Of the two Gundams, only one needed to stand steadily atop White Base—on the outer armor of its bridge. It did not even need to draw a weapon. Within this not particularly spacious spaceport, it had already rendered White Base unable to move. White Base's defensive firepower could not fire on its own bridge, and even if it did, it would not hit the Gundam, whose value as a deterrent was far greater.
They could either activate the battleship's engines no matter the cost and see whether they could shake off the Gundams after getting underway, but anyone who thought about it knew that was impossible. Besides, it was not merely one Gundam suppressing White Base, but two of the Earth Federation's newest, sharpest, and most powerful weapons.
Everyone aboard the battleship who understood the situation knew that even if the ship safely escaped the harbor, it would never evade pursuit by two or three MS units. These were not Zakus, nor were they Zeon Army Zaku IIs. They were Gundams, personally designed and built from scratch by their own hands.
Powerful firepower output, miniaturized Beam Rifles usable by MS units, Beam Sabers with incredible penetrating power, energy output at least three times that of a Zaku II, performance output many times greater, omnidirectional thrusters and verniers, and the newest armor—Luna Titanium Alloy, also known as Gundanium Alloy Alpha. These three Prototype Machines were monsters. How could an unarmed battleship possibly deal with them?
Yet although Xiao Ran and El-Elf had pinned down White Base, the fact that there were only two of them made actually taking control of White Base rather unreasonable. Xiao Ran believed that either he or El-Elf could enter the battleship alone and suppress everyone inside, but with only one person, many things could not be