The Red Association needed a bit of time to produce and ship the Dracoloids, the Omega Threshers and the E-MULES ordered by the Premier Branch.
However, the mechers still had a few dozen copies of each model on hand within the Bluejay Fleet and other nearby RA strongholds.
The Saint Commander easily managed to persuade the mechers to transfer those readily available copies to the Larkinson Clan.
It didn't really matter to her whether they were 'used' products.
She believed it was more important to familiarize the mech pilots in the Premier Branch with the new stopgap models as quickly as possible.
Ves supported her decision, though he mostly wanted to get his hands on the first-class multipurpose mechs himself. He had already read their spec sheets many times and studied their design schematics in detail.
He became fascinated with the foreign high-end design principles and the intricate integration of shield link and energy link modules in the mech designs.
