The retry

[srwu_npc]

[1]
"Good job, Unity Group. The Lady's Good Men have been defeated without civilian casualties. We have captured a number of enemy pilots and intelligence, and analysis of discoveries made is underway."

"The noose is tightening around their necks."

Do you have anything to say to Major Ingram before the transmission ends?

[2]

"Hey."

Look who's there. This time though, Apollonius "Loni" Gavin looks a bit apologetic.

"After what happened, me and Desta talked a bit and he's got something to say now."


"..."


"Come on man, just say it."


"I'm not... going to do something like that again."


"See? Desta's sorry for what happened. What happened with that hostage taking guy - it was fucked up."

"It's not my intention to start shit or anything, and I know there's some bad blood here. Soo... let's try everything from the start, like we don't know each other. Okay?"

[3]


"Tch. I got distracted for a second and ShotSaber's all busted. Top notch mecha my ass..."


"That man... I made a mistake and let him go. He was an enemy..."


"What happened out there? Was that the true power of friendship, or something like that? Why don't I have that kind of power, is something missing?"

It seems each individual member of Loni's team is busy angsting over something. Confront one or more of them, maybe?

Comments

3

[empress_without_a_throne]

[Let's go for all three.]

What happened out there wasn't an ideal operation, but it could've been much, much worse. It doesn't hurt to take that into consideration.

Still... assuming we -and in turn the Knights- hadn't arrived, dare I ask how you would've dealt with the hostage crisis?

3 - Desta

[caressthedarkness]

Umm...

...I have heard a saying that "Even the greatest sword's strength lies in its wielder," or something to that effect...

[Of course, she doesn't actually mean to offend here, but...]

3 - Desta and Loni

[tiger_ken]

You guys have got custom made machines that most pilots would dream of getting their hands on. And both of you are incredibly skilled, considering you've mostly handled each encounter with the Lady's Good Men prior to this. So you can't lay the entirety of the mission's faults on those things.

[Ken sounds like a strange echo of Yuuya from weeks earlier, as he approaches the two.]

2

[cloningblues]

Desta! You...

[Asagi looks like he's ready to grab ShotSaber's gunner by the collar. That's a lot of anger he's trying to control right now.]

You better keep this promise!

1

[actuallyselfish]

"It must be tough, wrangling those kids and keeping them on mission." Dido suggests to Ingram.

"Hard work with no reward, and all that."

3)

[sang_av_helten]

HAH! HAHAHAHA!

I have heard of what had occurred out in the chaotic battlefield, and I must say that ALL of you lack the hunter's instinct required to truly triumph!

Really, if it were not for the fact that the warriors of the Unity Group had been present - your corpses would probably be decorating that place along with that of your many victims.

[Where was that mysterious voice coming from?]