Chapter 1094: Attack
The famed Steel Dragon Squad was only in its earliest stage of formation. At this point, it might not even have borne the name Steel Dragon Squad yet. The ATX Squad and SRX Squad had only recently been assembled and could hardly be called a fighting force. Some of the other pilots and super robots who would later appear in the Steel Dragon Squad had yet to emerge or join them. It could be said that the Steel Dragon Squad was still in its infancy.
With those pilots not yet having matured, facing a top-tier pilot like Xiao Ran, along with Luo, the Asuka siblings, Saki, Kane, and the others, whose experience and skills were already fully developed—and with machines more complete than the enemy's early models—it was basically like a high-level player with top-tier equipment bullying rookies who had just stepped out of the beginner village with starter gear. There was simply no basis for comparison.
Of all the members aboard the Hagane, only Masaki, piloting Sebasuta, stood a level above the rest in both machine and skill. Then there was Ingram, hidden aboard the Hagane yet actually serving aliens. His strength should have been considerable, but he would not reveal it. He was also a boss-like character.
Then there was Giliam, who looked somewhat like Ingram yet was steeped in mystery. He was another troublesome character with an extremely complicated background and had once served as a boss as well. Even without Prometheus's data-driven enhancements, he could catch bullets barehanded, possessing physical abilities completely comparable to those of participants.
As for everyone else, they truly had no ability to contend with Xiao Ran head-on.
Of the Hagane's current combat power, the Gespensts accounted for the greatest number. Of the SRX Squad, only R-1 could be