Ves decided not to exchange a lot of MTA merits in order to replace his outdated shield generators with modern first-class transphasic shield generators.
The ones he utilized at the moment were not weak and could still protect him against the vast majority of attacks that might be thrown in his direction.
To be honest, he put a lot more stock in his Unending Regalia. He much preferred to place his trust on solid armor, which offered solid and reliable protection even if all of its electronic systems had been knocked offline for whatever reason.
Aside from that, as a mech designer Ves was also much more used to working with armor as opposed to energy shields. Even if his expertise on armor systems could not match the depth of Sara Voiken, he was not a complete novice either!
