[b][u]Outside Cluster 26, aboard Salamis One [/b][/u]

“Salamis 4 is falling apart! Their radio is down!” 

The commander couldn’t believe how the situation had escalated, culminating in a fellow Salamis’ bridge being blown apart. 
“What about the mobile suits?! Any word from Yahagi?”

“We’ve confirmed Kerry and Yahagi’s units. One more is headed there way.”

‘Another suit?’
“Who is it?”

“Confirming… ID matches Trainee Shinn Barnack sir.”

‘I don’t have time to bother with an injured trainee’ the commander reasoned in light of Shinn’s recent hospitalization.
“Keep trying to contact the others! Send out our remaining mobile suits at once!”

“This is Salamis One. We need support!” The operator continually repeated, hoping any friendly mobile suit nearby would receive the message. To their joy someone had.

“Roger that.” 

[b][u]Outside Cluster 26, during the Skirmish at Side 3[/b][/u]

‘Now it’s a little more interesting’ Akira escaped the explosion of the Salamis before reloading the bazookas, preparing for his next strike.

“Akira stop messing around!” Marie yelled at him over the comm, angry he hadn’t taken out the remaining Salamis yet. 

“Marie?” Akira figured she would too busy taking out the Federation forces to notice.

“Shut up and join in!” She shouted back but Akira has stopped paying attention to her as he sensed impeding danger, quickly hitting his thrusters forcing the Kampfer upward as 2 shots passed below him. 

“Again…!” Akira was rightfully pissed off by being interrupted by those 2 pests.
“I’ve had it up to here with you!” Akira fired the reloaded bazooka scoring a direct hit on Kerry’s unit before Erisia could bring his shield up to block it. Kerry couldn’t get a single word out as the cockpit exploded. 

“… Kerry!” Erisia shouted too late, he was already gone. Erisia tried to hold back on mourning her fellow student’s death, there would be time for that later.

“This is bad…” Yahagi murmured, he didn’t even had the shield lost when Kerry’s exploded, his suit’s right arm and left leg were gone, and the Kampfer was still primed to take him out.

Akira simply smiled. ‘That’s enough fun for now. One more to go.’ Akira fired both bazookas at once, feeling confident this would be the last thing he would see.