After receiving contact from Tessa about Cima's pursuit of 'pirates' but encountering 8th Fleet's advance fleet, Luther naturally rushed to Gwameir's bridge as soon as possible.
In fact, the reception room where Luther and others were located was not far from the bridge, so even if the weak-looking Lacus and the still-chaotic Cagalli acted together, it still didn't take much time.
As soon as he entered the bridge, he saw the frontline image projected by Tessa on the big screen. Luther, who had already 'predicted' the situation, quickly understood the current situation:
Although the combat power is significantly enhanced compared to the original world line, the famous Montgomery should be at the core of the box array composed of 1 Nelson-class Battleship and 8 Drake-class Frigate;
The 'pirate' modified Marseille III Transport, which was previously suspected to be the Eurasian Federation special force, was smoking and passing under the 8th Fleet advance fleet at full speed. The intention of blaming the advance fleet was obvious;
As for the 'Celestial Being' pursuers led by Cima, since Cima was well aware of Luther's plan, they did not take rash action. Instead, they faced off against the 8th Fleet advance fleet while waiting for orders from Gwameir.
However, although Luther had roughly guessed the situation through 'prophecy', for the sake of safety, and also to allow Lacus and Cagalli to understand the situation, Luther first confirmed with Tessa.
"How's it going?"
Tessa turned around, nodded to the old-faced Cagalli and the new-faced Lacus, then leisurely played with his braid and gave a brief explanation.
"The situation is as you can see.
Obviously, the previous speculation that the special operations force belonged to Eurasian Federation has been confirmed.
The reaction of the 8th Fleet advance fleet was obviously that they were confused in dealing with the unfamiliar friendly forces, and that friendly force deliberately passed the blame to them.
As for combat expectations.
It is somewhat risky to let Cima bypass the 8th Fleet advance fleet to pursue it, and I do not recommend it here.
If we fight head-on, even if the 'pirate' fleet fights side by side with the 8th Fleet advance fleet, the Cima team should have a certain chance of winning, and we still have more combat power to dispatch.
But if, as we expected, the 'Pirate' fleet intends to let the 8th Fleet advance fleet take the blame, it may be difficult to defeat the advance fleet and then catch up with the 'Pirate' fleet."
In fact, before asking Tessa to explain, Luther already had his own ideas;
Therefore, after listening to Tessa's explanation, Luther quickly made a decision.
"Tessa, contact Cima and ask her to maintain the confrontation and wait for reinforcements.
As for the 'pirate' fleet, I have to let them go this time, for reasons that will be discussed later."
Luther said this, and after Tessa signaled the combat situation control officer to contact Cima, he planned to introduce Lacus to Tessa.
"Let me introduce you..."
Following Luther's words, Lacus took the initiative to introduce himself to Tessa. Considering that his disguise had been exposed by Luther, Lacus appropriately demonstrated his intelligence capabilities.
"I am Lacus·Klein.
Nice to meet you, Captain Teresa Testarossa, fleet commander of 'Celestial Being'.
As a member of 'Anti-War United Front', please take good care of me in the future."
Regarding Lacus's self-introduction, Tessa had a calm expression and a cold tone, but he slightly used Newtype's ability to express goodwill to Lacus.
"I am Teresa Testarossa. Since you and Luther call each other by their first names, just call me Tessa.
I have long heard about Clyne Faction's name from Luther, and Luther has greatly praised you Lacus.
I hope we can get along closely in the future, well, I don't care about that kind of intimacy."
As Tessa also revealed his 'nature' at the end of his words, and while Lacus was a little shy but did not deny it, Haman began to get awkward and 'attack' Luther, so Luther quickly changed the topic and came up with a new 'prophecy' and plan.
"Although the appearance of this 'pirate' fleet is somewhat beyond my expectations.
However, if the general direction does not change, I am afraid that Flay's father, Mr. Atlantic Federation's Deputy Foreign Minister George·Alstar, should be on Montgomery.
This is a rare opportunity for us, 'Anti-War United Front', to contact Atlantic Federation Establishment Faction privately."
After hearing Luther's new prophecy, Lacus, who had not denied Tessa's temptation just now, immediately changed his attention because he was still weighing the pros and cons.
For Lacus, Luther's statement is actually easy to understand. After all, it was almost the same situation when she came to contact 'Celestial Being';
So faced with this rare opportunity to contact Atlantic Federation Establishment Faction in private, it is indeed not to be missed.
As for what Luther predicted and the 'pirates' that were not predicted, Lacus also has his own understanding:
Just like what Luther mentioned about Rau Le Creuset in 'Celestial Being Formation Declaration';
Although Luther can predict that he and Alstar, the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, will appear in Debris Belt, some small details may not be observed;
This is also consistent with the common impression that 'divination' can only see a 'corner of the future'.
Since Lacus's thinking does not contain any emotion, it will naturally not be known to Luther who remains polite and restrained;
So after making sure that none of the main members present had any doubts about what he said, Luther began to assign tasks.
"Cagalli, please go and bring Flay to the bridge. I need her help here."
Cagalli nodded and was about to leave, but Luther stretched out his hand to signal her to wait a moment, and then turned to the two pink-haired ladies beside him.
"Haman, please take Lacus to the genna cabin and see if Silver Wind has been repaired.
If it can be started, let the crew of Silver Wind attack from the gnar cabin, and then move to the boat deck with great fanfare.
Lacus You also happen to stop by to meet the crew of Silver Wind and reassure them."
In response to Luther's explanation, Haman nodded vigorously, while Lacus smiled and nodded gently.
"I understand, brother Luther, the main thing is to let the other side see that Silver Wind is on our side, right?"
"Yes, that's what it means."
Facing Haman who took the initiative to ask for a 'reward', Luther naturally gave her a light kiss.
"Luther, let you worry about it.
Then Haman, please lead me the way.
And Tessa, it's really a pity that we have to say goodbye just after we met."
After Luther 'kissed' Haman goodbye, Lacus politely said goodbye to everyone, including Tessa who just introduced themselves to each other;
Tessa also responded lightly to Lacus's polite remarks.
"When this battle is over, I believe we will have time to understand each other, Lacus."
Except for Lacus and Tessa, others simply nodded to each other;
Then the impatient Cagalli was in the front, the slightly regretful Lacus was in the middle, and the reluctant Haman was in the back. The three of them left the bridge together;
Before the bridge's electric door opened and closed, the three of them heard Luther's last command.
"Then Tessa, let all our mobile weapons units attack, so as to prevent the 8th Fleet advance fleet from making wrong responses due to misjudgment of combat strength."