In my modest opinion, that moment in episode 4 and Bogue's temper combine in the largest barrel full of fish in the world, complete with loaded Bofors autocannon ready to shoot. And now, I'll pull the trigger.
Take 09: Bullseye Part 2: Bogue Cannot Shut Up
A legacy of the difficult period of the Unification Wars and the aftermath of the Zentraedi Holocaust, the NUN Gendarmerie and Military Police was both the military police for the Unified Forces and the local militias and the largest police force of the known universe, dealing, among other things, with the worst crimes such as piracy. That was why Gendarmerie captain Antonio Falcone was to interrogate with the captured Bogue Con-Vaart: by attacking ships in space without identifying themselves first he and the other Knights had committed an act of piracy, and they could legally get away with ignoring the treaties about war prisoners that would have otherwise kept him from demanding anything beyond name and serial number.
Still, he had to walk a fine line: as much as he had been caught in the act, attacking Randor's garrison fleet before showing the Windermerean insignia and being shot down when they stupidly stood attention in the middle of a battle (and nobody knew just how Bogue had managed to escape the hail of anti-air fire), the Kingdom of Wind still had supporters in the General Assembly that would use any irregularity to try and stop the retaliation, just as seven years before they had used the fold bomb and the NUN retaliation to force an armistice and the retreat from Windermere on the verge of victory. Meaning no truth serum nor 'enhanced' interrogation.
"YOU [TERM NOT ON THE TRANSLATOR] NUNS WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS!" Bogue shouted as he was brought in the office in restraints, prompting Falcone to slap his forehead.
"Yeah, and we can't even shoot down you Windbags!" one of the soldiers bringing Bogue replied.
As he listened to Bogue's rant, Falcone had an idea. It was crazy and unlikely to work if they had been smart about it, but considering this idiot had stood at attention in the middle of a battle…
A few days later Roid was in front of thousands of assembled Windermereans, giving a speech for the funeral of the Aerial Knights. It had been a devastating morale blow, but they could, they had to, recover.
"We have lost six heroes to our glorious cause, but does this foreshadows our defeat?" he asked the people. "No. It is a new beginning. Comp-"
Then the speech was interrupted by a chilling sound: the orbital attack sirens installed by the NUNS when they arrived, chosen specifically for its creepiness during the period called Cold War.
"How did-" Roid blurted out, wondering how they had managed to get through the fault. No matter, they had to fight. "Everybody, prepare fo-"
Then, as the NUNS drones started flying above them, the ground over the Sigur Valens was hit by orbital beam weapons fired in such pattern to dig a tunnel to the Protoculture ship, followed by a single missile. With a reaction warhead.
"No…"
"Attention, this is the NUNS Kurofune of the Randor Colonial Defense Squadron, New United Nations Spacy." the drones started broadcasting. "Your orbital fleet is being destroyed as we speak, and you've lost the means to equalize the fight with the Song of the Wind. Windermerean rebel government, surrender now before you suffer too much losses. People of Windermere, for your own good force them if they refuse to surrender."
As Gramia did indeed surrender to spare his forces from a hopeless battle and the people from possible collateral damage, Roid was stunned with surprise and could only wonder how.
Roid and Gramia were now in a cell on Randor, next to Bogue's. And, much to Roid's horror, Falcone was visiting with Ernest Johnson of Chaos and had just told them how they had passed through the fold fault and knew exactly where to strike to neutralize the Song of the Wind.
"Let me get this straight: you just said that Bogue gave you the necessary information due being goaded into it during a rant?!" Roid asked.
"Yes." the newly promoted major replied with a satisfied grin.
"So it's all Bogue's fault!" Gramia exclaimed.
"No, Gramia, it's your own damn fault." Johnson said. "I remember distinctly teaching you about operational security. Or, given how you have apparently forgotten, you tell your troops exactly what they need to know to do their job and nothing more, lest something goes wrong and the enemy extracts the information. And what did you do? You told your main Aerial Knights how to get through the fault when you could have simply used a navigation program and what your secret weapon was, and where it was."
"But-"
"Your fault!"
"Called it." Roid declared.
Author note: It's a bit of a stretch, but Bogue's temper could have made this happen-after all, they told the Aerial Knights way too much compared on what they needed to know. And yes, the ship was named on purpose.
