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>Madchar: Admiral Kobayashi, lets be reasonable here!
>Hayato: Stand down immediately and tell your support fleets to do the same.
>Madchar: Y-you know I would be killed for doing such a thing! I-if you were to grant me assurances-
>Hayato: Have a spine and think about your men. You will answer for the murder of Wong Lee and for the false imprisonment of John Kowen.

With his fleets being routed from the combined offensive of Tianem's fleet and the hit-and-run attacks of Hayato's forces, Madchar grows increasingly unstable as he tries to find a way to escape the battle.

>Madchar: Descend to the Earth! Get us out of here!
>"Pride of Apollo" Officer: Admiral, what are you saying?! Our forces are still-
>Madchar: All combatants, draw away their forces from my ship! I don't care where we land, just get me to safety!

Plunging his Nahel Argama into the Earth's gravity well, Madchar abandons his forces to fend for themselves.