[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by cyberdemon

The strike rouge is an older model with an inferior and limited power source. The battle of Orb was a dangerous situation though. They were being chased and if just they were left behind after making sure that the ships got away would've been dangerous since they would have the enemy forces focused on them alone. To get the thrust and adjustments needed while being attacked from all sides would've been impossible.

(Assuming those two can go to space on their own) they can just engage to trio a bit and finally do the blast shot to the ocean’s surface like they did in the anime, then follow the Kusanagi closely since the trio won’t be able to keep up with the ZGMF’s Gundams’s flying speed anyway. No big deal.

Originally Posted by S.Freedom

That could be debated Obelisk as we never see the Wing Gundam launch. We only get Lady Une's big damn heroes moment saving Treize. While there is an implication, it can't be 100% proven.

Let's take it like this: Wing is still standing on the hangar by the time Lady awoke. Then it was gone in, like, no time at all (Lady pretty much stole it). So, are you saying a relatively sick (or fatigue at least) person like her have the superhuman ability to prepare a shuttle we've never seen, then put Wing in it, then arrange the launch on her own, then break out from the shuttle in time to protect Treize from the blast in that very limited time? Compared to that, directly taking Wing into space is much believable since the Gundams in that series are super-powered anyway.

Originally Posted by monster

But the implication in the story still stands, though, that Kira intended to follow Lacus with the Freedom to space. No amount of real-world science is going to change that.

I'm not even talking about real-world science. I just took all the limitation created in CE's own universe before that shuttle event (and after, in the case of some Astray mangas) into consideration, and the result is still bad writing no matter what you chose to believe regarding Freedom's "space-rocket" ability .