this aspect. Only the physical resilience of their brains determined how far they could push this mode of mech design!
This was why Gloriana always ended up better off after they completed a session. While Ves was stuffed with genetic and biological augmentations, their effects were mostly scattered or leaned more in the direction of enhancing his physical attributes.
