This is really something that should have happened in the series. I actually called out bullshit when it didn't…

Take 08: Bullseye

The strange black fighters that had appeared on Randor at the same time as the Var outbreak had revealed a Windermerean insignia, much to Hayate's surprise, and were now clustering together. Suddenly they put themselves at attention as some hologram started appearing above them-and then they exploded, with Hayate noticing his hand pulling back from the trigger.

"What did just happen?" he wondered out loud.

"Reality ensued." Messer replied. "That, and you proved your training wasn't a complete waste. By the way, in how many did we hit them?"

Hayate looked around at the multiple Destroids, VFs and conventionals of the local militia and the NUN military garrison, and decided Messer could count them by himself.

A month later the Windermereans, who had suffered a terrifying morale blow when their best pilots had been wiped out, plead for peace after their pilots had failed in multiple battles in spite of the Song of the Wind. Hayate, Messer and many others were still wondering why those six Aerial Knights had presented such perfect targets in the middle of a battle, targets so perfect that even the Var infectees couldn't help but shoot at them.

Author note: I repeat, the fact the Aerial Knights had not been wiped out by too much dakka in episode 4 was bullshit.