Exlor
let me get this straight, Ark crawls back to Ves like a lost puppy begging for treats, and then immediately thinks he's top dog and can make decisions for the Davute branch? If he wants complete freedom, give it to him. Don't let him join the clan, no new mech, no LMC dividends. Ig he wants to play soldier, he can just join Davute and be someone else's lackey and disposable hero and someone else's problem. Ves should get Goldie to sever the connection to Ark, and anyone who won't do what he says. Expert pilots really are stupid. Ves should just use this as an opportunity to trim the fat. Cut the losses of the Davute branch and start somewhere else. See how the branch makes money without LMC mechs. If they try and produce mechs without him, he can just cancel the glow and make them into knockoffs.
Next chap: Ves finds out that Ark is leading the Old Family's takeover of the Clan's Davute Branch! If their plan works out, everything the Branch owns, from all the land the Clan spent a fortune to acquire and all the infrastructure they built on it, would effectively belong to the Old Family!! Back in the BR, the geezers tried to kick him out and keep his money, and failed. This time around, they started off with a Trojan Horse!! And they're just taking everything by force!