2nd Area Wave 5
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2nd Area Shibugaki City 0005
May 27 10:06 PM
Megumi Yakushiji:
Deimos signatures? Look there…
Ryoko Shinonome:
!?
Are those… Sentinels? Are they on our side?
Megumi Yakushiji:
They look like 1st-gen models, but they're giving off Deimos signatures.
Renya Gouto:
…Most likely they're the 1st-generation units we lost in the battle at Sector 2.
Ryoko Shinonome:
So they were seized and repurposed?
Renya Gouto:
Repurposed… Well. It may be more accurate to say they were reset.
When we attempted to deploy automated Sentinels… they behaved as if they were Deimos.
During the battle at Sector 2, units 1 to 11 being remotely controlled by me.
Megumi Yakushiji:
You piloted 11 units by yourself? At the same time?
Renya Gouto:
It wasn’t efficient. And the D-forces were clearly influencing their processes and abilities.
Megumi Yakushiji:
Ant that’s why we directly control them now. Too many problems with automation…
Renya Gouto:
I’d thought they were destroyed in that battle…
Juro Kurabe:
I don’t know if it’s that simple.
Renya Gouto:
…Juro, what do you mean by that?
Juro Kurabe:
Look, they're coming… They seem like pretty heavy units. And they're even got the composite ceramic armor.
Ryoko Shinonome:
So they're close-quarters Deimos frontliners now… If we don’t shut them down, the terminal won't last…
Juro Kurabe:
There’s only five enemy Sentinels left.
Renya Gouto:
WE can't afford to hold anything back.
Don’t try to take them down by yourself. Stay in close formation and rely on your allies.
Megumi Yakushiji:
Looks like… we have three more on the way…
Juro Kurabe:
That should be all of them! Everyone, keep at it!
Tsukasa Okino:
Unfortunately… it looks like I was right. Those weren’t captured Sentinels.
These Sentinels’s ID codes were all 3 digits… They were newly created as Deimos units.
Takatoshi Hijiyama:
They were the same type as the No. 12 I pilot…
Tsukasa Okino:
…Ida-san was the one who put the 1st-gens together. I just helped out.
The auxiliary stuff was from my design… like the EMPs and the anti-air flares…
But these things were never meant to have a direct pilot. The original spec had them all automated.
Takatoshi Hijiyama:
Explains why the enemy got ahold of them…
Tsukasa Okino:
That also means it’s got a more unstable connection to its pilot. We had to put a limiter on its functions.
Takatoshi Hijiyama:
So its true power is being restrained…? What would happen if that limiter came off?
Tsukasa Okino:
You'll get a huge boost to maneuverability, but… it’ll put an incredible strain on the pilot, too.
Takatoshi Hijiyama:
A small price for new power, and nothing a true son of Japan can handle.
Sounds like it might have its advantages, anyway. I’ll have to let Sekigahara and Ogata know.