bluemax151 wrote:Maybe they made a run for the supply depot (they mentioned it earlier) with the hover truck?
I'm not so sure about that, acting-commander Eledore made it pretty clear that it would be a bad idea.
Recon 5 wrote:What I was talking about was that sequence of the Gouf's bullets striking the Guntank. In that frame, the Guntank was all alone and sandwiched between two buildings to boot (thus it couldn't have taken evasive maneuvers). Where were Karen and Sanders then? If they had been following the battle between Shiro and Norris, they would definitely have known how to position themselves so as to block the line of fire and we'd have seen them at least trying to move in front of the Guntank to take Norris's shots.
Blocking the line of fire
with their own mobile suits isn't really a sane or smart way to cover the tank, lunar titanium or not (it's strong, but it isn't miracle armor like Phase Shift or Gundanium.) With their current armaments, and the hovertruck still vulnerable, Shiro once again capable of defending the tank himself (it
was his job to defend it,) the maze of buildings they would have to manuver around, and possible future objectives to come in at anytime, supporting the remaining Guntank, as well as Shiro, just may not have seemed like a necessary or good idea at the time. (Besides, if the next episode is any indication, it seems they arrived at Shiro's location pretty much right after Norris was killed, anyway.)