Z.A.F.T. Army Routed!?*??(ˊ?ˋ*)??*?

"Come on, Shao Yun! We're rooting for you!!"

"Come on! Come on!"

"Hit his cockpit!!"

"Beat that bastard already! Let me have a turn after you!!"

"Come on, come on! That's it! Pound him flat, knock him out, smash his armor..."

In the distance, two unarmed M1 Astrays were sparring. A crowd of recruits cheered loudly for Shao Yun, an Orb girl with a fit figure, delicate features, and exceptional physical prowess. She had already ranked near the top in the physical training over the past few days, leaving most of the male recruits far behind.

The two giant machines in the arena weren't moving particularly well, but a sexy female pilot was obviously more popular than a male one. So the other recruits watching naturally shouted encouragement to one of the machines, without caring whether the pilot could even hear them.

"Quiet! Pay attention!"

"Remember, anyone who fails the evaluation won't get their own mobile suit! On orders from command, I have to eliminate at least half of you in this recruitment drive!"

Unable to put up with the din from a few idiots any longer, an Orb sergeant shouted at them. He was only just short of grabbing a whip and lashing the noisy bastards a few times. This was only the most basic introductory piloting assessment, after all. As their instructor, he couldn't understand what these animals had to get so worked up about.

"..."

"Amuro..."

At this Orb military camp on the western side of Kolig Island, the other members of the Demon Team, who were also recruits, had gathered together. They watched the vast, sandy training ground in the distance, where two M1 Astrays were conducting a low-intensity sparring assessment under the direction of an Orb sergeant. The reincarnator recruit Shao Yun piloted one machine,