What we donвЂ™t get is why Takamura and straggler Corporal Yamamoto are laboring to blow the cannon upвЂ¦wonвЂ™t the Beta do that for them? Considering whatвЂ™s been going on globally вЂ“ the Beta are invading human territories and holding them, destroying everyone and everything in sight. Sounds like a raw deal to us, but never underestimate mankindвЂ™s capacity for, well, self-destruction. And so the weapon she slaved over вЂ“ that could potentially save humanity вЂ“ has to be blown up so it wonвЂ™t fall into Soviet hands. Outside of the base and lucky enough to bump into Vincent, Takamura is able to get to the cannon. Suffice it to say, there are enough coming. The Beta are using the same tunnels they dug in an earlier offensive, never filled in by the Soviets, so thereвЂ™s no vibrations warning of their numbers. The political chess game continues, as the underground Beta offensive is merely an excuse to abandon the base so the Soviets can get their hands on the Type 99, or so it seems. Vincent informs Yuuya that Yui is still at the base, with Beta hordes knocking on its door.

She and a corporal who stayed behind prepare to blow it up manually.

Vincent informs Takamura, who heads to the cannon after getting the slip from her escort team, but its self-destruct program has been sabotaged. Realizing this was the SovietsвЂ™ plan all along, Dahl sents a coded message to the XFJ team. This means abandoning all equipment, including the Japanese Type 99 Cannon. Sendak orders a total evacuation of the base and a retreat of all forces, with Zhar battalion covering them. The test flights are ordered to standby as command determines the next course of action. The cannon that, we reiterate, is the potential savior of mankind. YuuyaвЂ™s peril-extending first-aid aside, YuiвЂ™s still not leaving until that cannon is destroyed. And while we still maintain theyвЂ™re pretty stupid looking, they can also be downright frightening in such close quarters, dwarfing the tiny, delicate Yui. Doing so didnвЂ™t require staying alive as the Beta eat him, which is why YuiвЂ™s mercy shot was fully justified. Unfortunately, Corporal Yamamoto вЂ“ who had a target on his back the moment we first saw him вЂ“ isnвЂ™t so lucky, though you could say he died with honor. But the question we asked at the end of last weekвЂ™s review is answered in the affirmative, and that works for us, too. While killing her off would be piss us off to no end, it would no doubt be a bold, audacious move, no doubt providing fresh motivation for Yuuya. After all, sheвЂ™s dead-set on scuttling the cannon, bushido dictates she sacrifice herself to protect others, and we flashed back to when she was still a bright-eyed student in Kyoto. There were times during this episode when we started to wonder whether really would be the end of Lt. The main force of the Beta are converging on the hangar. Yuuya saves her at the last second, and pulls the shrapnel out of her arm while Stella covers them. Yui can only put him out of his misery, and it isnвЂ™t long until she too is surrounded. After successfully exposing the cannonвЂ™s core modules, Yamamoto goes below and is ambushed by Beta.

They get back to work, arguing over who should stay behind to detonate the prototype. Yui is saved when Yamamoto pins the tank Beta with the forklift, and she saves him by killing it.

Muv luv beta experiments