The Minerva Mark II was so much more powerful than the Mark I.
Although not much time had passed, technology advanced extremely rapidly during the Phasewater Generation and the Hyper Generation.
In addition to that, the Larkinson Clan had become much wealthier and more capable than before.
People like Ves used to dream about designing first-class mechs a decade ago. Now, he could do it at any time and know that he had the capital to produce them en masse.
The leap from an outdated second-class expert mech to a genuine first-class ace mech was enormous.
The difference in tech, materials and refinement was so great that Casella couldn't help but become overtaken by the novel experience.
As the Minerva fed her with a huge amount of data that was far in excess of what other ace mechs supplied to their pilots, the Saint Commander was able to process it all with disturbing ease.