Davarish didn't think this was the best time for Annie to sortie. Besides, Annie was the captain and commander of the fleet—an extremely important person!
So, not long after Annie ran out, the request for a mobile suit sortie reached the bridge. Thinking it over and deciding something was wrong, he hurried to the communications officer's side. Once the connection was open, he began to persuade her:
"Captain!"
"Could you reconsider? It's too dangerous to sortie now!"
"You can wait a little longer!"
Honestly, if he hadn't known that Captain Annie's mobile suit piloting skills were the best among all the chosen pilots—that even the "Empress" Haman had been beaten into submission, Amuro had simply been too afraid to fight her, and everyone else had admitted defeat—he would have strongly objected to her leaving the bridge.
"..."
Yet in response to his doubts and advice, the fiery red Genn didn't reply.
Soon!
An officer on the bridge put footage on the main screen of the fiery red Genn being launched from the ship and charging toward the battlefield at full speed.
Then they saw the crimson mobile suit streak away like an ignited meteor. The moment it cleared the ship's launch bay, its thrusters erupted in a tremendous, overpowered blaze. It left a long trail of particles behind in the vacuum as it sped away.
Before long, as it approached the battlefield and prepared to enter the fray, all the observers on the Tibbers's bridge drew in a sharp breath!
Because they saw their captain's fiery red Genn pull out a beam sniper rifle from afar and take a shot while still flying:
With the first shot, she blasted in half an enemy mobile suit that had raised its blade to attack their Unicorn Gundam!
With the second, she pierced