The first fault line had already appeared.
Two opposing camps had emerged. The Fifth Enforcement Fleet, the Survivalists along with a substantial group of representatives of lesser states strongly advocated for greater centralization.
However, the Armsforger hailing from the Terran Alliance immediately expressed his opposition towards this stance.
Ves took a closer look at the famous Terran Star Designer. Lucas Nayald was a 260 year old Star Designer who maintained a remarkably young and muscular appearance. If not for the fact that his domain radiated a strong sense of metal from inside out, people would have mistaken him for a particularly athletic Journeyman or a Senior!
The biographies written about his life painted the picture of a talented and motivated descendant of the Nayald Ancient Clan.
Having been raised in one of the most privileged positions possible, Lucas Nayald did not waste this fantastic opportunity and worked hard to become an excellent mech designer.
One of the factors that helped him make so much progress was that he had decided upon his specialization very early.
Though the man did not set out to become a soldier, he had fallen in love with melee weapons after he picked up fencing as a 'mandatory' hobby.
He soon began to expand his fighting repertoire by learning and mastering all sorts of other weapons.
Lucas became obsessed with learning how to wield spears, halberds, other kinds of swords and more exotic melee weapons.
Though Lucas Nayald spent way more time on practicing his weapon skills than he should, his studies did not suffer too much from his activities, so he was allowed to pursue his new passion.
Once he graduated from mech design, he quickly went on to develop a design philosophy that enabled him to forge or fabricate the best melee weapons for his clients.
His overall design philosophy towards his famous melee weapons had started out simple, but changed very little over time.
Sure, the Armsforger had become a lot more skilled at forging his weapons, but he respected the old traditions of ancient human weapons so much that he never wanted to add any unnecessary gimmicks or frills to their design.
Though his solid metal weapons initially seemed unassuming, they gradually started to show their value as the Armsforger continued to improve his craftsmanship.
Of course, as a mech designer, the Armsforger already knew how to design mechs that made excellent use of the properties of his iconic weapons.
Over the course of two centuries, the Armsforger steadily worked his way up the mech industry as his mechs and mech weapons both earned greater renown within Terran space.
Nowadays, his weapons had become so coveted and desirable that even god pilots were willing to make large concessions in order to obtain one of his famous arms!
Every client that was fortunate enough to own his weapons already treated their possessions as treasured heirlooms.
The reason why so many people desired to own one of his personally forged weapons was due to several reasons.
The most basic one was that his weapons were much more solid and reliable than others. The Armsforger had initially made a name for himself by forging mech weapons that could endure far more abuse than was typical.
This was especially important in first-class mech combat as there were plenty of powerful machines that possessed high attack power.
A harder and more solid weapon would not break under a lot of abuse. The wielder could boldly use an Armsforger weapon to block or deflect an incoming projectile!
The most powerful Armsforger weapons were rumored to be so damn hard and tough that they could even remain intact when they were tossed into a black hole!
Few people took this rumor seriously, but Ves actually believed that this may be true, as crazy as it sounded!
Aside from being able to forge unbreakable weapons, the Armsforger also stood out for another reason.
He was one of the few Star Designers who was known to produce tier 1 Destroyer weapons.
Many powerful Terran god mechs wielded custom and extremely powerful tier 1 Destroyer weapons thanks to the indispensable work of the Armsforger!
The fact that so many Terran god mechs wielded such supremely powerful arms caused them to form a strong deterrent.
The Greater Terran United Confederation gained increased confidence over the course of the Age of Mechs for this reason.
Fighting against any Terran god mech up close was a nightmare to others!
Although precise information about tier 1 Destroyer weapons were scarce, Ves had heard plenty of rumors of how these unreasonably powerful arms were able to cut right through enemy God Kingdoms as if they were made out of butter!
Ves recalled that the Light of Sol did not unveil his impressive tier 1 Destroyer sword during Operation Night Jazz.
This was understandable as the god pilot was already able to complete his objections without revealing such a powerful trump card to the aliens.
It was a pity, though. Ves really wanted to see how easily a tier 1 Destroyer sword could carve up an ancient phase whale.
In any case, if there was one Star Designer in the Red Ocean who still retained the ability to produce new high-tier Destroyer weapons, it had to be the Armsforger!
This alone turned him into an indispensable Star Designer to red humanity!
When Ves thought about how the people of the Red Ocean could possibly resist the invasion of the Subjugation King and his armada, he believed that the unmatched lethality of tier 1 Destroyer weapons could give god pilots a realistic chance.
The more tier 1 Destroyer weapons the Armsforger was able to supply to every god pilot, the greater the probability of defeating the alien God King!
However, Ves did not think it was that easy for the Armsforger to fabricate his most powerful arms.
He did not believe that any high-grade exotic or hyper could possibly withstand the extreme concentrations of Destroyer particles.
Perhaps only the rarest and most coveted super-class materials could be used to make a stable tier 1 Destroyer sword!
Unless red humanity managed to import a lot of strategically valuable materials from the old galaxy, the chances that the Armsforger would be able to make another tier 1 Destroyer weapon was low.
Mech weapons were very large as a rule. Their weight could often be measured in tons.
In order to produce a tier 1 Destroyer weapon that was fit to be wielded by a mech, the Armsforger needed to obtain a large quantity of super-class materials!
In any case, the Armsforger had become an extremely critical Star Designer in the Age of Dawn.
Ves personally had another reason to keep a closer eye on Lucas Nayald.
Perhaps not every part of the Destroyer weapon had to be made out of the most powerful materials, but its core at least had to include them in order to prevent them from tearing themselves apart.
In any case, the Armsforger had become an extremely critical Star Designer in the Age of Dawn.
Ves personally had another reason to keep a closer eye on Lucas Nayald.