Vehrec
[MSG: UC/Witch From Mercury] You know I gotta wonder
Vehrec
Suletta has been piloting Mobile suits since she was 4-6.
Vehrec
What's the latest Char/mobile suit combination that the Witch from Mercury could take to the boards, 4/5 falls?
Vehrec
Just, reliably beat the stuffing out of?
Gabiluzbad
I'm having a really hard time parsing this
Gabiluzbad
Are you asking "At what point in Char's personal timeline would he be good enough to beat Suletta?"?
Vehrec
Well, at what point in Char's personal timeline would he be no longer just a speedbump for Suletta
Gabiluzbad
Well she has funnels right out the gate so
Gabiluzbad
Probably at LEAST through the end of MSG
Vehrec
he doesn't even have to be good enough to beat her reliably, just put up a fair fight.
Vehrec
that would line up with my thoughts
Rama
Char has no means of dealing with or familiarity with funnels until Zeta, and Haman still takes him to the cleaners
Rama
I'd put him as iffy there and a definite win in CCA/Sazabi
Bolt Vanderhuge
Yeah my initial feeling would be the Sazabi because at that point that's when Char actually has funnels of his own and is undoubtedly at the peak of his skill both as a pilot and as a Newtype.
Bolt Vanderhuge
I don't know shit about how good Suletta actually is without having seen Witch From Mercury but everything I've heard suggests she's a real ace pretty much from word one, so.
Bolt Vanderhuge
But having known she has funnels from the get-go, that kinda sets the tone of what a pilot would generally need to have for a real fair slugfest.
Vehrec
Wait actually
Vehrec
There's one fight I think she's struggle with against OYW Char
Vehrec
The Z'gok.
Rama
Suletta has over a decade of experience piloting, but not with combat. She's also got a personal mental symbiosis with her robot, which in turn is an offense-oriented drone machine.
Vehrec
because it's underwater and her beam weapons are useless against water
Rama
But yeah its achilles heel as revealed in the latest episode is that it's 100% beam weapons
Rama
So in an environment favoring the Z'Gok, that's definitely a problem
Bolt Vanderhuge
...Seems like a rather obvious oversight not having at least one ballistic weapon system, but yeah
Bolt Vanderhuge
I guess if you're only interested in space combat or something beams are generally enough
Rama
Aerial does seem to be designed specifically with space combat in mind
Rama
The situation with Earth and space in this setting is weird and not yet explained
Rogal Dorn
I feel like earth has become an economic backwater
Vehrec
oppressed earth is obvious