As the many members of the confederacy were leaving the clan building, Brett went up to Star and Beer. He gave them all pictures of something. I went over to see what that something was. They were pictures that he found on the internet to show what he wanted their AEP units to look like. They were just as degenerate as ours were. A couple of femboys. Maybe even a bit more this time around. Brett said "They hate having deviants around. We'll give them some deviants." That struck a chord with me. I had a picture too. I sent it over Pump and Dump. Pass and Gas left without any of us to direct them on how their units would come out. I would be interested in what the units would look like. It was going to take some time. We were going to take over a week to finish the new X-frames. Then they would need to go to the Foundry and get them made. They had been given the resources to create a generator room and a PEP lab. The ones not going directly to the Foundry would ensure the construction was done before the others returned. This was going to take time. Nothing could change that.
2 weeks later, and we were done with the general plans, the systems, neurooptics and the chassis for the X-frame. We also had the systems, neurooptics, chassis and cockpit. The power core for the XX-frame was still left over on the to-do list. That was finished after everyone in the vassal clans had switched out for their Foundry run. It was a shame. They were sent the blueprints directly through their main halls. Because the vassals were sending 4 pilots we had to make sure that they had the 2-pilot variants for them to ride together in. We had 9 AEP units and Champion. None of the AEP units wanted to pair with him. Champion was upset and frustrated to the point he began leaking nanites again. The others looked at him like he was filth. Even Peyton and Connie, who had hybrid siblings, did not like Champion. I had to calm him down separately. We had initially thought he was half AEA unit because he was born out of an AEP. However, it seemed that Champion identified more as an AEP unit. It made no difference to me. Chase was also half AEP. He wanted to pilot an XX-frame as well.
I agreed to it because it would only inflate our numbers. He would be in the 1-pilot variant. With 9 others that meant 4 pairs and another loner. Peyton and Connie were a pair. So were Barbara and Tracie. Ashley and Sterling got paired up because of the Ryder-Sparks connection. Christopher and Aubrey were not very popular for siding with 06-001 for so long. They teamed up for their own protection. That left Robin as the second solo pilot. I asked if he would reconsider teaming with Champion. He was as emphatic as last time. Robin would rather be alone. Our 6 and the vassals 2 would make 8 XX-frames. Heat Clan would only be able to scrounge up enough to get 1 of them. It was not going very well for them. The stages for the blueprints took a week each for them. The had been given the general plans already. They had 1 AEP lab among them. Heat clan got the power core and the chassis done. If I was not so pissed of at them, I would offer to help. They could do it on their own. Even with their research, there was no way they could get the funds to build any of it. The missions sucked.
