"Xia Ya!"
"What?"
Lacus Clyne called out that name loudly in the silent bridge. Driven by emotion, her cry carried urgency and absolute certainty. Bartfield immediately turned at the sudden shout from behind him. The veteran's sharp instincts kept him from asking needless questions as he issued an order at once.
"D'Costa, locate Unicorn Gundam's exact current coordinates and bring up an optical feed!"
D'Costa's hands became blurs across the keyboard as the main system's detection modules swiftly filtered out the Minovsky Particles and thermal interference scattered along the route.
On Eternal's central floating display, the image flickered several times before stabilizing into a clear, highly magnified optical feed.
The instant the picture appeared, everyone on the bridge held their breath. At its center was the pure-white armored unit piloted by Xia Ya, its Destroy Mode System now fully activated.
The exposed Psycho-Frame between the armor seams blazed with dazzling crimson light. That red streak cutting through the night sky followed a hypermobile trajectory beyond the limits of a conventional MS, engaged in a close-range death match with a gray-white White Death unit carrying a massive disc-shaped backpack.
Providence Gundam continuously released DRAGOONs from its back. Large numbers of DRAGOONs wove an interlocking beam-fire net across space. Yet Unicorn Gundam was not forced back by the saturated assault at all. Xia Ya displayed driving mastery beyond all measure.
The red-lit machine spun through the dense plasma beams with pinpoint precision. With every lift of its arm, the Beam Gatling Rifle unleashed a series of deep, explosive roars. Thick columns of light punched straight through several DRAGOONs attempting to circle around for ambushes, setting off a chain of fiery explosions.
Then, the Dragoon Wings launched from Unicorn's back suppressed Providence's firing blind spots from above. The feed clearly captured how Unicorn