"...all right." Kira had been intending to just follow Asuka's lead here - to see how the girl flew while he tested the OS changes - but if she wanted him to direct the scenario then he could oblige. He curled and flexed his fingers for a moment before gripping the controls and thinking a command to Stacy.

A cluster of silhouettes blinked into view several kilometers down the starfield - a group of fifteen GINNs. The pilot took a breath, closing his eyes for a moment; even if it was a simulation it still felt real. He keyed his communicator. "Watch the missiles at range; if they get close they have beam sabers."

Kira pushed the throttle forward, the blue-black wings of his Gundam spreading behind him as the craft shifted into its Hi-MAT maneuverability mode, and the plasma cannons embedded within slid over its shoulders.

Then the GINNs opened fire and he dove, spinning and weaving through deadly green rain.