(Today, I went to their inspection department to file a complaint against them. While I was still on the highway heading home, they called and told me to come resolve it tomorrow at ten. Both of Yi Zui's arms and shoulders are a little swollen now. It hurts badly even to raise or move them. Muscle strain, soft tissue injuries... this should count as the best and mildest possible outcome. Sigh.)
After all, air-to-air missiles were not as maneuverable as space-use missiles, and missiles were ultimately just missiles. Their speed would also be reduced considerably, so the true purpose of the more than thousand Micro Missiles launched was not to destroy those Void Envoys descending from space to Earth.
Destroying a certain number of them was normal and nothing surprising. A saturation attack was supposed to achieve that effect. Its main purpose was to suppress the Void Envoys' speed and formation, throwing them completely into disarray. Besides, New Jior did not follow up with another attack after the missiles; otherwise, a single MACROSS cannon could have solved the entire problem.
Led by Skull Squadron, the Variable Fighters surrounding New Jior destroyed more than a dozen Void Envoys flying about in chaos. After taking down another two units in MS Form, they took advantage of the Void Envoys' confusion and led New Jior straight into space.
But that was not the end of the attack on the Void Envoys. A pair of enormous green wings expanded from a point of light, swiftly becoming gigantic Wings of Light in the sky. Green particles of light spread rapidly from the Wings of Light, and a unit radiating red, green, white, and golden brilliance stood within them. Like a steel angel descending from the heavens, it plunged from high above toward the scattered Void