Maoxile reported to Mellis over comms, "Vice-commander, we've found civilians being escorted by the Dion Army into an underground shelter." On the screen, Dion soldiers were urging the civilians to hurry into the shelter.
Gundam Gomory landed at the site where people were taking refuge underground. At the sight of the Gundam, many civilians scrambled into the shelter, while the Dion soldiers escorting them nervously aimed their weapons at Gundam Gomory.
Maoxile took a look and was about to leave when Mellis sent an order. "Lieutenant Mao, orders from above. Leave these matters to the ground forces. Fighter, MS, and Mobile Armor units are to continue engaging enemy machines. If you come across these civilians, report their location to the ground forces."
"Understood."
Lieutenant Ubalos, piloting an Exus, was leading two Mobius Zeros and ten Sky Overlords with varying equipment. He was issuing orders to the Haros of his squad.
They had just received word that higher command prohibited any of their fighters, MSs, or Mobile Armors from attacking Dion Army troops escorting civilians.
This caused an uproar among many Sky Wing Mercenaries. In particular, those who had lost their countries and had relatives taken away lodged protests with higher command, demanding an explanation.
The explanation from above was that another unit had just captured a different frontline base. While taking in and managing the civilians there, they discovered that some were citizens of nations the Dion Army had abducted from the Colony Sphere—and some of them were relatives of Sky Wing Mercenaries.
Those Sky Wing Mercenaries who had lost their nations and loved ones had originally planned to vent the hatred they had carried for years upon the people of the Dion Empire when the order to massacre came.
But upon hearing this news, the Sky Wing Mercenaries whose