While Eleanor, the governor, and the enemy captain traded barbs, Yu Lian had already started making preparations with Ina. He shared the targeting view sent from the city with her and pointed at the destroyer on the image. "This is a Sea Cat Type 2. The Katai modified it, reducing its armor while boosting its firepower and speed. They even crammed in a large electromagnetic torpedo launcher, in a rather blatant breach of regulations. That gave it a pretty obvious weakness: the torpedo ports on its underside. I'll have the goblins convert one of the guns to manual operation. Once it's in range, concentrate your fire there!"
"...Sir, I've fired several kinds of guns in a single day, and now you want me to fire a cannon? I went to a military technical high school. I've never fired a cannon!" Ina looked utterly helpless.
That was starting to sound more and more wrong.
"Sure! But aren't you a Sentinel? You're naturally good at anything that shoots!"
"Sir, I think you're sexually harassing me!" The sergeant major spat, then nodded. "Anyway, I'll do my best."
Ina didn't sound very confident, but her eager stance gave away how she felt.
She wasn't just naturally good at things that shot; she was interested in them, too. That was good enough.
"Right. Here are the specifications for this Tidal Type 4 ion cannon. Its range is..."
Yu Lian began giving her a crash course, while on the other side, Eleanor's verbal sparring reached a fever pitch.
"In short, if you keep approaching, I'll open fire! If you don't leave low orbit within ten minutes, I'll open fire! If you show any hostile intent whatsoever—even if a single screw falls off—I'll open fire! Don't say I didn't warn you!"
"Oh, how amusing! As far as