"Four of the Librarian's machines have been destroyed by Cruze, leaving fourteen. Zoe, Ray, Eshe, and Miet's group, along with Yzak and Athrun, have been fighting outnumbered while also having to keep an eye on ZAFT's demolition team. They've been heavily constrained in battle, yet aside from a few grunts, they haven't destroyed a single MS belonging to the Librarian. It probably isn't just because the machines Eshe's group and Athrun are piloting aren't suitable."
"If it were truly because of their machines that the four participants and Athrun couldn't display their real strength, then Yzak, piloting a Zaku Phantom he was completely familiar with and which outperformed a Zaku, should have been able to destroy at least one machine while coordinating with Athrun. This is simply too contradictory."
"Then before Cruze entered the battle, the only reason no one could take down the enemy must have been because the Librarian's pilots were too strong." Xiao Ran frowned slightly. Though he had not directly engaged them, he could still judge their approximate capabilities from the movements of the Librarian's MS. At the very least, they were among the very best C-class Pilots.
Moreover, their transitions between evasion and attack were exceptionally swift. They often performed maneuvers that severely tested one's skill—sharp changes in direction while still launching attacks during such extreme maneuvers. This demanded not only exceptional Piloting Skill and machine performance, but also extremely high physical capabilities. The maneuvers Xiao Ran had previously performed while piloting the Aegis Gundam had been even more outrageous than those of the Librarian's pilots, to the point where even the machine could not withstand his controls, but that had been possible only because of Xiao Ran's terrifying physical abilities and experience.
Yet even Athrun could not pilot a Zaku through such maneuvers. Although