Although Master Benedict Cortez did a good job at explaining the differences between expert mechs and ace mechs, Saint Tusa only truly understood how far his Dark Zephyr was behind when he engaged in his first sparring session against another peer!
In order to avoid overwhelming Saint Tusa right away, his only opponent for the time being was Saint Marissa Lewandowski of the Adelaide Mercenary Corps.
As the expeditionary fleet was scheduled to depart soon enough, the two ace pilots only had time for a short comparison between each other.
Yet that was enough to open the horizons of Saint Tusa along with everyone else that was gleefully observing his 'debut' as an ace pilot!
At first glance, their mechs did not look all that different.
The Dark Zephyr was a black-coated light skirmisher, and so was the Jedda Sandivar. Their sizes and proportions did not differ all that much as they both stuck closely to the template of their mech type.
