It appears my theories about there being an inquisition hunting Ad Stella's equivalent of Newtypes, those who can safely connect to Gundams with a high connectivity without burning themselves out compared to others, has finally come to fruition. Especially with Delling establishing a Cathedra to oversee order and ethics in Mobile Suit development & banning GUND technology as belonging to "witches".
Here's hoping Delling Rembran doesn't walk away scot free like Rustal Elion did...

Kusumegi Shin'ya illustrated Ariel in this piece according to this tweet. Haven't seen any credit on the character illustrations yet