How formidable were Far Eastern pilots? Ingram had little to say on that matter. He knew quite a few Far Eastern pilots: Idarong Sheng, the Gurin Cai sisters, Kyosuke Nanbu, Mizuki Kusunoha, Hishikawa Ryoto. This group of freaks either held Far Eastern identities or had simply been born in the Far East.
Were they strong? Were they formidable? There was no need to even consider that. Perhaps they were somewhat helpless before Xiao Ran, and their individual abilities could not yet compare to people like Yuzes and Shirakawa Shuu, but who could say that this group of Far Eastern freaks was weak? Their growth potential ranked among the very best. Steel Dragon Squad alone would probably have been enough to take on all the BETA in the world head-on. It was only because Xiao Ran considered them not yet high enough in level, and because there were not enough slots, that they had not been invited into Prometheus.
But at least in Ingram's eyes, these people born in the Far East were truly powerful. So when he told Takamura Yuei that Far Eastern military strength could not be underestimated, there had not been even the slightest trace of mockery in it. It had merely been an inference based on his understanding of Far Eastern machines.
After all, in Ingram's eyes, machines like these were simply too shabby to show off. Poor manufacturing technology could be blamed on the world's overall conditions, but anyone who could pilot such trash into battle, destroy enemies, and survive on the battlefield was absolutely elite-class. For an ordinary person to pilot such a machine would practically be suicide.
Yet when those words reached Takamura Yuei's ears, all she heard was mockery. Could the Far East really be strong? If it were that strong, would more