Squad
Cruze's assessment clearly made sense. Based on the information they had gathered so far, only the Transformers with "New" in their names had originally appeared on Earth, and had even been chased out of the Solar System by a warship. More coincidentally, the lion that had been chased away was blue, perfectly matching the scene before them.
There was no need to consider plot factors for this mission, nor did they need to deliberately follow the plot or seek out the mission factions to win them over. With twenty-six legions stirring everything up, none of that had any meaning, and there was no one worth recruiting anyway. But if something valuable appeared before them, there was no harm in taking it.
Xiao Ran gave another order. "Mwu, send someone after that lion."
Mwu nodded and immediately made the arrangements. Another Small MACROSS-class Battleship broke away from the fleet and swiftly pursued the lion.
Cruze said from the side, "That lion's destination should be another planet. Could it serve as our next base?"
Xiao Ran shook his head. "We'll discuss it after conducting an inspection and receiving all the survey data. But regardless of where we choose as a base, the first consideration will be resource abundance. There's no need to consider whether we can make use of this world's local forces for now. The local forces in this world pose no threat to us."
"Mwu, send reconnaissance units to scout the surrounding area. If there's nothing unusual, lift combat readiness. We've only just arrived in this world, so there's no need to keep everyone wound too tightly. Let them relax a little."
"Understood."
The blue lion being pursued by the warship traveled extremely fast through space. The warship chasing behind the blue Steel Lion was no slower, and soon