"I'm guessing that once you join the battle, you'll trigger a side mission. You can decide whether to accept it or not. Your mission is to try your best to make sure that Yunus 7 is small enough when it falls to Earth, but you can't go overboard and make sure that no fragments of Yunus 7 fall to Earth. In addition, pay attention to your own safety and leave Yunus 7 before reaching the critical point."
"As for the mission, Prometheus won't issue a mission that can't be completed. That is to say, as long as you accept the side mission and it's to stop Yunus 7 from falling, it's likely to be a side mission with a completion rate. As long as you can ensure that the completion rate is above the passing line, you can leave."
As Xiao Ran spoke, he looked at the four people and continued, "And you have to take this opportunity to leave this ship. The exclusive mecha in your hands should have the ability to break through the atmosphere. After you leave, replace the mecha. You can even use a few Zagu Phantoms as shields to land on Earth, then go directly to Aube."
"Of course, this will have to wait until those fragments fall to Earth." With that said, Xiao Ran once again took out two letters written by himself from his arms and handed them to Aeschi, "These are my personal letters. One is for Bakirulu, and the other is for D. I've already told you what to do before, just do as I say."
Aeschi solemnly took the two letters and put them in his inventory. He nodded and said, "Understood."
"Get ready to leave. I'm afraid I'll have to stay in the alliance for a while, but whether you go to Aube or D.S.S.D, I'll contact you as soon as possible." Xiao Ran nodded to the four people and patted Aeschi's shoulder gently, "Be careful, safety first."
After the four nodded, Xiao Ran left. After instructing the soldiers outside the door to take the four people to change their clothes, he returned to the bridge again.
"Have you arranged it?"
Xiao Ran sat down again next to Ian Lee, nodded, and said, "It's all arranged. Try to record everything that happens. I want to know what happened over there."
"I'm already doing it."
When Aeschi and the other three left the Gadi Ru, the entire bridge quieted down. Through the Gadi Ru's detector, Xiao Ran witnessed the battle on the Juneus-7 with his own eyes. He witnessed the ZAFT mechs killing each other on the Juneus-7. Not only did Xiao Ran see all of this, it was also recorded by the Gadi Ru.
Xiao Ran saw Yunus 7 split into two halves with his own eyes. Fortunately, most of the halves were deflected to a safe orbit away from the earth due to the internal explosion, but the other half flew towards the earth at a faster speed because of the change in angle.
Even though Xiao Ran did not participate in the battle personally but sat in the Gadi Ru's bridge, his mood was extremely unsettled. He wished he could join the battle and eliminate the threat Yunus 7 posed to the earth, but his rationality and reality also told him that even if he joined the battle, the current situation would not change much. What he could do, Aeschi and the other three could do the same.
Xiao Ran did not know how many explosions occurred on the Juneus-7 due to the explosion of the MS, but Xiao Ran knew that the number of people obstructing the destruction of the Juneus-7 was far more than what Xiao Ran saw in the plot. Although Xiao Ran had only watched the anime and was not sure how many enemies there were, the number of ZAFT mechs detected by the Gadi Ru exceeded 100. It was not as small as the Jiul team in the anime.
On the other hand, although the other group used the ZAFT mechs, the number of mechs they could not identify was also about the same. Every attack, counterattack, destruction, and obstruction by both sides would slow down the destruction of the Juneus-7. Even after more than an hour, the destruction of the Juneus-7 was still not enough to eliminate the greatest threat.
Xiao Ran took a few deep breaths and asked, "Lee, what is the current completion rate of the destruction of the Juneus-7 without affecting the earth?"
Ian Lee did not answer Xiao Ran's question immediately. Instead, he turned his head and repeated Xiao Ran's question to the information processing staff in the bridge again. It was not until the information processing staff finished the calculation that Ian Lee turned his head and answered loudly, "30%. The mass of the other half of the fragments that continue to move towards the earth is still too large. If a fragment of this mass falls into the sea, it will cause a world-wide tsunami."
"If it falls on the Australian mainland, then everything in the Australian mainland will be completely destroyed. At least 80% completion rate is needed to minimize the damage to the earth. The last 20% must be scattered on the earth in the form of fragments. After passing through the atmosphere, the remaining 8% of the fragments will be directed."
