We were in contact with Void Clan the whole time. Because of the situation, we were able to slip the intel about the coalition to them. Mason stressed to him that it would be in their best interest to confederate soon and try to do something in their territory. Sebastion agreed that it was the best course of action. There were some clans that predated the Next Stage and Void Clan. They were going to have to reach out to them. In the meantime, our coalition was strong and on track to get things done. It had 10 hubs in it. To symbolize the union the colors changed. They all turned from red and green to a vibrant yellow. I thought it was pretty cool. Heat Clan was also pleased with the way things were going. We had to go through some difficult missions in order for the blueprints for the XX-frames to be given as rewards. We had sniped one earlier, but the big tech to continue with all of the research was hard locked by the game. We would need to wait until the first "proper" blueprint dropped. Then we could move on. The whole point of a coalition was that each transmission hub would contribute.
Just like X-frames, the XX-frames had many parts. There were the general plans, the systems, neurooptics and the chassis. We also had to do the cockpit and the power core for the XX-frame. On top of that would be at least 2 AEP unit pilots per XX-frame. Technically PBJ Clan's contribution was already done. We had the blueprints for the general plans. However, all of them would be attributed to Heat Clan. It was too late to steal the credit for it though. Everyone knew it was us that got them. Since we did not want to wait forever, we would continue the research in our labs when it was available. I was not hopeful that Heat Clan was going to be giving us the missions or resources needed to get more blueprints anytime soon. That was when Caleb came from the PEP lab. He wanted to bring us there to show us something. On the whiteboard was the blueprints for the 03F model. I stood corrected. As a coalition, vassals got the blueprints to represent the transmission hub in a better light. Heat Clan had both. The others would also have vassals that would get them since they had labs.
Because of the imperial nature of Heat Clan, they assigned a pair of random clans, Niko, Keith and us to get all of this together for them. We were put on notice in a big group call. They did not fully trust the Conquerors to keep their word. It was going to take some time. We each had our own responsibilities. Cecil and Caleb were going to be the ones to get the X-frames this 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. The larger project was going to take time. Nothing could change that. Being honest, I did not want to be taken for granted. Just like Heat Clan, we in PBJ Clan were skeptical about this. We were going to try our best to try and make at least one pair of XX-frames all on our own. There were 8 components to get this done. There were 10 big transmission hubs here. Heat Clan had the general plans down. Because there were only 2 Researcher hubs in the coalition, we were just subordinates to them. Impact Clan was taking charge here. Pierce Clan was the very bossy vice-leader.
Radioactive Clan was told to research another part of the big XX-frame. Wind and Magnetic Clans were chosen to pick out pilots among their number of AEP units. The others had to find another part to research. 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. I was ready for this to be finished. That was finished after Cecil and Caleb their Foundry run. It was a shame. The Heat Clan was sent all of the blueprints directly through their main halls. Because the members were each sending 2 pilots for each hub, we had to make sure that they had the 2-pilot variants for them to ride together in. Mason was also keen on leaking everything to Void Clan. As long as they had the blueprints, they could move ahead when they finished confederating. It would still be a problem as money was needed to actually build stuff. Toxic Clan's transmission hub was a bank. They had no problems with finance.
