However, one hundred Swift Shadow Astrays, along with the necessary three hundred specially equipped units, were already the limit of what Anaheim could produce simultaneously. Any further production would have to wait until this batch of machines was completed.
Although the Swift Shadow Astray was likewise based on the M1 Astray, it differed greatly from the M1 Astray in key respects. Installing the Mirage System required modifications to many areas, including the armor plating and weaponry. Its angles had to be altered for the Mirage System to function at full capacity. Moreover, the Mirage System itself was not something that could be easily handled by the current M1 Astray production line. On top of that, Anaheim and New Zeon had both been short on resources after being suppressed for so long. This production speed was truly already Anaheim Company's limit.
Just as all the units rolled off the production line, the Unity Army, which had long since completed its preparations, finally began its operation. Meanwhile, Karma, who had departed Axis, was still slowly approaching Earth aboard that Transport Aircraft.
The three hundred specially equipped units were assigned to their selected pilots the moment they rolled off the line. Half were directly placed under General Revil's command on Earth to ease the pressure currently borne by the Unity Army there. The other half remained in space to cooperate with Xiao Ran's impending strike against the Federal Space Force.
As for the Swift Shadow Gundams, all one hundred units remained in space. They would serve as a tremendous force multiplier in Xiao Ran's attack on the Federal Space Force's fortresses and play a major role in the coming operation.
When the Unity Army's space forces began moving on a massive scale, the Federation's already taut nerves started twitching nonstop. The Intelligence Department