Exlor
We may be about to find out the impact of a Design Spirit on experts mechs. I suspect that the pilots of such mechs may progress much faster than regular experts mechs. The Laver resonance could jump the shark and get the Larkinson bunch really strong experts as they quickly gain experience. That should convince the 20 MTA brats to fall in line. Especially if we get a couple more breakthrough. The Dwarves fielding 15 experts should alert the Larkinson Clan that they still don't have enough. Obviously we are not even talking about 1st class experts yet. Strong factions could reduce the Golden Skull Alliance to the role of underdogs.