Perhaps because of how the mission was judged, even though Cruze on Earth had used every possible method to force the Earth Unified Army to abandon all actions against the 25th Fleet before the main Zerg force returned, the mission still had not been completed.
That meant there were probably still people at Earth Unified Army Headquarters who had not given up on the 25th Fleet. They were only temporarily obeying George, now the Commander-in-Chief of the Earth Unified Army, because of the circumstances. Cruze seemed to have noticed this as well, so he was tracking down those with other motives, preparing to eliminate them and completely secure George's position.
But after receiving the message Cruze had sent back from Earth, Xiao Ran knew that his time in this world was likely running short. It was about time to start preparing for his departure.
Xiao Ran intended to take Moses with him. Although Moses was not a professional combatant, she was an excellent all-around special agent. During battle, she could serve aboard a warship as Weapon Control or Intelligence Control. Outside of combat, she could be a capable intelligence agent, guard, adjutant, or secretary, with professional-level skills in all those areas.
Perhaps she was not even Luo's equal in combat, but she was still a pilot with C-rank Piloting Skill, more than capable of handling ordinary missions. Xiao Ran did not intend to treat Moses as a primary combatant anyway. What he valued more were her abilities beyond combat.
Billy, like Moses, was an all-around special agent. However, Billy was more suited to fieldwork, while Moses was more suited to office work.
For a warship to operate normally, the Archangel in the SEED-D World could be fully operated by as few as four people, captain included. The Second Archangel could