High Autonomy Living Mechs violated a taboo of the mech industry.
Veronica knew more than well that humans must always be in control of the technology they commanded.
This was why they never dared to let AI automate everything and allow humans to sit back and relax. Every artificial system is vulnerable and prone to subversion. It would be incredibly idiotic to automate an entire society, only for a hostile alien force or a rival human power to hack the master control system and hijack everything!
Even though there were countless examples throughout human history that emphasized the harm of relying too much on automation, Veronica still chose to rely on her new HALM concept to develop her MW Carmine mechs.
It couldn't be helped. The training and education of a potentate into a competent and professional mech pilot took at least 10 years. It was possible to add or subtract 5 years to that duration, but that would substantially affect the quality of the pilot in question.
