In the end, the Dolcia Military State did not launch an attack on the Jior Exile Army, which had only three warships. Instead, it watched as ARUS's small fleet approached the Galaxy Diva and the other two warships, then slowly withdrew a considerable distance.
The reason they had not attacked the Galaxy Diva was that the Dolcia Military State clearly understood that the warship, which they had never seen and which appeared in no records, could not be taken down in a short time. Furthermore, before finding a way to deal with the Justice Gundam, which had inflicted enormous losses on them in such a short period, and Unit 1, about which they had even less information, this was an entirely reasonable choice for Dolcia.
It was not only the fleets in space that withdrew somewhat. With the arrival of the ARUS fleet, the Dolcia Military State temporarily gave up several modules around Module 77 and shifted into a defensive posture. They began rapidly relocating the people from the other modules. Most of those transferred were gathered in a cluster of adjacent modules for easier control, while quite a number were transported directly to Earth.
The several thousand rescued residents did not disperse. After experiencing such chaos, their country had suddenly vanished, and so had their future. Lacking any sense of security and utterly lost, they chose to remain beside the enormous robot the moment they were saved, hoping Unit 1 would give them a greater sense of safety and fill the emptiness and fear in their hearts, rather than flee the port that held such terrible memories and return to their comparatively "safe" homes.
When Xiao Ran returned to the port, he saw Billy leading over two hundred soldiers as they settled the civilians and registered their identities. All