The great severing already happened, though. If this doesn't work, it just gives the Subjugation King a direct link to attack the rest of humanity

Phasewater generation has the potential to allow all of red humanity to evacuate, since Ves could replicate the production of the galaxy itself. It won't be the track he goes down, but it's at least something cool to think about

Ves should use his lotto tickets from this mission to look for techniques related to manipulation of darkness (or other elements) and "soulforging". Now that he has a definitive name for what he does from the Subjugation King, he should see if any techniques exist that can give him more options for the future.

Ves shouldn't be apprehensive about taking the Battleship token. Even if it isn't exactly 100% secure, he said it himself - he needs more power. The opportunity to turn a battleship into a living battleship with the golden cat gaining faith from his clan shouldn't be overlooked.

I've thought about it a bit more - what if the prophecy of Ves chained up was really a vision of him being enslaved by the Subjugation King? It would mean that one vision was metaphorical, possibly meaning others could have the same weight as well.

LET'S GO

Unrelated to living mechs, so not a great argument. But it might sway a lot of normal people against Ves

I'm curious about this possibility, as well. Seeing just how effective Gaia can be for a planet would also give Ves an excuse to start raising more potential exobeasts for design spirit materials. Long shot, but it would be entertaining

I'm sorry - aren't Wights supposed to be immune to mind altering abilities/status effects? Am I misremembering? Or does this memory wipe ability somehow bypass that?

If they are using the second family's power to rewind their memories to before they saw Quinn do all of this, can't they also rewind any memories to before the memory wipe? Or does the power of the responsible God Slayer surpass what the second family's power can handle?

Keep gambling! You can only win! It's time to win big, Ves!

Correct decision IMO. Glad he went with this

Third option seems best overall. Most of what can be done with the second option (upgrading mech pilots, etc) can be done with a powerful enough spiritual force theoretically, no? If Ves can accumulate more power and make an incarnation specifically dedicated to helping pilots advance, then that takes away option 2 entirely, no?

It seems a bit strange that Ves keeps his knowledge of the Compact hidden all this time - I would imagine that the MTA is aware of the circumstances that led to him getting his Jutland organ, no? Ves can at least reveal that he heard of them from that crazy researcher without going any further I would think.