The instant the alarm sounded, Xiao Ran sprang from his bed and rushed out the door. This was not his first time aboard the Minerva, and since the ship's main personnel had personally received him after he parked his machine in the hangar and escorted him to his room, he did not take a single wrong turn as he rushed into the hangar in the shortest possible time.
The alarm signaled the start of battle and formally sounded the horn of war for both sides. Although neither side was committing its main combat force to this battle, the maneuvering involved was more complicated than on the main battlefield. They had to win, but not too quickly; they had to stall, but without suffering excessive losses. They had to deliberately downplay their own presence within the overall battlefield environment. None of that would be easy.
Moreover, if the Earth Force Moon Base sent another fleet toward the second rendezvous point, they would also have to intercept it. In other words, should that happen, the forces here would have to end the battle as quickly as possible before rushing to the other battlefield. These thirty percent of the forces were indeed under tremendous pressure.
By the time Xiao Ran reached the hangar, Shin, Ray, Lunamaria, and Heine had only just boarded their machines and prepared to launch. The Minerva had now been completely upgraded. Shin had received the Destiny Gundam that should have belonged to him from the beginning, while Ray had taken command of the Destiny Gundam, the successor to the Destiny Gundam. Heine, whose fate of death had been changed by Xiao Ran, had also received his orange Destiny Gundam and remained aboard the Minerva. Lunamaria had officially become the pilot of the Impulse Gundam. When they saw Xiao Ran