Universal Century, Tokyo-3. At this moment, all of Tokyo-3 had been surrounded by Unit G Hound, a force directly under Federation Headquarters. Assisting Unit G Hound was the Federation Far East Army, which had originally been more responsible for helping NERV fight the Angels. Yet now, under orders from Federation Headquarters, it had become NERV's enemy.
Among the countless Federal Army units surrounding Tokyo-3 was a mobile suit that looked remarkably similar to the Xi Gundam. It was a Gundam called Penelope, the Xi Gundam's sister unit.
After briefly issuing NERV another ultimatum and being refused, the Federal Army units surrounding the city attacked without hesitation. Countless beams and missiles shot from their mobile suits and rained down upon the city in the night. Amid thunderous explosions, the entire city was illuminated crimson by the flames.
Everyone knew that Tokyo-3's true core lay within a vast underground space. From the surface down, layer upon layer of armored plates protected that true core. Therefore, this Federal force intended to completely destroy the city aboveground and locate the route NERV had concealed leading underground.
Protected by the multilayered armor, NERV's operations personnel could only watch it all unfold. They were furious, but helpless against what the Federal Army was doing. Seeing the familiar city engulfed in flames, building after building collapsing beneath the Federal Army's destruction, they naturally felt anguish and rage.
They wanted to stop it, but there was simply nothing they could do. After sending Unit-01 and Unit-00 to the Victory Fleet, and with the Federation Far East Army having become an enemy, NERV truly had no means of stopping this aside from relying on its multilayered armor for protection.
"Come on, come on... Victory Fleet, you have to hurry! Once the city is destroyed, the armor protecting us won't