And Heine was the pilot of the Knight of Justice.
Heine was currently in space.
From high above, Heine commanded the battle as he surveyed the battlefield.
[Holy crap, is this an RTS?]
[Too bad the other side is playing an RPG.]
[This guy's still being kept in the dark.]
[Holding the emperor hostage to command the lords, huh.]
"The entire army has only one target: that unidentified new unit!"
Heine actually wanted to command from Orb itself, but unfortunately, he could not.
His superiors had ordered him to remain in space with the fleet to prevent enemy reinforcements.
ZAFT had many unmanned units, but it also had manned forces.
Unlike before, when most of their machines had been outdated, the forces sent this time were all elite units.
On the virtual screens in the Mental Space, the radar displays before Kira and Kagari showed every target densely converging upon them.
Then Inori Yuzuriha waved her hand.
"All targets locked."
Red targeting boxes appeared one after another, locking onto every unit.
"Starlight Beam Belt, fire—"
The halo above Star-picker's head suddenly seemed to explode, radiating countless streaks of light.
A rain of meteors descended from the very heights of the sky.
Every beam struck ZAFT with perfect accuracy.
In an instant, the sheer number of ZAFT units that made one's scalp tingle all went dead.
Only, the "halo" above Star-picker's head had dimmed considerably.
"Tch, so they used Requiem's attack against us? That's why enemy weapons can never be trusted. If it had been Genesis—"
Heine had witnessed the entire process.
If it had been Genesis, there would have been no way to stop it.
But unfortunately, Requiem was not Genesis.
The battle on the surface came to a halt in an instant.
But more drones were closing in.
ZAFT's