Not every mech design project was as convoluted and difficult as the Devious design.
The other two Hexer mech designs yielded much more straightforward results during the tests.
For example, the new communications mech codenamed Cherub completely matched the expectations of its designers.
It was just a simple unarmed auxiliary light mech that didn't carry much except for a decent set of sensor, communication and ECM systems.
They weren't very good, honestly. There was only so much quality that Ves could afford for a mech with a design budget of 55 million hex credits!
If this was all, the Hex Army would never adopt the Cherub. Affordable or not, its performance parameters were too poor to counteract all of the difficulties on the battlefield. The inability to transmit signals under heavy jamming was an outright failure for a communications mech designed for the battlefield!
