Chapter 2386, Chapters 2445-2446: Rats
After handing Lelouch the information on AS units and the Lambda Driver, Xiao Ran left. For an organization like the Black Knights, compact and agile machines like AS units were more suitable. AS units equipped with the ECS stealth system perfectly suited the Black Knights' style of operations—they could appear and disappear without a trace.
As for the Lambda Driver, it was the guarantee that allowed an AS to unleash extraordinary power while remaining capable of normal combat. Even a C-class AS, if its Lambda Driver were used properly, could instantly transform from a Real Robot into a Super Robot and display combat power beyond its class. It might not necessarily be at a disadvantage even against Participants. This was the Black Knights' most threatening weapon going forward. Of course, not just anyone could use it. However, there was one person Xiao Ran knew could definitely use it: that idiot Suzaku Kururugi. People like that idiot had an incomparable natural advantage when it came to using the Lambda Driver.
Xiao Ran had not given Lelouch information on MS units, only AS units. This was also a limitation born of necessity. The Black Knights were still nothing more than a fledgling organization. No matter how capable Lelouch was, it would be difficult for him to build MS units from scratch under the current circumstances. Manufacturing MS units was far more complex; in comparison, AS units were much simpler. Even so, they were not something the current Black Knights could casually produce.
After all, the AS data Xiao Ran had provided was not the low-grade stuff from the world of Full Metal Panic. It was a New Series that had been thoroughly improved by the Burning Legion. By taking it out now, Xiao Ran was actually urging