The Away Mission Test: Part 22

Short Summary
''With the addition of an extra unit per player, another day of the Battle Sims has come and gone. Katori, however, is quickly losing motivation.''

Long Summary
Teams react to their added units. Mizukami is unfazed, but feels uneasy about the coming days. Should another special assignment appear, Kikuchihara will do it for his squad while Kurauchi's units will be split among Squad 10 to control.

Kodera's Squad 6 deduces that melee weapons are most trion-efficient. Kodera notes the difficulty in matching Squad 9's pace, but affirms to gaining an edge once the unit-count racks up. Rokuta frets about her ability to operate well with more units. Urushima suddenly gets up to send a text.

Maori proposes putting Hyuse in-command, given his track record and the existence of other de-facto captains. He points out his team's trion advantage, but admits that Katori is too sporadic for a guaranteed victory against Suwa Squad. Much to Wakamura's reluctance, Hyuse becomes in-charge of leading the match-up's against predictable, logic-oriented teams.

Osamu considers Suwa's reasoning behind delaying talk about Mizukami as teams prep for the Battle Sims. Squad 7 scores a narrow victory against Kitazoe's team by reading their moves, but experiences three losses and one draw thereafter. With the increased units contributing to a growing disparity in strength, relying on raw specs won't do.

Suwa tackles the special assignment after Match 6's defeat, which is followed by a second win, two more defeats, and two more draws for an optimistic Squad 7. Suwa is about to begin a debrief before a disgruntled Katori, frustrated at Somei and Wakamura's team rankings, collapses onto the table.

Translation Errors and Discrepancies
On page 23, draws/losses detailed in in the Battle Simulation Rankings have been switched for the Viz release. The correct statistics can be found here.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Satoshi Mizukami (later mentioned)
 * Yuka Kon
 * Fumika Teruya
 * Yutaka Kashio
 * Tetsuji Arafune
 * Kazuto Tonooka (later mentioned)
 * Kai Minamisawa (later mentioned)
 * Hana Somei
 * Hiro Kitazoe (later mentioned)
 * Shirō Kikuchihara (later mentioned)
 * Aki Hiyami
 * Yūko Kumagai
 * Daichi Tsutsumi
 * Kazuki Kurauchi
 * Kō Murakami
 * Shōhei Kodera
 * Ai Kitora
 * Yūta Miura
 * Tsuneyuki Okudera
 * Rika Rokuta
 * Wataru Urushima
 * Sayoko Shiki
 * Kotarō Tomoe
 * Ryō Utagawa
 * Yūma Kuga
 * Maori Hosoi
 * Hisato Sasamori
 * Yoshito Hanzaki
 * Rokurō Wakamura
 * Hyuse
 * Tatsuhito Ikoma (mentioned/Maori Hosoi)
 * Ikoma Squad (mentioned)
 * Yōko Katori (mentioned/later appearance)
 * Kōtarō Suwa (mentioned/later appearance)
 * Osamu Mikumo
 * Kōji Oki
 * Madoka Ui
 * Taichi Betsuyaku
 * Kuniharu Kakizaki
 * Nono Fujimaru
 * Sumiharu Inukai
 * Masato Kageura

Triggers in Order of Appearance
All Triggers referenced are in regards to the Battle Sims.
 * Asteroid (Ai Kitora/Handgun Demonstration, Kōtarō Suwa/Shotgun, Takuma Yuba/Revolver, Fumika Teruya/Assault Rifle, Kazuki Kurauchi, Jun Arashiyama/Assault Rifle, Mitsuru Tokieda/Assault Rifle)
 * Scorpion (Ai Kitora/Demonstration, Yōko Katori, Mitsuru Tokieda, Shun Midorikawa, Ryō Utagawa)
 * Meteor (Hiro Kitazoe/Grenade Launcher)
 * Shield (Kai Minamisawa, Kōtarō Suwa, Yūta Miura, Hisato Sasamori)
 * Raygust (Osamu Mikumo/Shield Mode)
 * Kogetsu (Yūko Kumagai, Kō Murakami)
 * Bagworm (Ken Satori, Kōji Oki, Osamu Mikumo, Shun Midorikawa, Ryō Utagawa)
 * Egret (Ken Satori, Kōji Oki)