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Silana and Suparna get back together (re-establish truce)! Go go matchmaker Victoire!

Aqua realizes all the other subs have been taken while she wasn't looking, so she convinces Gwynn to join the bondage party as her sub.

Krinsa snipes then joins the fight, killing some angels, entering the fortress.

Grafdakka. I'm totally biased now. He's the best. Fights Mr. Fancy Pants lightning angel and opts to close the tunnel behind the Elicitor in a glorious explosion fight.

Fran's more of a team player than everyone else. Which is not saying much.

Raziel loses an arm to the awesomeness that is Grafdakka. But manages to stay on the Elicitor in return, and fights Suparna's angel puppets.

Pilot Guy is taken hostage by Suyiketsu. Against Krinsa, who is on the same team as Suyiketsu.

Azaezel gives up on the fortress and starts toasting the enemy forces left outside.

Raizel is now somehow outside the fortress and coordinating bombardment on it, despite it being underground and the tunnel between it and the surface having been collapsed. Huh?

Suparna pokes holes in Victoire's plans. Also kisses Fran. Silana agrees with Victoire's plan, without addressing the holes. Suparna leaves again.

Endian seems to confirm that the fortress is now visible to the sky bombardment... Somehow? I really thought Grafdakka sealed the entrance.

Grafdakka shares my confusion about the Schrodinger's position of the Elicitor. Grafdakka launches himself at the enemy via giant missile.

Azaezel ignores Raziel's commands and leaves. Probably a good thing, as my money is Grafdakka's about to send his fusion reactor critical.

Krinsa and Suyiketsu talk for awhile, then start moving as the defense systems come back to life.

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Declarations and counterdeclarations about defending Bastion. Gwynn and Hibiki exchange names.

Silana wants Fran for herself. Or at least without Suparna.

Demon attack on cargo bay. Lots of converted machina zerg rush and eat bullets, then Victoire attacks with their blood.

Fran wants to steal Gwynn from Aqua.

Victoire renders the entire battle pointless by teleporting to Bastion and Diana, then teleporting them to her fortress. This entire battle could have been avoided by having one sleeper agent send Victoire a snapchat of Bastion.

Gwynn gets killed by corrupted machina, Fran is captured by Aqua in her place. Fortress arrives at machine city.

Victoire attempts to use fire as a torture against a dragon. Wouldn't a dragon be pretty darn heat resistant to avoid killing itself?

Omega, Torag, and Sliske make their entrances.

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Seriously.. Victoire meant this entire battle was a utterly pointless song and dance.

I'm honestly really disappointed. So many sacrifices, hard choices, and difficult fights, and in the end, just when the climactic final battle is happening, Victoire goes "Instead of epic Fran + Victoire vs Hibiki, Shizuka, and Aqua fight that will resolve this satisfyingly, I'm just going to render this whole shebang and everything that's been done meaningless."
Bleh.