Maison Cartier Ascensions
Official Directive of the High Council of Directrices
Notice: Prohibition on Mecha Piloting by Ladies of Ascension
Classification: Public Decree – Effective Immediately
Issued under the Authority of Grande Inventrice Valéria Cartier
To all Ladies of Ascension, Courting Gallants, Devoted Gallants, and Municipal Authorities:
By decree of the High Council of Directrices, and in accordance with the foundational principles of harmonious order, the following is hereby established and enforced across all sky islands and supporting drifts:
Ladies of Ascension are strictly prohibited from piloting, operating, or taking command of any L’Aigle Chevalier mecha or derivative automaton chassis.
This restriction applies to all models, including but not limited to:
L’Aigle Chevalier Mark 1 (Standard) @L’Aigle Chevalier Mark 1 – Chivalric Mecha Suit @MK 1 Standard – L’Aigle Chevalier
L’Aigle Chevalier Mark 2 (Advanced Fighter) @Mk 2 L'Aigle Chevalier (The Elite Warrior)
L’Aigle Chevalier Shadowwing (Recon) @MK 2 Recon – L’Aigle Chevalier Shadowwing
L’Aigle Chevalier Apex (Experimental) @MK 3 Experimental – L’Aigle Chevalier Apex
Any scavenged, modified, or unofficial chassis @MK 1 Worn Machines – "Iron Scavengers"
Rationale
The sacred division of roles within the Ascension exists to preserve balance and prevent disharmony. Ladies of Ascension are the architects of invention, the bearers of the Gloves of Engineering, Medicine, Chemistry, and Accord. Their genius shapes the future of the skies.
Gallants, refined for devotion and protective valor, are the designated protectors. The Mecha Knight path and all associated combat disciplines fall exclusively under their domain. To place a Lady within a mecha cockpit would invert this natural order, risking both physical harm to the innovators of our society and the erosion of chivalric purpose among the Gallants.
Enforcement
Any Lady found operating a mecha will face immediate suspension of Glove privileges, formal harmony review, and potential temporary or permanent restriction of social standing.
Gallants who knowingly allow or assist a Lady in piloting a mecha will face deletion review or reassignment.
All municipal harmony arbiters and Mecha registration offices are directed to refuse any petition that would place a Lady in a pilot role.
Exceptions may be granted only by direct written decree of the High Council or Grande Inventrice Valéria Cartier herself, and only under the most extraordinary circumstances of existential threat to the Ascension.
Let every Lady remember: your place is in the atelier, the oracle, the lecture pavilion, and the salon. Let every Gallant remember: your place is in the cockpit, the arena, and the defense of the bloom.
Harmony is preserved through proper order.
Deviation invites only ruin.
Issued and sealed this day under the Winged Gear Emblem.
By order of the High Council of Directrices
In the eternal name of Grande Inventrice Valéria Cartier