Xiao Ran felt that he had seemingly guessed the other side's objective. Even before the fragments of Junius 7 fell, those people from LOGOS had already planned an attack on PLANT. The intelligence and photographs Xiao Ran had brought back only gave them a justified reason to start the war. Yet in the end, they had still fled in disarray before ZAFT's new weapons.
He remained at the Moon Base for quite a long time. During the first few days, he watched crowds of people gather around Chaos, Abyss, and Gaia, conducting comprehensive technical analyses and dismantling work. Aside from wandering around this enormous Earth Force base, where one could find practically anything, Xiao Ran had no chance to leave the Moon Base. No one watched him every day or restricted his movements, but the key issue was that he had no suitable means of getting out.
Besides that, Xiao Ran saw quite a few supplies transported from Earth into the base, including the Federal Army's new Windams. With nothing better to do, Xiao Ran used his Scout Skill on those Mass-produced Mecha. To his surprise, every one of those so-called mass-produced units had reached C-class mecha standards. In other words, aside from lacking PS Armor, their performance had at least reached the level of the Strike Gundam.
Unfortunately, although the mecha themselves were C-class, their OS and pilots were simply too poor. According to Prometheus's rules, D-class pilots could at most bring out eighty percent of a C-class mecha's performance. Other than their firepower, they were terrible in every regard. No wonder they were no different from cannon fodder in actual combat.
Chaos, Abyss, and Gaia, on the other hand, were at C+ class. If ninety-nine points represented the absolute peak of C+, then the three units could each