Every arrangement on their side of the battlefield was unfolding according to El-Elf's plan. Moses and Billy, leading two squads of ten YF-19s, had already entered a melee with the ARUS fleet. Although the YF-19 far outperformed Space Fighters, even AI Chip-controlled YF-19s that could fully utilize the machines' capabilities lacked the flexibility of real human pilots.
Moreover, the standard mass-production YF-19 was actually inferior to the GHOST-9V drones, whose combat restrictions had now been lifted, in speed, maneuverability, and agility. Though it held advantages in firepower and defense, facing an enemy with overwhelming numerical superiority, three machines had been shot down in less than ten minutes.
This placed Billy and Moses under even greater pressure. Fortunately, Unit 1 and Unit 4's arrival had relieved much of it. With drone support and the module's own defensive barrage, the enemy had still not managed to breach their defensive perimeter.
On the Dolcia Military State side, after Naro's MK-II Gundam, working with the drones, cleared out most of the remaining Valvrave forces, she had Galaxy Diva dispatch half its drones to support Moses and Billy. She herself shifted from defense to offense, charging directly into the Dolcia Military State fleet formation. While attacking the warships, she also engaged the IDEAL-class Annihilation Armed Machines, the large MAs that only Dolcia Military State's elite pilots could operate.
These MAs possessed formidable firepower, but there were only a few of them. They were also fighting the MK-II Gundam without guided missiles. With friendly warships all around them, they could not fire their unguided missiles recklessly. Not just missiles—even every attack had to be carried out with utmost caution to avoid hitting their own ships.
It could be said that under such circumstances, combined with their inferior agility compared to the MK-II Gundam and their weaker