A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 837 - 586 Chaotic Intrusion

To be honest, in Duanmu Huai’s view, the battles in this galaxy were simply child’s play.

How to put it, whether it was the Earth Federation or ZAFT, or even Oub, there were basically no tactics, or rather, their tactics were all pretty much the same.

Motherships enter the battlefield, then deploy a bunch of Mechas, and then the Mechas engage in close-quarters combat, with the motherships providing cover from behind.

To put it bluntly, if it weren’t for the fact that they had Mechas, this would be at the level of a Medieval village brawl. ƒгeewebnovёl.com

Of course, overall, the situation of the Minerva wasn’t very good. After all, beset by wolves in front and tigers behind, just as Ann had anticipated, as soon as the Minerva left national waters and engaged the Earth Federation Fleet, the Oub Fleet also directly aimed their cannons at the Minerva.

Well, thankfully the Minerva was mentally prepared for this and managed to dodge accordingly.

With relations now torn asunder, the relentless Oub Army, having missed its first strike, went all out and began a pincer attack on the Minerva, together with the Earth Federation Fleet.

"Yawn..."

Watching the battle unfolding before him, Duanmu Huai let out a yawn, appearing completely uninterested.

"Mr. Duanmu, the Minerva won’t lose, will it?"

Meanwhile, Mary, who was beside him organizing her notes and writing materials, also looked towards the screen and asked worriedly.

"It should be fine, though they might not have much in the way of tactics here, these pilots are truly strong..."

Duanmu Huai glanced over and gave a dispassionate response. Just as he said, these unsophisticated Mecha battles didn’t demand much in the way of tactics—it all came down to who had the upper hand in operation skills. In this regard, the Minerva did have a bunch of decent pilots, such as Yaz, Jiezi, and Amari, and then there was the incident of pantyhose falling off... no, Captain Quaddro was also skilled, plus Kamyu, Shin Asuka, and their squadron, battling through the fray with the momentum of Musou.

Oh well, treating it like a Musou game isn’t exactly wrong either.

As for the Minerva, it nestled at the back of the battlefield, occasionally taking potshots to cover its allies, to be frank...

"May I ask how much longer this will go on..."

Lumiaire was getting sleepy, her head nodding little by little as she watched the screen. If it weren’t for her always saying, "A girl must be elegant," she probably would have collapsed on the spot by now.

To be honest, for people in the star-faring age, watching these Mecha duels was pure torture. It was like insisting on fighting a Medieval war without mechanized troops, just hurling two Medieval armies at each other—the spectacle, no matter how earnestly participated in, would just be boring to any onlooker.

Of course, as a game, it would still be fun.

Although the Minerva’s squadron was unstoppable, the enemy simply had too many troops, and the Mechas of the Minerva were too few. Even if you take down an enemy with each strike, that would still take a good while to get through them all.

Just as everyone was bored out of their minds watching the spectacle, suddenly, the comm system chimed in again.

"Unidentified warship approaching! Identification signal is neither Federation nor Oub! Affiliation unknown!"

At the same time, the spectators saw a white warship emerge from the clouds and directly enter the battlefield, followed immediately by three Mechas flying out, one painted in blue and white, another in gold, and the last one in pink.

"Hmm, nice colors," Duanmu Huai commented, his interest piqued by the Mecha painted in girlish pink.

Who has such good taste, almost as good as mine? Look at that noble girlish pink, so cool!

"It’s the Archangel, and the Freedom Gundam!" someone shouted soon after they spotted the surprising emergence of the warship and Mechas on the battlefield.

"The Archangel?"

Duanmu Huai looked quizzically at Lumiaire, who casually waved her hand and soon found the information.

"Um... found it. The Archangel became famous during the last war. It’s a warship that belongs to neither the Earth Federation nor PLANT, but to an independent faction."

"Isn’t that Oub then?"

"Um... according to the records, they did indeed help Oub through the crisis after their collapse, but it seems that they are not exactly a part of the Oub forces. As for the Freedom Gundam and its pilot, Kira Yamato, they also became a renowned trump card pilot during the last war."

"Hey, this is getting interesting," Duanmu Huai said, his previously uninterested demeanour suddenly enlivened as he shifted position, fixating on the screen in front of him.

It was at that moment that the girlish pink Mecha opened communications.

"I am Cagalli Yula Athha, the representative of the Oub United Chief Nations! Oub Army, cease fire immediately and withdraw from the battlefield! Although I have left the nation for some reasons, as the daughter of Uzmi Yura Asha, I am still the representative chief of Oub! Execute the order immediately!"

"Oh, that blondie," Duanmu Huai recalled upon hearing this.

Wasn’t she the Oub representative? Since when had she become the representative chief?

However, the Oub Army didn’t retreat because of this; on the contrary, they turned their guns toward the Archangel and the Gundams and then... opened fire directly.

At the same time, the Earth Federation also aimed at the Archangel.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!!!"

Soon, a barrage of cannon fire erupted, hitting all around the Archangel.

The girlish pink Mecha likewise made a disgraceful dash back to the safety of the Archangel.

"What’s going on?"

Facing this scene, not only were Duanmu Huai and the others curious, but Captain Talia and others on the bridge were equally perplexed. Still, at least for the moment, it was clear that they were enemies of both the Earth Federation and Oub. For the Minerva, this was also an opportunity!