Ves was thinking about how he and Gloriana could approach Venerable Isobel's expert mech design project.
Different from the C-Man Project, the expert mech that he tentatively named the Firestarter Project was not an upgrade of an existing machine.
This was one of the distinctive conditions of any expert pilot who broke through while piloting the Quint.
It was not worth it for the Larkinson Clan to make the Quint exclusive to any mech pilots. Its unsurpassed versatility and incredible compatibility with different kinds of mech pilots made it suitable for it to continue its pilot mentorship function.
Ves never thought about upgrading the Quint into Venerable Isobel's exclusive expert mech.
This meant that the Design Department had the luxury of designing a new expert mech from scratch without any old baggage.