The draw nearly ca to an end when Group A finally welcod its fourth battalion.
[The Heartfall Battalion is the most normal among the tournant participants in Group A. It is comprised of chs and ch pilots from the Heartfall Security Enterprise, a large and renowned rcenary organization from the galactic heartland.]
[As is typical for rcenaries, their ch roster is fairly balanced and devoid of any eccentric machines. All of the chs of the Heartfallers are fairly mobile. With nothing slowing them down, the Heartfall Battalion can maneuver quickly on any battlefield. This can help them occupy favorable terrain or attack their opponents from difficult angles.]
[That sounds good, but doesn't the Heartfall Battalion suffer a disadvantage in direct combat? Its chs can move around all they want, but without any pronounced attack or defensive power, they will have difficulty in defeating opponents such as the Ginetzy Battalion.]
[This may be true, but the Heartfall Security Enterprise is not an ordinary rcenary organization. Any rcenary group that has managed to grow to this scale must have developed an effective and mature combat approach. Let us see how they fare against the three other battalions in Group A.]
The Larkinsons sighed in relief as their third opponent in the third round was not that scary. They were not afraid of strong opponents, but they were quite wary to fight against those with strange and unorthodox battle strategies.
The Ginetzy Battalion with its protected ranged chs and the Quizlam Battalion with its stealth chs were both opponents that no one wanted to fight against! They fought so differently from other ch forces that the Larkinsons had to make specific preparations.
"Luckily, we didn't end up in the group of death." 1
The so-called group of death referred to Group C, which just so happened to include the 1st Battalion.
The Zpoeze Battalion was set up by the strangely-nad Zpoeze Group. Nobody knew much about this private organization other than that it was founded just half a year ago sowhere in the galactic center!
The Zpoeze Group did not have any prominent leaders. None of their mbers were famous back in the old galaxy. The galactic net didn't even contain any word about where this obscure organization got its funding and how it was able to obtain passage to the Red Ocean.
Of course, that hadn't stopped people from spreading gossip and unfounded rumors.
"I bet these pussies are secretly working for Rubarthan prince!"
"Why would such a powerful person bother to play with second-class chs? It makes no sense at all! It's much more likely that the Zpoeze Group is secretly testing out new and unannounced ch models on behalf of a ch company."
"That makes no sense either. If ch designers want to test out their products, they can just do that directly."
"All of you are wrong! The Zpoeze Battalion is clearly a fake organization set up by the MTA! All of its pilots are most definitely chers who got bored and decided to have so fun by bullying second-raters in this group tournant."
Millions of people speculated about the truth behind the mysterious Zpoeze Group. No matter what outlandish theories they ca up with, few of them thought that it was just a normal organization from the galactic center!
For their part, the Zpoezers never bothered to address the rumors. They avoided every possible dia interaction and did not seem to chase after fa like the other tournant participants.
That didn't lessen the public's attention on them. The harder they tried to remain in the shadows, the more they ca under scrutiny. Their presence certainly brought a lot more variety to the G-Aena League!
Once the pompous opening ceremony had concluded, the Larkinsons no longer had any obligations for the day.
The schedule that the tournant had just passed on to them revealed that they would fight their first match tomorrow.
Several leaders t in a private eting room at one of the temporary bases that were expressly reserved for tournant participants. The five-hundred chs of the Larkinson Battalion were all housed in various underground hangar structures.
Commander Casella looked at the schedule and frowned.
"Our first match will pit us against the Ginetzy Battalion." She began. "This is bad for us due to one big reason. Whether we win or lose, the massed firepower of our first opponent will most likely ruin hundreds of our chs. Even if we can recover or replace our machines, there are always wrecks that are too gone for us to put back together. If we want to save enough chs for the finals, we must not only defeat the Ginetzy Battalion, but do so in a way that minimizes our cost. Do you have any ideas?"
The other commanders and strategists in the room remained silent for ti.
Director Raella cleared her throat. "Let's figure out the story behind the Ginetzys first. Let's take a look at their record and what the galactic net has to say about the Ginetzy Family."
The family turned out to be a fellow immigrant group from the galactic rim. The Ginetzys happened to co from a completely different star sector where the locals heavily favored ranged combat due to special reasons.
The Ginetzys didn't randomly decide to throw out all of their lee chs and rely solely on shielding chs and artillery chs one day. They inherited their ch doctrine from their native star sector which had brought this mode of warfare to a greater height.
"The Ginetzys shouldn't have fought against a lot of forces that mainly deploy lee chs. Maybe we can take advantage of their lack of experience."
"I don't think it's that simple. If the Ginetzy Family thinks it is good enough to take part in the G-Aena League, then it should definitely have counterasures ready. Many of our chs will probably be torn to shreds before they can even reach a Ginetzy ch."
