Chapter 658: Galaxy Diva's First Battle in 0079
At the secret base outside Brown City, Mwu, Sheryl, Bobby, and intern Mile. Yashu piloted the Galaxy Diva as it slowly rose toward the boundless cosmos. Beside the Galaxy Diva, a dense formation of MS units, led by a Black Astray, flew toward the exit of the passage. Once they reached the lunar surface, they turned, accelerated, and streaked toward Brown City in countless trails of light.
The person in the Black Astray's cockpit was Zechs. Aside from wearing his masked helmet, like Char, he had no habit of wearing a Combat Suit while piloting an MS. This Black Astray had also been modified according to Zechs's operating preferences into a high-speed close-combat unit. Its backpack had been replaced with the Calamity War God Sword, and it wielded an enhanced-output explosive Beam Saber. It could surely cut down the Federal Army's MS units one by one, though it was also equipped with a standard Beam Rifle for medium- and long-range combat.
The units surrounding and following the Black Astray were almost entirely M1 Astrays, though there were also a small number of Zaku IIs, Dom units, and even Gundam Astrays. Among this massive MS Unit of nearly two hundred machines, most of the personnel were military Defense Force troops Cardias had accumulated over the years to encircle Anaheim Company. However, some pilots had also left the Astray Fleet, such as Shiro Amada and the members of his 08th MS Team, along with Elite Pilots sent from Granada.
Not long after this number of MS units emerged from the secret base, they were detected by the Earth Federation fleet outside Brown City. A few blips, then dozens, then more and more signals that could almost immediately be identified as hostile appeared on the