The World Tree Project

The research directions favored by the mechers and the Terrans said much about their scope and ambitions.

The Mech Trade Association favored huge layouts and grand ambitions. The mechers were not content with developing incremental improvements. They sought to reinvent the market for biomechs and fundamentally change humanity's relationships with biotechnology. The Mech Supremacists and Transhumanists did not hesitate to invest huge amounts of money and resources to realize their ambitious layouts.

The Terrans meanwhile remained more grounded in their research and ambitions. They had big dreams as well, but they did not have as much room to squander so many resources on research and development. This was why they largely sought to develop biomechs that possessed enough practical value to earn a profit within a decade.