Now that Ves took care of his immediate business, he turned his attention to a project that had been on his mind for a while.
"It's time to design my fifth original mech."
This would be a milestone for Ves. As long as he completed this project to the MTA and the market's satisfaction, he met all of the conditions to be recognized as a Journeyman!
With his thirtieth birthday within reach, Ves needed to design his next mech at a brisk pace in order to earn the much-coveted achievement of advancing to Journeyman while young!
"Mech designers who are older than thirty aren't young anymore in the eyes of the MTA." He muttered to himself.
Although Ves and everyone else already regarded him as a de facto Journeyman, the MTA did not compromise at all when it came to enforcing their rules on others. If they say a Journeyman needed to design at least five original mechs, then they better have at least that much designs under their belt before they applied for recognition!