"Then how else should we beat these missile fanatics? We brought too few Transcendent Punishers and we have no specialized shielding chs to beat the Ginetzys at their own ga. Our other ranged chs simply doesn't have the firepower to wear down the enemy energy shields fast enough before they get blown up by a flood of missiles."
"Can't we hack or fool the missiles sohow?"
"Perhaps the Quizlams can do so, but electronic warfare is not our strength." Commander Casella stated. "We'll need the Black Cats for that, but they are not part of the Larkinson Battalion. Besides, even if they did join our lineup, they don't have the right tools."
The Black Cats possessed formidable information warfare capabilities if they were able to utilize the Blinding Banshee. It was impossible to leverage a capital ship in the G-Aena League, though. The chs could only rely on their own capabilities to battle their opponents.
"No competitor is good at everything." Raella said. As the most authoritative voice on competitive ch battles, her opinion carried a lot of weight in strategy sessions. "Even if the Ginetzys have prepared a counterasure against direct assaults, we shouldn't let that fear prevent us from pursuing the best possible strategy. It is a fact that the Ginetzy Battalion does not field any significant lee chs. It is a fact that the Ginetzy chs are all sitting ducks when they are attacked up close. It is a fact that our own battalion contains a lot of lee chs. Let's not ignore these conditions and instead think about how we can smash these Ginetzys."
She set the right tone for this eting. The Ginetzy Battalion might be nasty opponents, but their Larkinson Battalion was not weak!
They began to discuss specific counterasures against the known thods of the Ginetzys.
"You know, these Ginetzys mainly large and relatively immobile landbound chs. They don't even move when they launch their attacks. Our battle formations should easily be able to sweep them up en masse."
"That won't work as well as you think." Commander Casella shook her head. "We're not allowed to employ our death formation and the other ones can be blocked by energy shields. With how few ch pilots we have, we cannot be certain that our battle formation attacks will break through the enemy's defenses. Don't forget that the ch pilots that have engaged their battle networks will beco exhausted when they are done."
"Hey, don't we have those new luminar crystal rifles? If I recall their specs, they have a firing mode that is especially effective against neutralizing energy shielding. What if we're able to overwhelm the main defensive asure of the Ginetzy Battalion faster than anyone expects? The Ginetzy chs will beco sitting ducks once their big barriers are gone!"
Many people's eyes lit up at that news.
Though the Larkinson Clan used to have problems supplying enough luminar crystal rifles to its chs, that was no longer an issue once it pared down its fleet. The Larkinsons may have been forced to discard many of their living chs, but the clan made sure to retain useful gear such as all of the luminar crystal rifles it produced!
Luminar crystal technology was one of the trump cards of the Larkinson Clan. Since Ves relied upon it to beco a technological contributor to the MTA, there shouldn't be any legal problems with using it in this tournant.
"Okay, let's say we manage to break their energy shields quickly, thereby exposing their entire formation. Now what?"
"Our ranged chs will switch firing modes and do their best to suppress the enemy missileer and cannoneer chs." Another officer said. "In the anti, our lee chs will press forward and cross the distance as fast as possible so that they can tear down these threatening ranged chs. We can ignore the shielding chs since they're just auxiliary chs. Even if they can put up a fight, they probably aren't very good at it, so we only have to divert a small amount of chs to pin them down." 1
"I don't know. It sounds too simple. No one who has managed to enter the Red Ocean is that simple. The Ginetzys have to be readying additional surprises against these occurrences."
"What if… they blow up their own explosive payloads?"
That was a terrible scenario! If they utilized their missiles and explosive shells as mines, they could easily blow up both themselves and all of the lee chs that had been drawn into their formation!
"Those bastards!"
"Even if we win, we'll lose all of our chs as a result!"
"This strategy is suicidal if employed outside of the arena!"
The Ginetzy Family would only have guts to employ such a destructive strategy in a place like the Fortas Major Arena. The venue was packed with advanced technologies that made sure that no one actually died.
Since the cost of self-destruction was not that serious, then it made sense for the Ginetzys to employ such a trap!
As long as the Ginetzys won the match, they had a chance of getting further in the G-Aena League. The top prizes more than made up for any material damage they might suffer!
"So we're not going to overrun the enemy position with lee chs?"
Casella shook her head. "Let's not rule any option out. The Ginetzys might not resort to this asure, but even if they do, we can beat as long as we have a plan. Let us go through our options. We have less than one day to prepare, but so does the enemy."
The Larkinsons tried to make good use of the ti before the start of their massive arena match.
The next day, the Fortas Major Arena beca packed again as everyone eagerly looked forward to enjoying a full day of large-scale battles!
The Larkinsons perford last-minute checks on their chs before they entered the massive arena field.
Many of them were nervous. Others were excited.
The Quint was eager to defeat the Ginetzy Battalion. Commander Casalla could practically feel the battle lust from her own ch!
Equipped with a custom-built luminar crystal rifle, the masterwork ch did not intend to sit in the back for this battle!
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