If Mayu could truly display the same potential as Shinn, then she would be more than qualified to pilot either the Midnight Gundam or the Crimson Forbidden. Even if she was somewhat inferior to Shinn, she would still be qualified to pilot those two machines. And if she displayed even greater potential and strength, then there would be even less to say.
Xiao Ran's hesitation was still over the issue of safety. Mayu was simply too young, and her lack of combat experience was also a crucial concern. Whether she could withstand the trials of war was a key question, one that would determine what direction Mayu's future would take.
Xiao Ran was unfamiliar with the other pilot recommended by Symonds. The name Bari Ho was indeed unfamiliar, but if Xiao Ran remembered that the pilot of the Green Astray was Bari Ho, he would probably have some impression of the man Symonds had mentioned.
In the original story, Bari had indeed been one of Orb's finest pilots. His combat style, which incorporated his own martial arts into mobile suit piloting, was quite unique and formidable. He had once destroyed a GAT-X test unit used to test the weapons of the Freedom Gundam and Justice Gundam, so there was no need to question his skill.
After Orb's victory and the transfer of power to Cagalli, Bari chose to leave Orb and travel around in training. He later went to East Asia, but after learning of Xiao Ran's return and his call to gather overseas forces, he chose to return to Orb and rejoin the military. At present, he was merely an ordinary Murasame pilot, which truly did his considerable skills an injustice. Symonds apparently knew him and understood his abilities, which was why she had recommended him directly to Xiao