As for the strain on the driver, after reviewing Suzaku Kururugi's physiological records, Great Han's engineers had simply removed it from the primary design constraints.
Eito Hyuga's ability to maintain target recognition under eleven times normal gravity had already been enough to make the Aerospace Force rewrite its testing standards, but Suzaku's past piloting records were even more outrageous. On multiple occasions, Lancelot had made instantaneous, nearly right-angle turns at high speed. The machine's structure had already entered the danger zone, yet the driver's responses could still climb further.
The conclusion ultimately submitted to the testing institute consisted of just one sentence:
[At present, the Dauntless Type's primary overload limit comes from its structural integrity, not its driver.]
Thus, this machine's cockpit had no conventional comfort-oriented limiter system. The seat, restraints, and neural feedback devices were designed first and foremost to ensure that he stayed firmly in his seat when the machine was operating at maximum output.
In the cramped supervision seat behind him sat two military policemen from the Great Han Capital Internal Affairs Purge First Corps. One monitored the tactical terminal; the other handled a black controller whose design was excessively simple.
When Suzaku first saw that controller, he had asked what it was for. The technical officer had answered expressionlessly, "This device helps the driver maintain focus in combat."
And now he knew perfectly well what that supposed assistance meant.
Suzaku had just turned the high-energy generator on the Dauntless Type's right arm to the designated angle when a brief, sharp electrical current came through the seat back. His body went rigid instantly, and his right hand nearly snapped the control stick.
"I haven't disobeyed any orders!"
The military policeman in the supervision seat behind him lowered his head to check the records.
"You just attempted to