The Mech Touch

6922  High Captain Gilbert de Raanvanchas

Mech designers did not have to stick to the exact same design philosophy that they initially chose upon advancing to the rank of Journeyman Mech Designer.

Otherwise, they would become far too set in their ways.

By sticking to old and outdated design philosophies, mech designers would turn from proponents of innovation to opponents of any significant form of progress.

That was not supposed to happen.

This was why there was a bit of leeway for mech designers to change or rather 'evolve' their design philosophies over time.

Ves actually did this himself. As he grew and shaped his ideas on his goals and ambitions, he gradually nudged his design philosophy into different directions.

This was why he currently ended up with Mutual Growth in Adversity.

He would have never come up with such an idea back when he had just become a Journeyman Mech Designer!

All of this showed that mech designers were capable of evolving their works and design philosophies over time.

Yet there were still limits to how far they could move away from their original intentions.

As far as Harry Kaikkonen was concerned, precision focused laser weapon systems had little in common with luminar crystal energy weapon systems aside from the obvious.

Just because both specializations centered around the use of energy weapons did not mean that they belonged to the same category.

Expertise in one area definitely did not cross over into expertise into another area!

It was not impossible for Harry to switch to specializing in luminar crystal technology, but he needed to forge links between his current and desired design philosophies.