Cruze's talk of switching mecha did not mean switching to his Destiny Gundam. Aside from the Variable Fighters capable of long-range travel, they did not have a single true MS available. What Cruze meant by switching was simply rearranging their current personnel assignments. Of the six mecha the eleven of them had arrived in, Xiao Ran and Sheryl had been aboard the only B-class Variable Fighter; Graham and El-Elf had shared one, Cruze and Luo another, while the remaining three had been piloted and ridden by the five members of W Team. With battle about to begin, there was no way Sheryl could be left to pilot that B-class mecha alone.
According to Xiao Ran's arrangements, Luo and Sheryl would head to Celestial Being's base after the battle. That meant the two of them had to take one mecha and leave alongside Celestial Being's four machines. W Team did not need any adjustments. As for Cruze, El-Elf, and Graham, either Cruze or Graham could pilot the B-class mecha, while El-Elf only needed to ride as a passenger.
Switching mecha took no time at all. By then, Celestial Being's four machines, descending from the sky, had already engaged A-LAWS. Xiao Ran leisurely walked to Ribbons's side and pulled open the curtains, watching the MS battle unfold in the distant sky. Red particles and green particles mingled together, beams of different colors streaking back and forth as though painting a beautiful image across the heavens. Yet what truly caught Xiao Ran's attention were Celestial Being's four machines.
Because Xiao Ran had taken part in the previous mission, Celestial Being had appeared to have suffered devastating losses and many casualties. In reality, aside from the loss of MS, they had suffered almost no personnel losses at all. The ones truly sacrificed had been