Although the overall situation was extremely dire for Orb, the Earth Alliance's massive fleet was converging from all directions, while ZAFT's elite forces had appeared at this very moment, leaving them trapped between attacks from both front and rear.
Mu's mind, however, was intensely focused, with all his attention fixed on the powerful nemesis before him.
He gave up trying to continue the long-range exchange of fire, because he knew that against an opponent on Rau Le Creuset's level, a simple beam duel would not give him any advantage.
He charged once more at the white Gates that had evaded his beam fire. As the two machines crossed paths, he stowed his Beam Rifle, and the Strike Gundam's left hand reached for the hilt mounted at the side of its backpack equipment.
He drew the Beam Saber intended for close combat. With a hiss, a pink, superheated blade extended from the hilt, illuminating the surrounding airspace and reflecting off the Gates's silver-white armor.
Beam Saber in hand, the Strike Gundam became a meteor as it rushed toward his nemesis.
At the same time, in another region of space several kilometers away, the battle was no less fierce.
The Archangel and the Dominion, which had separated only moments ago, had now completely dispersed and were fighting on their own.
Their massive hulls maneuvered through countless MS, surrounded by a dense sea of machines composed of Earth Alliance Strike Daggers and GAT-01A1 Daggers, commonly known as 105 Daggers.
These mass-produced MS came flooding in from every direction, their Beam Rifles and rocket launchers continuously pouring fire onto the two warships.
The two warships returned fire without yielding an inch. The Archangel's twin-mounted Gottfried Mk-71 225cm High-Energy Convergent Beam Cannons on either side, along with the Dominion's identical main guns, continuously spat devastating