Faction Assembly on the Other Side Too
(Today was a bit rough. Yi Zui went to the park in the morning and was nearly scared to tears by all the high-altitude thrills. His acrophobia was no joke, and he threw up twice. He spent the whole day dazed and slept through the afternoon. From now on, amusement parks were completely off-limits for Yi Zui.)
"Beep beep."
A beeping sound rang out aboard the Nadeshiko as it received a message. After the personnel handling the information scanned its contents, their expressions changed at once, and they turned toward Xiao Ran, Ruri Hoshino, and Akito.
"Report! Yajenar has replied. A large-scale enemy mobile suit formation has appeared near Yajenar. Combat is expected to begin in roughly ten minutes. They request that we proceed at maximum speed to provide support."
Ruri Hoshino's eyes flickered. After glancing at the expressionless Xiao Ran, she asked directly, "How long will it take us to reach Yajenar?"
The bridge personnel below replied with some difficulty, "Even at maximum speed, the Nadeshiko and Ptolemaios will need more than twenty minutes."
Ruri Hoshino lowered her head in thought, then said gravely, "In other words, if we need to arrive in around ten minutes, we can only abandon the battleships and send the mobile suits ahead. Since interworld jumps also require the jump systems of our ships to be recalibrated, we may come under attack without sufficient mobile suit protection if we cannot use a Boson Jump. That would leave us exposed for ten minutes."
As she spoke, Ruri Hoshino raised her head and asked Xiao Ran, "Commander, what do you think?"
"Hadn't you already made your decision?" Xiao Ran did not even look at Ruri Hoshino. Still gazing ahead, he said decisively, "Deploy all mobile suits and have them