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Sutegamari (Sacrificial Rear Guard)

The order to use Sutegamari rang through all of Trireme. Those who didn’t understand it were, perhaps, the lucky ones.

Those who did had their own reactions.

Kou, in Unit 5, went deathly pale, then clenched his hands tighter around the controls.

Athena’s Aimer had chosen this desperate tactic. She had to. The enemy’s numbers—and their strength—were that overwhelming.

At P336 Fortress Area, Palm, president of Gallop Corporation, covered his face with both hands. In all Japanese history it had been attempted only once—a war of attrition so absolute that the term ‘battle’ hardly fit. He had never imagined it would be waged here, on Planet Asia.

This time, even Silhouette pilots had been authorized to use the Eternal Flame. Against a massed army, the instant the Silhouette’s reactor dies, its pilot’s chance of survival spiked downward. Athena’s Aimer was committing to a total war—human and Familia alike, all-in.

A call from Fuyuki came into