Seeing his persuasion had failed, Aric had no choice but to follow orders.
After replying to his commander over the comms, Aric adjusted the communicator and established a connection with the hangar.
"Taiber, launch the reserve unit of the commander's Destiny Support Fighter."
"Received!"
In the hangar,
Taiber acknowledged the command with a crisp, decisive tone.
After ending the communication, Taiber turned and issued orders to the maintenance crew.
"Prepare the reserve Destiny Support Fighter!"
"Understood!"
The maintenance crew responded promptly.
At the control station, one of the crew members entered the corresponding commands.
Once the commands were executed, the cradle carried the reserve unit along the track, passing through the partition hatch before entering the launch bay.
"Preparation complete!"
"Ready!"
Taiber nodded and acknowledged.
He opened the communicator to report to the bridge.
"All preparations are complete!"
As soon as the report ended, the voice of communications officer Lily came through the comms.
"Received!"
After her reply, Lily reported to Aric.
"Captain, the reserve unit is ready!"
"Launch!"
With a slight nod, Aric kept his gaze fixed ahead and calmly gave the order.
Upon hearing this, Lily quickly relayed the launch command.
The command reached the hangar, and as soon as Taiber received it, he saw on the screen that the launch bay doors had opened. He immediately pressed the catapult activation button.
With the catapult's activation, the reserve unit was launched into space.
Exiting the battleship, the reserve unit deployed its wings and flew at high speed toward the Genesis Gundam.
...
Inside the Genesis Gundam cockpit,
Felix detected the signal from the reserve unit. After a quick scan on the screen, he piloted the Genesis Gundam toward the approaching unit.
As he maneuvered, Felix adjusted his feet on the pedals and made fine-tuning movements with his hands.
The Genesis Gundam executed a roll, evading an incoming attack, then raised its Beam Rifle and fired toward the source of the assault.
A Beam shot across the airspace, piercing the abdomen of a Strike Dagger the next moment, resulting in a silent explosion.
As the explosion occurred, the Genesis Gundam traversed the battlefield and rendezvoused with the reserve unit. The systems began linking up.
Once the connection was established, Felix manipulated the controls.
The six DRAGOON Beam Assault Cannons equipped on the reserve unit detached and, propelled by thrusters, moved across the battlefield.
The cannons fired Beams, their trajectories intertwining and instantly destroying over a dozen enemy units.
After eliminating these enemies, Felix activated multiple target locks.
Overwhelming firepower poured forth at that moment.
The battlefield erupted in intense explosions and flames!
Once the barrage ended, Felix maneuvered the Genesis Gundam to the left, dodging an attack. The Gundam raised its Beam Rifle.
A single shot was fired, the Beam heading straight toward the left front.
"Ah!"
A terrified scream escaped the pilot's lips.
The next moment, the flying Strike Dagger was directly pierced through.
After the attack ended, the Genesis Gundam retracted its rifle and dodged left, evading a surprise attack from a Mobius while raising its beam rifle again to fire a beam shot.
With that shot completed, the Genesis Gundam moved to the rear left, raising its shield to block an incoming beam before retracting the shield and firing again.
The beam pierced through a Strike Dagger.
As it erupted in explosive light, the Genesis Gundam moved once more.
Weaving through the battlefield with roll maneuvers and other evasive actions, the Genesis Gundam avoided a series of fire attacks before deploying the two Sailfish Railguns mounted on its waist.
Shells were launched from the barrels.
As the shells flew, Felix's gaze fell upon the Earth Alliance Forces' battleship group.
"One of these Agamemnon-class ships must be the flagship of the Earth Alliance Forces troops."
Analyzing this internally, Felix murmured aloud.
The next moment
Felix pushed the forward pedal deep, and the Genesis Gundam's backpack thrusters erupted with powerful output.
This force propelled the Genesis Gundam at extreme speed toward the Earth Alliance Forces' battleship group.
"Stop him!"
In the flagship of the rear advance force
The advance force Commander, seeing the screen's display, immediately issued the order.
The command reached the front lines, and multiple Strike Daggers and Mobius units that received the message began to move.
Attacking the Genesis Gundam from multiple directions.
Inside the Genesis Gundam's cockpit
Felix sensed the movement trajectories appearing in his mind, his hands controlling the Genesis Gundam through a series of complex maneuvers based on these mental images.
Evading all attacks while moving.
The beam rifle fired at the Strike Daggers blocking the path ahead.
Three shots instantly destroyed three Strike Daggers.
As the distance closed, the beam rifle was swapped for a beam saber.
The Genesis Gundam passed between two Strike Daggers, its arm swinging the beam saber to bisect both units.
After completing the attack, the Genesis Gundam raised its shield to defend.
Blocking two beam attacks, the beam saber was again replaced with the beam rifle.
Two shots destroyed two Strike Daggers, while the two accompanying Destiny Support Fighters also opened fire.
Beams from their four Fortissimo Beam Cannons eliminated four Mobius units and two Strike Daggers ahead.
DRAGOON Beam Assault Cannons moved around the Genesis Gundam.
Their barrels firing at surrounding enemies.
Under multiple fire attacks, over ten MS and MA units were destroyed.
After this wave of attacks, a Drake-class Space Frigate appeared before Felix.
In the Drake-class Space Frigate's bridge
The captain, seeing the Genesis Gundam's charge, solemnly ordered.
"Fire!"
The command was given.
Missiles launched from their tubes, and the three mounted Vulcan Cannons rapidly rotated their barrels, firing round after round.
While this battleship unleashed its firepower, other battleships followed suit, directing their attacks toward the Genesis Gundam piloted by Felix.
Under the dense barrage, Felix precisely controlled the Genesis Gundam to evade these attacks.
The Siren Beast Cannons equipped on the two Destiny Support Fighters now fired at the battleship.
Thick beams struck the battleship, instantly piercing through it before it erupted in a violent explosion.
Watching the exploding battleship, Felix continued to advance while piloting the Genesis Gundam.
During the advance, the Siren Beast Cannon fired once again.
Two massive beams shot out, piercing through a Nelson-class Heavy Firepower Battleship and a Drake-class Space Frigate.
Inside the flagship of the vanguard force
The Commander of the vanguard force watched the combat footage of the Genesis Gundam with a grim expression and issued further orders.
"All battleships, concentrate fire on it. Mobile Armor and Mobile Suit Forces, tighten the encirclement."
"Yes!" The communications officer acknowledged the command and relayed it to the other battleships, Mobile Suit, and Mobile Armor units.