[JShaggy]

Originally Posted by Burner of Anime

Seen 13.

Spoiler:

Basically the show can go 2 ways after dropping the bomb on this crew.

1. Rose is flatter than roadkill. End of story there. Solty moves on after realising she can't be a replacement child and Roy goes into "I'm a screwed up dad" mode Round 2. Without protection, the RUC goes after the girl and Roy and co. need to find it in themselves to help her.

2. Same as above. But Rose doesn't die because her Deus Ex Machina kicks in. When they send her to the hospital the RUC intercept the girl for 'recruitment'. Perfect opportunity for cyborg boyfriend to sell the idea of world peace and social equality. The key to that however, is Solty. Now Roy gets another chance but is on the opposing side. More drama but also loaded with a lot more cheese >_<

I'm edging towards scenario 2 but I'm going to let this show suprise me

After watching the same episode,

Spoiler:

I'd have to agree with your second scenario, assuming that Rose isn't dead, but severely wounded in the accident.

I believe at this point of the story, the RUC girls are pretty much "pawns" in the twisted plot that's developing, with Rally being the main villain since it's obvious that he has a strong interest in both Solty and Rose, and is probably planning his next move in achieving his goal.

I also want to point out this:

Spoiler:

Uto (Yute) found out about the RUC's involvement in the Blast Fall from his friend Jamie prior to her doing an "illegal" experiment (evidenced by the fact that she didn't want Roy to come in) on the effects of the magnetic waves of the Aurora stream in this episode. Uto tried to stop her, but ended up getting zapped with a stungun by Jamie.

Could it be that Jamie had some sort of involvement with the RUC prior to the events leading into the Blast Fall tragedy of twelve years ago?

This is just speculation as this episode brought about more questions in need of answers in terms of how the plot is developing, going into the second half of the series.