"Only 30%? The time before the fragments reach the critical point." Xiao Ran gently tapped the armrest of his chair. The information processing staff quickly gave Xiao Ran an answer, "70 minutes. But based on the current situation, unless the ZAFT army shows an overwhelming force to eliminate the unknown terrorists, it will be difficult to complete the task."
Ian Lee looked at Xiao Ran. He could see the eagerness and impatience in Xiao Ran's heart. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Do you need us to join in? If we join in, maybe we can buy some time."
"No." Xiao Ran gently gritted his teeth and said in a cold voice, "I believe that the ZAFT can definitely do it, and without orders and reasons, we will only put ourselves in danger if we do this."
"But colonel, you are in fact very worried, aren't you?" Ian Lee continued, "Although colonel is the senior commander of a cruel force like the Phantom Pain, you will never attack innocent people. Even during a battle, you will not deliberately hit the enemy's cockpit. Colonel, you are not the kind of person who cares about these things, right?"
Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment. He turned his head and looked at the calm Ian Lee. He didn't expect Ian Lee to say something like this. However, Ian Lee continued, "I respect you very much, colonel, so I will give my full support to all your decisions. No matter what you are going to do, Gadi Lu will fight with you."
Everyone on the bridge was silent. They all listened to Ian Lee's words, but no one objected. Just when everyone's morale and determination seemed to have begun to gather, the radar controller suddenly shouted in surprise, "The radar has detected a new enemy. There is no relevant information. There are 18 of them, and they are moving very fast. They are moving in the direction of Yunus 7."
"What? Reinforcements? Which side are they from? " Ian Lee was also stunned by the radar controller's shout, and Xiao Ran frowned slightly. Although he was surprised, he did not forget to say, "Transfer the screen."
When the actual image appeared on the screen, Xiao Ran and Ian Lee could not help but take a deep breath, "This, how is this possible?"
The 18 airframes were all G-series airframes, Assault, Duel, Storm, Blitz, and Holy Shield. They were completely different from the first five G-series airframes, and even more different from the current G-series airframes owned by the Phantom Pain Force. None of these 18 airframes had the logo of the Alliance Army. Instead, they did not belong to the Alliance, ZAFT, or Aube. All 18 airframes had the same logo, a holy temple and a yellow halo.
"A librarian!? Why would they appear here? " Xiao Ran was very familiar with this symbol, and his heart sank. During the last battle, the librarians had already infiltrated the Zaft Army. He didn't expect them to infiltrate the Zaft Army again, and this time, it was with such a powerful force. These eighteen Zaft Army had yet to come into contact with the Zaft Army, so even Xiao Ran couldn't understand which side these people were on.
But soon, the development of the situation gave Xiao Ran an accurate answer. After the 18 airframes belonging to the librarians came into contact with the Zaft Army, a battle that was close to a massacre began. Xiao Ran's heart sank to the bottom along with these librarians.
Because Xiao Ran could almost infer that these airframes belonging to the librarians were probably photocopied clones of their participants.
Not only Xiao Ran, but even Tillandar on the Minerva was almost stunned by the sudden appearance of the enemy. His gentle expression was no longer cold, and even his eyebrows were tightly knitted together. Indeed, everything was arranged by him, but his next plan was to destroy Yunus 7 and reduce the loss to an acceptable level. Originally, everything was going according to plan, but now the situation was completely out of his control.
About a minute later, the Gadi Lu received a request from the Minerva to help them destroy the fragment of Yunus 7. After reading the request sent by the Minerva, Ian Lee also turned to look at Xiao Ran, "Colonel, is there a reason to go to war now?"
"I will pilot the Chaos Gundam and let Stella and Olu help the Zaft Army deal with the unknown enemies. Without my permission, absolutely no contact with the new targets is allowed."
"Understood." Ian Lee nodded and said to the CIC, "Let the Gnacou get ready to attack. All personnel will go out and help the Zaft Army destroy the fragment of Yunus 7."
Just as Xiao Ran was about to leave the bridge, the radar controller shouted again, which made him let out a sigh of relief, "Report, a high-speed object is entering the universe from the Earth. This … is a battleship, it's the Dominion that disappeared in the last war!"
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