Well, it wasn't everyday that Ves had to negotiate with a mech. The Quint was his own creation, even.
Though Ves could have employed more coercive means to get the Quint to cooperate, that would just piss the masterwork mech off. It was already valuable enough that Ves needed to be more considerate of its wants and needs. Now that he wanted to turn it into a design spirit, he had even more reason to treat it with respect!
With the agreement of the Quint, Ves fully proceeded to complete the Enlightened Warrior design. After swapping out its old galaxy rim-level parts for Red Ocean heartland-level parts, the entire mech performed a bit more powerful in almost every aspect.
Offense, defense and mobility all scored better across the board. The Enlightened Warrior only had two significant shortcomings.
First, the Enlightened Warrior did not benefit from the specialties of the other Journeymen in the Larkinson Clan.
